Besides a plethora of giant fiddle contests, I really have no festival experience to speak of. (Don’t get me wrong, fiddle participants can booze, substance-abuse, and play the shit out of acoustic instruments till the sun rises) But that’s a different story. Let’s get back to Desert Rocks, and how I am so fulfilled with… Continue reading This Desert Rocks – Desert Rocks Music Festival
Town Mountain almost rocked the building strait off the mountain side when they played at the Gold Hill Inn last night. Before the show started I spoke to some people at the bar who said they had traveled all the way from Oklahoma that day to catch Town Mountain. This is the quintet’s first national… Continue reading Town Mountain at the Top of the Mountain
Although Orgone has not quite reached the mainstream or even become a household name in the jamband or funk scene, it will not be long until these scenarios happen for the powerful band from California. That is why I looked forward to this show since I first saw them on a tiny stage at last… Continue reading Orgone: The Little Known Funk Powerhouse
For once, you can judge a book by its cover: Truth and Salvage Co. is exactly what the name suggests. A six-member Americana country-rock band, Truth and Salvage was formed (salvaged, if you will) in 2005 from the remains of two LA-based bands. Today the group is Adam Grace (organ), Tim Jones (singer, rhythm guitar),… Continue reading Grateful Web Interview with Truth & Salvage Co.
While the title Rumble, Shake & Tumble goes a long way in describing Wagons‘ unruly yet easy-to-like roots-rock sound, all you really have to do is listen to the disc’s opening lines. The leadoff track “Downlow,” a Tom Petty/Traveling Wilburys-ish jangly rocker, begins with a man proclaiming that his girl’s mama “doesn’t like me none/she’s… Continue reading Wagons' 'Rumble, Shake & Tumble' is twisted country-rock from Oz
