The term “trance-fusion” comes along with certain assumptions and associations depending on whose saying it. Perhaps the term was coined by Frank Zappa’s collection of guitar solos compiled just before his death in 1993. Generally the sub-genre refers to a collective of live improvisational bands that incorporate an electronic music element as key to their sound.

This year’s Magnolia Festival was characterized by the usual wonderful blend of bluegrass, reggae and families and by unusually cold night- time temperatures.  Hovering above freezing at night, the mountain music sounded just right in the cool mountain air of the Florida “hills”.  As I sit in tank top and shorts in eighty degrees of Florida sunshine to write this, frozen fingers, frozen breath, the warmth of the fire and being bundled up from head to toe here last weekend seems surreal.  Though it was “crisp” t

“This song is about interracial sex!” – That’s the raunchy greeting Karl Denson gave to the Boulder Theater crowd on this Halloween weekend.  Denson's Tiny Universe then immediately launched into the Rolling Stones’ 'Brown Sugar,' which was just as raunchy as Denson’s

Run for the Roses takes place on Saturday, December 3rd at The Fillmore in San Francisco.  We look forward to a very special evening celebrating the music of Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter and the Jerry Garcia Band, featuring stellar musicians playing in an intimate cabaret style setting. 

Widespread Panic Announce First-Ever Acoustic Tour In 2012 Billed the "Wood Tour" to Close the 25th Anniversary Celebration.Widespread Panic has announced dates for a very special mini-tour of acoustic shows set for early 2012. Billed as the “Wood Tour”, the 11-date, four-city trek marks Panic’s first-ever fully acoustic tour.