The Grateful Dead brings people together. It’s bigger than the music; it’s the experience that the music creates. And once you get into it, you’re not getting out of it. Before writing this, I consistently circled back to the Dead community and how my connection to the music – to the experience – is woven… Continue reading Dark Star Orchestra | Minnesota | 6/22/17
It’s peculiar to think about, but the album, as we know, it is dying off. The single already takes precedent, for those bands that are looking to reach the widest number of listens on the pop charts. The major upside to the current state of the music business is that the live concert experience has… Continue reading The Stringdusters: Laws of Gravity – Live
King Crimson brought their latest in a long list of lineups to Los Angeles on the first day of summer 2017. The two-set show on the longest day of the year was held fittingly at the iconic Greek Theatre, a beautiful outdoor amphitheater located on the forested slopes of Griffith Park. The veteran rock… Continue reading King Crimson | Greek Theater – LA | Review
River Edge Park in Aurora, IL hosted a beautiful evening of Dark Star Orchestra on 6/24 ’17. While Chicagoland eagerly awaits the upcoming Dead & Co shows at Wrigley Field next weekend, a metro train ride out to the burbs provided 1500 guests a way to chill out by the mighty Fox River. It was… Continue reading Dark Star Orchestra | River Edge Park
Formed from weekly shows at Phil Lesh‘s Terrapin Crossroads in San Rafael, CA, the Terrapin Family Band featuring Ross James, Grahame Lesh, Jason Crosby and Alex Koford, has become the venue’s official house band. Terrapin Crossroads’ constant free bar shows, often featuring bandleader Phil, have created an opportunity for the young musicians of Terrapin Crossroads… Continue reading nugs.tv Tonight: Phil Lesh & The Terrapin Family Band
Any event surrounding the Star Wars legacy is sure to be an intergalactic extravaganza. If one combines that with the power of the forward thinking Colorado Symphony, they are left with a sonic experience that is truly out of this world. This symphony has been hot as of late. Within the last few years, they… Continue reading Colorado Symphony Presents the Music of Star Wars
In the continued year-long celebration of the late Jerry Garcia’s 75th birthday, a special sold-out concert celebration has been announced for August 4 at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre, and GarciaLive Volume Nine: August 11, 1974 – Jerry Garcia & Merl Saunders (Round Records/ATO Records) is set for release on July 28. GarciaLive Volume Nine is… Continue reading GarciaLive Volume Nine July 28 Release
While many acts from the progressive rock era of the 1970s still perform, none play with the precision, conviction, and authority of King Crimson. A Bold statement you say? Without bringing other specific acts into a debate, it all boils down to the devotion and continued creative drive of founding visionary Robert Fripp. From the… Continue reading King Crimson | Fox Theater | Oakland, CA
When The Babys recorded ‘Every Time I Think of You,’ the lead single off 1978’s Head First, it struck a genuinely passionate chord. The band would go on to enjoy Top 40 fame with ‘Back on My Feet Again.’ The Babys, an air-tight group with an alluring sound, boasted a silky-voiced, Lancaster-born vocalist with ginger… Continue reading John Waite and The Axemen | Chicago, IL
While Cycles has had a couple EP’s available on Spotify to listen to, they had still yet to record a debut album in the studio, until last week when they released their new album “Vacation”. Over the course of the past couple of years the band has been together, they have created an extremely large… Continue reading Cycles | "Vacation" | New Music Review
