Just in time for Record Store Day on November 22nd, a truly under-sung live masterpiece is to be re-released. Many fans know of Jerry Garcia & Howard Wales 1970 memorizing fusion studio album Hooteroll?, which was notable (aside from the inspired flowing free-jazz) as Garcia’s first studio recording outside of the Grateful Dead since the… Continue reading Side Trips: Volume One out for Record Store Day
On the third and final day of this year’s Fest Forums in Santa Barbara a small army of celebrities turned up for the celebration. It was a full day of films, lectures, food, wine tasting, and great live music. The morning got off to a sleepy start as vendors began closing the exhibit hall and… Continue reading Fest Forums | Santa Barbara, CA | Day Three
It’s a cold and overcast Friday night in Asheville, NC but my spirits are anything other than soggy. I have been looking forward to this night for some time now, as The Campfire Caravan of The Lil’ Smokies, The Brothers Comatose, and MIPSO rolls through Asheville’s premier club-venue The Orange Peel. The truth is, although… Continue reading Campfire Caravan | Orange Peel | Review
Fans anxiously awaited Alison Moyet‘s appearance as soon as the house lights dimmed and the stage lights formed iridescent shadows across the spacious Palladium, while the spoken word, ‘April 4th from the recently released ‘Other’ echoed. When the star did appear, dressed simply, but elegantly, greeted by hoots and major applause, she stood silently for… Continue reading Alison Moyet Live at The London Palladium
It was a different Lone Bellow that pulled into Boston on Wednesday night, for their first show in the city in two years. When they first broke on the scene some five years ago, The Lone Bellow’s live shows were marked by an irrepressible energy, as if they couldn’t believe they’d hit the big time… Continue reading The Lone Bellow | House of Blues | 11/15/17
Hard work pays off for those that practice, practice, practice. With four years alongside one another on the road and in the studio, Hard Working Americans embody the grit, grind and salt of the earth vibe their name implies. Some call them a super group. I call them the sum of their parts, and… Continue reading Hard Working Americans | Fox Theatre | 11/14/17
Stephen and Ziggy Marley came to the Orpheum Theater in downtown Los Angeles on November 1, to perform a unique concert celebrating the 40th anniversary of their fathers classic Reggae album, Exodus. The ornate venue in the heart of the original theater district of America’s movie capital was slow to fill up on this sultry… Continue reading Marley Sons Lead Army of Stars in 40th Anniversary of Exodus
On a day when college football’s number one ranked Georgia Bulldogs collapsed in laughable fashion on the road against Auburn-that other team from Alabama-fellow sons of Athens’, Perpetual Groove found themselves in a completely different scenario. There was no mention of rankings akin to ‘rat poison,’ no Toomer’s Corner. This battle wasn’t won between the… Continue reading Perpetual Groove | Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom | 11/11/17
The Newgrass style had come quite a way since the days when John Hartford and New Grass Revival began deviating from the technique and approach that had defined the bluegrass previously. The original bluegrass players such as Ralph Stanley, Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs were indeed innovators. As music is a reflection of… Continue reading Sam Bush Band | Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse
British musician Nick Mulvey took the stage at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City on Wednesday night to perform songs off his new album, Wake Up Now. The album, released in October of this year, features eleven tracks that combine traditional African styles with modern folk and indie sounds. Mulvey performed the album’s first… Continue reading Nick Mulvey | Bowery Ballroom | 11/8/17
