Polly O’Keary, award-winning and world-touring bass player, vocalist and songwriter, is back in the northwest with a new album titled Compass.Polly has had a long career in blues, and brings 25 years of experience to the stage. Polly quickly caught the attention of Pacific Northwest blues fans, playing top venues and festivals and winning many… Continue reading Polly O'Keary and The Rhythm Method | Compass
Future Roots band, The Boston Boys, return home this month after a tour of eight countries throughout Europe and North Africa, concluding with a three week stint in Morocco. Their tour in Morocco, in partnership with the U.S. State Department, is part of cultural exchange programming whose alumni include Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong.”Returning to Morocco… Continue reading Boston Boys Bring it on Home from Morocco to Rockwood Music Hall
A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN will open at New York City’s Gramercy Theatre (127 E 23rd St. / 23rd & Lexington Ave) on Thursday, April 10th, giving fans a chance to see Broadway’s acclaimed theatrical rock experience in one of New York’s most intimate concert venues. Tickets are on sale now via Ticketmaster.com and at… Continue reading A NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN @ New York City's Gramercy Theatre
Whether heating up intimate jazz clubs or turning heads at festivals, Denver’s Katie Glassman & Snapshot are winning over audiences with their irresistible combination of old-time western swing, dazzling musicianship and contemporary songwriting. With their second album, Dream a Little Dream (March 4, 2014), they’re spreading the joy of fiddle-driven swing music to even more… Continue reading Catch Katie Glassman & Snapshot @ Dazzle Jazz in Denver on 3/29
After a particularly grueling winter, festivalgoers around the country are dreaming of their summer getaways and for many music fans, this means a breathtaking weekend at Summer Camp Music Festival 2014. What started as roughly a 1,000 person gathering has blossomed into a 7-stage, 15,000 person event that stands as one of the Midwest’s premier… Continue reading Summer Camp Music Festival 2014 | Preview
F.U….N.K. But seriously, funk. It was the theme of late night at The Fox Theatre, Monday, March 17th. Coming all the way from Baltimore, Maryland, we had the honor of spending a night with Pigeons Playing Ping Pong on their twenty-five day tour, one of the funkiest, psychedelic, up and coming jam bands coming through… Continue reading Pigeons Playing Ping Pong | Fox Theater | St Patty's Day | Review
Before and after the Pigeons Playing Ping Pong show on St Patrick’s Day, I had the opportunity to chat with the band’s front man, Greg Ormont. In the past couple years, he and his three other band members have been touring extensively, playing spectacular shows, and have even founded their own festival, Domefest. If you… Continue reading Grateful Web Interview w/ Pigeons Playing Ping Pong's Greg Ormont
Hundred Visions will be your next search on Spotify if you’re into jam bands. Assuming you’re reading this on The Grateful Web, you are. I saw them at my first official showcase of SXSW, at one of Austin’s best under-the-radar music venues, Hotel Vegas. The band is local which makes the experience that much more… Continue reading Hundred Visions @ SXSW | Review
If you only saw one show at SXSW, I hope it was Polica. If you didn’t see them, I hope you’re listening to them in your cubicle right now. Although, to be fair, their recordings don’t do them justice. The band’s live performances are like breathing life and reality into the abstract. If bands were… Continue reading Polica @ SXSW | Review
Just as the full moon is infiltrating its way into the Bay Area, casting an illuminating white light over the Fillmore…Peeps await for the epic improvisational elements that seem to have a ripple effect from an eclectic group who derived their name from Jack Kerouac‘s short story, “October In The Rain”. Painting shades of bluegrass,… Continue reading Railroad Earth | Fillmore | S.F., CA | 3/15/14
