Elliott Peck’s debut solo project, “Further From The Storm,” received No. 1-with-a-bullet ranking from the sold-out audience at her recent CD-release event in San Rafael, Calif. Peck and her guest musicians triumphed, both in the first set, which contained live renderings of 10 of 11 tracks off the new record, and the second set, which… Continue reading Elliott Peck CD-Release | Terrapin Crossroads | 1/11/19
Last weekend, the historic Warfield in San Francisco hosted a special two nights in honor of the life and legacy of Jerry Garcia. It is fitting, as the storied 86-year old theater hosted Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia Band dozens of times and continued to book acts that bring an adventurous music spirit. One of… Continue reading "Like A Road Leading Home" | The Warfield | Review
This past Tuesday night, in an event billed as the Jam Jar, northeastern jambands Eggy, Fondude and Peak rocked The Brooklyn Bowl three times over, giving the famed Williamsburg venue over four hours of spirited, creative live music. Four-member band Eggy, who opened the show, come from New Haven, CT, but have been hard at… Continue reading Jam Jar | Brooklyn Bowl | 1/8/19
One More Saturday Night, we of the Grateful ‘Ohana of Kaua’i, along with friends from around the world were still swimming in the bliss of NYE’s gargantuan show, and suddenly we find ourselves somewhere on a back porch in January, singing and playing our hearts out with two of my favorite musicians: the legendary Bobby… Continue reading 2019: the year of the grateful red hot blues
Legendary blues preservationists Hot Tuna performed a three-night engagement in Berkeley’s storied Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse to bid farewell to 2018. On the eve of their fiftieth anniversary together as Hot Tuna, Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady were unmistakably grateful to be still playing and creating together. The heralded duo that rose to fame as… Continue reading Hot Tuna | Freight & Salvage | 12/29/18
Fans may be rejoicing that there are four more nights left to go this weekend for the all-star group billed as “Oteil and Friends,” who made their debut performance last night at Port Chester’s The Capitol Theatre. For by the powerful finish of the show’s “Tangled Up In Blue,” in which guitarist John Kadlecik wrung… Continue reading Oteil & Friends | The Capitol Theatre | 12/27/18
Acclaimed mandolinist and bandleader David Grisman is no stranger to Berkeley’s Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse. The storied folk and Americana venue has undoubtedly seen the likes of dozens of incarnations of Dawg music with countless shows. The crowd at the Freight is respectful yet boisterous, out of their seat yet out of the way, absorbed… Continue reading David Grisman | Freight and Salvage | 12/21/18
“Love Will See You Through: Terrapin Nation for Butte County – A Musical Benefit for Victims of the Camp Fire” brought together Phil Lesh and a whole lot of friends for a stunning performance at a very sold-out Terrapin Crossroads in San Rafael, Calif., on December 19. The catastrophic Camp Fire in November tore through… Continue reading Terrapin Nation Camp Fire Benefit | 12/19/18
Few drummers have had such an illustrious career as Steve Gadd. While the Grateful Web tends to naturally gravitate towards genre-bending, multifarious players, Gadd’s range of original work and cache of collaborations are strikingly diverse. From Simon and Garfunkle’s famed 1981 Concert in Central Park reunion, to Steely Dan’s legendary recording “Aja,” to more recent… Continue reading Steve Gadd Band | Yoshi's Jazz Club | 12/4/18
Fans and friends of the New Riders of the Purple Sage (NRPS) and their extended family of associated music projects gathered at a “A Riders Rockin’ Awards Celebration” in San Rafael, California, on November 28 to help celebrate the lives of venerable musicians David Nelson and Buddy Cage. And what musical lives they’ve been! Nelson… Continue reading ‘A Riders Rockin’ Awards Celebration’ | Terrapin Crossroads | 11/28/18
