Chad Berndtson

GOTV ’08: Same ‘Ol Jumpstart

We’ve reached the last-day-of-the-festival haze: that sense of overwhelming exhaustion that comes after a lot of good music’s come and gone, a lot of beer’s gone down the gullet, and

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GOTV ’08: Magnetic Vox

There are musicians who can carry a tune, musicians who can sing, musicians who can stoke a whole room with their vocals, and musicians who have such rich and powerful

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GOTV ’08: The Greene Machine

Giving Up the Ghost is Jackie Greene’s best album to date—the fullest expression of his folksy songwriting and country blues dexterity. But his songs have never been over-reliant on heavy

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GOTV Brought To You By Jen Durkin

If she keeps up this pace, the peppery and charming Ms. Durkin will run away with another festival MVP (following her raft of sit-ins at 10,000 Lakes last weekend). She’s

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Vibes ’08: Sight For Sore Eyes

Just ran into the lovely and ridiculously talented Samantha Stollenwerck hanging around the press tent and resplendent as usual. Stollenwerck already played yesterday on the Solar Stage, but she’s here

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GOTV ’08: Phil and Friends Set I

SET 1: Here Comes Sunshine > Good Lovin’, Gone Wanderin’, Cumberland Blues, Dire Wolf, Loser, Cold Rain and Snow It was a jam-packed first half, with a rollicking Good Lovin’

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GOTV ’08: Inside Out

The trio of Bill Kreutzmann, Scott Murawski and Oteil Burbridge is a heady thing—a lot fuller and far-reaching a sound than you might expect, but then chide yourself for not

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