There are few mid-sized music festivals in the United States with the legacy, devoted fanbase, and magical ambience that match Northern California’s High Sierra Music Festival (HSMF). This year’s installment of the annual Fourth of July weekend gathering in Quincy, CA, proved once again why HSMF deserves such accolades.
Greensky Bluegrass headlined Friday, and they did what Greensky always does at Blue Ox: show up completely in sync with the crowd and the moment. Midway through an already-fiery first set, they invited Grammy-winning flat-picker Molly Tuttle onstage for Sean Camp’s “My Love Will Not Change,” and the song erupted into a seven-minute duel of flat-picking, dobro slides, and soaring twin-guitar…
Goose returned to the Westville Music Bowl for the sixth time in their career to close out their Summer 2025 tour with another lights out performance. This New Haven, CT venue is like a hometown venue to them, given the proximity to their early base of Wilton, CT. They…
Phish in Boulder is rare air indeed. Their last gig in town was way back in 1993 at Balch Fieldhouse—right below Folsom—and yes, I was there. Back then, my younger brother was a CU student, and we trekked from Nebraska (Go Huskers!) to catch Phish. That '93 show was electric, noticeably larger than their '92 Balch Fieldhouse appearance. Those were days of rapid ascension for Phish, who also…
Marcus King turned the main stage into a master class in soulful Southern rock. Opening with a heart-wrenching “Goodbye Carolina,” joined by his wife Briley King, he…
