All Interviews

Grateful Web Interview with Melvin Seals

Melvin Seals and JGB played a rocking set on Friday evening at the Catskill Chill Music Festival. Even after playing for about two hours, Melvin sat down with Grateful Web and shared some stories and laughs about life on the road, major inspirations and playing with Jerry Garcia. GW: This is Bobby Martin with Grateful… Continue reading Grateful Web Interview with Melvin Seals

ReaLifeActual | Live Review & Interview

ReaLifeActual of Fort Collins, CO, is an “up-and-coming” 6 piece instrumental jam band that implores electro dance beats to progressive rock. The result of RLA‘s converging genres is a heady trance jam that transports audiences into a psychedelic accelerated landscape. Exploding onto the Colorado Jam scene, this native FoCo Band started in 2011 and is… Continue reading ReaLifeActual | Live Review & Interview

Grateful Web Interview with Jesse Miller

Grateful Web recently had a chance to speak with Jesse Miller from the instrumental/electronic band, Lotus. Jesse and Lotus are gearing up for their headlining show at legendary Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison, Colorado. Jesse was kind enough to spend a few minutes to talk about some new Lotus‘ projects, what music he’s enjoying nowadays,… Continue reading Grateful Web Interview with Jesse Miller

Alan Evans Trio | Drop Hop Tour w/ Interview | Fort Collins, CO

Steamy keys, gritty six string, soul drenched stomp. Black Cadillac music, back ally marque blue. Greasy chops deep-fried in fatback. Kick drum with fist on the pulpit thuds, and a cymbal’s smooth splash…riding it…smoky with a hairy funk. That almost covers the sound of the Alan Evans Trio. Alan Evans Trio is on tour in… Continue reading Alan Evans Trio | Drop Hop Tour w/ Interview | Fort Collins, CO

Grateful Web Interview with Easy Star All-Stars

In 1996 Michael Goldwasser founded the reggae label Easy Star Records in New York City. Over the years ESR has produced records for artists including Toots & the Maytals, Steel Pulse, Matisyahu, Israel Vibrations and Sister Carol, and proved to be a force in the world of reggae music production. A year after starting ESR,… Continue reading Grateful Web Interview with Easy Star All-Stars

Adam, Ben & Dave Answer Questions in Preparation for Kinfolk

Adam Aijala, Ben Kaufmann & Dave Johnston of Yonder Mountain String Band took some time from their busy schedule to answer a few questions about the band’s upcoming Kinfolk Celebration in Lyons, Colorado. This will be the first time in 10 years the band is playing the Planet Bluegrass grounds. It’s obvious they’re excited for… Continue reading Adam, Ben & Dave Answer Questions in Preparation for Kinfolk

Grateful Web Interview with Jimmy Herring

Grateful Web recently had a chance to speak to lead guitarist for Widespread Panic, Jimmy Herring.  Jimmy talked about playing in numerous bands, getting ready to do a solo tour and Jimmy‘s brand new studio album, his brand new studio album, Subject for Change Without Notice, due out August 28th. GW: Today I have the… Continue reading Grateful Web Interview with Jimmy Herring

Backstage @ Boulder Theater with Grandmothers of Invention

Back in May Grateful Web brought you coverage of the GrandMothers of Invention live at the Boulder Theater in Boulder, Colorado. The former members of Frank Zappa‘s Mothers of Invention have been touring the U.S. and Europe and will return to Colorado on July 31st for an evening at the Bluebird Theater in Denver. These… Continue reading Backstage @ Boulder Theater with Grandmothers of Invention

Grateful Web Interview with Yonder's Jeff Austin & Adam Aijala

On Friday night at All Good Festival in Ohio, Yonder Mountain String Band took the stage for a raging set of blue grass. Several hours before they hit the stage, guitarist Adam Aijala and mandolin player Jeff Austin sat down with Bobby Martin of Grateful Web in the backstage artist area. GW: Alright guys, great… Continue reading Grateful Web Interview with Yonder's Jeff Austin & Adam Aijala

MilkDrive Delivers in Colorado| Live Review w/ Interview

MilkDrive delivers jam-grass to friendly Ft. Collins’ neighborhood Hodi’s Halfnote. Early July found this Austin string band out west touring familiar stomping grounds. MilkDrive members Noah Jeffries (Guitar, harmony vocals
), Dennis Ludiker (Mandolin, harmony vocals
), and Brian Beken (Fiddle, lead vocals) met as youngsters competing in the National Oldtime Fiddlers’ Contest in Weiser, Idaho. Once… Continue reading MilkDrive Delivers in Colorado| Live Review w/ Interview