The Sweetwater 420 Festival in Atlanta, Ga continued into the third day with a high octane line up and the largest crowd the festival has ever seen. It was difficult moving around at times given the huge crowd, though nonetheless very enjoyable and full of southern hospitality. The music was anchored by The Trey Anastasio… Continue reading Sweetwater 420 Festival Day 3 | Centennial Olympic Park | 4/30/2022
At a 2016 Security Project show in Cleveland’s Beachland Ballroom, someone in the small nightclub’s audience was reacting to the band’s adventurous interpretations of Peter Gabriel’s solo music with wild enthusiasm. His eager applause and thunderous shouts of approval between songs cut right through the rest of the audience’s cheering. And Project drummer Jerry Marotta… Continue reading Songs without Frontiers: Security Project Mapping Out East Coast Tour
The first set of Steve Hackett’s April 28 performance on the “Seconds Out + More” tour in Cincinnati, Ohio, was breathtakingly short. Thirty-six minutes and twenty-one seconds, to be exact. (Just kidding, but really not that far off.) And the British prog-rock guitarist took a moment after the first song to “apologize” to the audience… Continue reading Steve Hackett & Genesis Revisited, Jump Time With “Seconds Out” Performances in Ohio
“They say the Grateful Dead played here about 14 times, in the old days,” said percussionist Mickey Hart as he took the stage on May 1 at the Frost Amphitheater on the Stanford University campus. “Now, if any of you see some of my brain cells rolling around here, I want you to pick them… Continue reading Bob Weir & Wolf Bros + Mickey Hart & Planet Drum | Frost Amphitheater | 5/1/2022
The Sweetwater 420 Festival rolled on Friday, April 29th with another hot lineup and more delicious jams for day two. The weather cooperated perfectly, and the crowds were relatively calm for this session, though more intense than the day prior. Today’s festivities were led by The String Cheese Incident, Gary Clark Jr., and Lotus. All… Continue reading Sweetwater 420 Festival Day 2 | Centennial Olympic Park | 4/29/2022
The Sweetwater 420 Music Festival returned after a three year hiatus, and kicked off on Thursday, April 28th with a pre-party to get the festivities going. Bands played on one stage only, which limited the options but packed in the fun. While the line up for this night shifted a number of times prior to… Continue reading Sweetwater 420 Festival Day 1 | Centennial Olympic Park | 4/28/2022
An animated, serene warmth swept through the Red Rocks Amphitheatre audience night one for highly-anticipated—and two year delayed—Rising Appalachia, Trevor Hall, Citizen Cope, and Gone Gone Beyond this past Thursday, April 28th. Throughout the night, every artist expressed their deep gratitude, excitement and appreciation of their fans’ patience throughout the delays of the show. Gone… Continue reading Trevor Hall, Citizen Cope & Rising Appalachia | Red Rocks Amphitheatre | 4/28/22
Ahead of a jam-packed cross-country summer tour that includes festivals and concerts, Kitchen Dwellers released their latest album, Wise River, on Friday, April 29. The quartet – Shawn Swain (Mandolin). Torrin Daniels (Banjo), Joe Funk (Upright Bass), and Max Davies (Acoustic Guitar) – twist bluegrass, folk, and rock through a kaleidoscope of homegrown stories, rich… Continue reading Kitchen Dwellers | Wise River | Album Review
Talented. Inspired. Spontaneous. Fresh. These are but a few of the descriptors being thrown around the conversation about the up-and-coming bluegrass talent the Big Richard Band. Touted as a neo-acoustic supergroup, the word on the street from the venues they have played reinforces they have all this and more. From the chops to the vocals… Continue reading Big Richard Band | The Armory | 4/16/22
The jam rock icon Phish triumphantly returned to Madison Square Garden for the first night of a four night stand, rescheduled from December 2021 because of complications with the COVID-19 pandemic. The show kicked off with a bang, including a type II jam in the first song, despite not having played since February 27th,… Continue reading Phish | Madison Square Garden | 4/20/2022
