Pat Metheny Music a fan’s archive
Pat Metheny seated alone with an acoustic guitar under violet stage light at L’Olympia, Paris, 2014

A fan archive by Sean Fenlon

Pat Metheny Music from the front row

An independent fan archive: twenty years of concerts, fifty years of records, and the music of Pat Metheny right now.

Enter Front Row What’s new in 2026

Photo: Cristiano Medeiros Dalbem from Porto Alegre, Brasil, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Now

Side-Eye III+ is out, and the band is on the road

Released February 27, 2026, the first album on Pat’s own Uniquity Music imprint. The touring quintet: Chris Fishman, Joe Dyson, Jermaine Paul and Leonard Patton. Read the 2026 update.

Front Row

A fan’s 20 years with Pat Metheny 2005–2026

From the opening night of The Way Up tour to a hand-clap “YEAH!” at Strathmore and a club night at Keystone Korner. One fan’s timeline, told from the seats closest to the stage.

  1. 1986–1990Prelude: First Circle
  2. February 13, 2005The Way Up, opening night
  3. February 28, 2014Unity Group at The Warfield
  4. March 21, 2014Strathmore and fifteen seconds of fame
  5. August 6, 2014Backstage
  6. 2014The ticket stubs
  7. October 20, 2014 (to confirm)Unity Group, autumn 2014
  8. September 2022Keystone Korner, Baltimore
  9. 2022Blue Note
  10. 2026Next: the Side-Eye III+ tour

Walk the timeline

Pat Metheny on stage at Keystone Korner in Baltimore, September 2022
Keystone Korner, Baltimore, September 2022. From Sean’s archive.

Albums

The newest records

The full discography, 1976–2026

Essays

Long reads

Journal

From the journal

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