“Oh man, Bill Withers, oooh, he just gets me all over, you know?” a middle-aged woman I’d never met revealed to me as we waited for The New Stew to take the stage last night. In just the second night of their limited run playing Withers‘ classic 1973 album, Live at Carnegie Hall, it was… Continue reading The New Stew | Philadelphia, PA | Review
It was a double whammy of new record releases at the Great American Music Hall for the Dead Winter Carpenters and The Sam Chase and the Untraditional. Both bands dropped highly anticipated new albums, but welcomed Marty O’Reilly and the Old Soul Orchestra to get the night going. I had yet to see Marty O’Reilly… Continue reading The Sam Chase | GAMH | 4/29/16 | Review
The Grateful Dead‘s legendary 1977 Spring Tour stands as a pinnacle in their storied career. Nestled in the Northeast, I was fortunate to attend the second show of this historic journey, held in Springfield on April 23rd. The experience was nothing short of transcendental; witnessing the band in peak performance reaffirmed their unparalleled musical prowess.… Continue reading A Look Back: Grateful Dead | May 7th, 1977
The first night of this three-night Dark Star Orchestra run at the Boulder Theater was powerful, exciting, and fun. They played the first night of Red Rocks 1978, which was on August 30th, and it featured the first time ever played “’I Need a Miracle,” “Stagger Lee,” and “If I Had the World to Give.”… Continue reading Dark Star Orchestra | Boulder Theater | '16
On their third album City Painted Gold, San Francisco string-benders The Brothers Comatose have deepened their rocking acoustic prowess to new heights. The musical comradery between banjo and guitar-slinging brothers Alex and Ben Morrison renders authentic each time they step onstage. In a matter of five years the Brothers, backed by Gio Bendetti (bass), Philip… Continue reading The Brothers Comatose | City Painted Gold
Assembly of Dust (AOD) will be releasing their latest offering of live concert cuts in Tales From The Oregon Trail on May 3, a demonstration of when the jamband legends brought their face-melting folk-rock to Portland, Oregon. While the lineup has changed a bit over the years, the current lineup brings the same level a… Continue reading AOD – Tales From The Oregon Trail | Review
Almost a decade ago, in a blissful oddity odyssey, master jazz pianist Chick Corea began collaborating with the greatest living banjo player Béla Fleck. It wasn’t quite as peculiar in Fleck’s world, as the genre-abolishing maestro’s band The Flecktones thrived on inexplicable instrumental possibilities. He had also previously toured with Americana pianist and bandleader… Continue reading Chick Corea & Béla Fleck | Sonoma State U | 4/21/2016
Phish has been my favorite band for the last 20 years. Since then, I have seen them 179 times. In addition, I have been a fan of jazz music since I was born. My grandfather was a jazz guitarist with Artie Shaw and a few other big bands in Philadelphia. Therefore, to say that I… Continue reading Jazz is Phish & Grant Farm's Album Release
Four years into the Terrapin Crossroads experience, a multipurpose Marin County destination at which proprietor Phil Lesh of The Grateful Dead fame presides, the grand opening of the venue’s Backyard took place on April 17 in sunny, celebratory fashion with a headlining three-set Phil Lesh & Friends concert. This marked a major achievement for the… Continue reading Phil & Friends | San Rafael, CA | 4/17/16
Sammy Saltzman is no stranger to music. For two decades he has been in the front row watching one of the best guitar players of all-time, Trey Anastasio shred during Phish’s concerts. He has turned his love of live music into a passion that he shares with his own fans covering his favorite albums all… Continue reading Electric Sammy Plays Pink Floyd's Animals
