Matt Carmichael's live concert photography and writing portfolio

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Other Recent Features

I spent some quality time with Don Was before Was (Not) Was' triumphant reunion mini-tour hit Chicago's House of Blues. The interview went so well, it wound up as two stories. One for billboard.com, one for Creem.

Recent Rock Stories: Was (Not Was) interviews for Billboard.com and Creem; The Polyphonic Spree in Creem.

Other Stories: A Series of Profiles for Crain's Chicago Business.

Live Reviews
David Byrne, Rufus Wainwright, Lou Reed, Ben Harper/Jack Johnson/Kid Koala, The Polyphonic Spree, Billy Joel and Elton John, The Other Ones, Alanis Morissette, Foo Fighters, Beta Band, Zwan, Nelly Furtado, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Stereolab, Red Hot Chili Peppers at MGD Blind Date, The Verve, Rolling Stones tour end, Neutral Milk Hotel, Q101's Twisted 4 Holiday show, Smashing Pumpkins '98, Farm Aid '97, Green Day, Bob Dylan, Smashing Pumpkins/Jane's Addiction, Cheap Trick, The Rolling Stones 1997 tour opener, David Bowie MGD Show and Detroit, David Byrne.

Features and Interviews: Was (Not) Was in billboard.com and creemmagazine.com The Polyphonic Spree Kiss The Raveonettes, Cypress Hill, Ludacris, John Cale, Abra Moore, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Cowboy Junkies, Cocteau Twins, King Crimson, Everclear, Jon Hendricks, Blind Melon, Reeves Gabrles, Sonic Youth, Moe Tucker/Sterling Morrison, Moe Tucker, Ruth Ruth, Joey Ramone.

Other Writing:
Journey perform at Wrigley Field, Billy Corgan performs his first-ever solo show, Marianne Faithful joins Zwan at the Q101 Jamboree, Chicago vets 'Waltz' Again, The Concert for the Rock Hall, Alanis at the Grammys, Sterling Morrison remembered, Ginger Rogers remembered, Shannon Hoon remembered, Various album reviews, William Gibson, Kadeem Hardison

Currently, Matt is a writer and photographer for billboard.com and creemmagazine.com. In addition, he is house photographer at the Tweeter Center Chicago and Metro; band photographer for Poi Dog Pondering; and concert and event photographer for 93XRT. His photos are represented by Getty Images.

Matt's Clips:
Matt's work has appeared in more than 100 publications, Web sites, etc. internationally including:

AOL's Digital Cities, Addicted to Noise, Ad Age Global, Airport Revenue News, billycorgan.com, The Boston Herald, BtoB, Centerstage Chicago, The Chicago Reader, The Chicago Sun-Times, The Chicago Tribune, Concertlivewire, Crain's Chicago Business, Daily Journal (Kankakee), Entertainment Tonight.com, The Honolulu Advertiser, The Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Lumino, Maxim, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, The Minneapolis Star-Tribune, musictoday.com, New York Post, No Depression, Parade's React.com, Pollstar, Q101.com, Reuters.com, Revelation, Rolling Stone, Sonicnet.com, Spin, Venus, VH1.com, The Washington Post, and WilcoWeb.

Photo Gallery: All the images you see on this site are original photos. For the full effect, please visit the Live Concert Photo Gallery section of the site.

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