Thanks to all of you who were able to come out and see DSO this spring on our winding road to Manchester, TN. Along the way we were honored to welcome two very special guests as Rob Eaton Jr. joined DSO for “Easy Wind” on the first night and Phish’s Mike Gordon sat in for a few… Continue reading Dark Star Orchestra Fall Tour Dates Announced!
On June 10, a new pop album dropped on the US music scene. It is the culmination of four years of writing, travel, and soul searching by 24-year-old Alex Deep. It’s a sophisticated offering for a young musician born into an Italian family in Venezuela. The concept album is a reaction to Deep’s struggle to… Continue reading Merlinmoon: A New Concept
Every town has its bar band that packs in the crowds on Saturday nights, but few towns have a draw like Minneapolis’ group, The Feelin Band, and what they can produce, wrapped up in a good time. A four-piece band, made up of a regional music veterans, has a sound that is as varied as… Continue reading Nicholas Mrozinski Wants You to Get the Feelin
Every time I write about these boys, I somehow slip into my hill country roots and all sorts of mountainisms start coming out of my mouth. I guess it’s because I get caught up in the theater of the band and the fact that they don’t take anything seriously—except their music. You can’t believe a… Continue reading North Dakota's Legionnaires: Get the Fever
Despite two evenings devastated by severe thunderstorms and even hail, the 2008 Wakarusa Festival held at Clinton Lake, Kansas powered through it all and still provided its attendees a great weekend of music, camping, and all around good times. Things started off on Thursday already gloomy. As concert goers began to arrive they were greeted… Continue reading A Wet and Windy Wakarusa 2008
For classical composer Lee Johnson, tackling the work of the Grateful Dead was like discovering the musical foundations of a new foreign country. Johnson is known for his concert pieces, choral works, short operas and musicals, planetarium soundtracks, and solo/ensemble pieces that cross into jazz and big band music. Some of these disparate elements also… Continue reading Behind the Dead Symphony: A Look at Lee Johnson's Great Opus
Today’s review is a show readily available for download at the Live Music Archive, 7/29/88, at the Laguna Seca Raceway in Monterey California. This was the first of a three show run at Laguna Seca, and in my opinion the best of the three. I chose this show mainly because of the extremely high quality… Continue reading Joby Goob's Retro Reviews (7/29/1988, Laguna Seca)
