20 Years Later: Phish Concludes 1.0 Era – Looking Back at Ten Influential Phish Venues
Twenty years ago today (10/7/00), Phish wrapped up their fall tour outside of the Bay Area at Shoreline Amphitheatre, thus bringing an end to the much-vaunted “1.0” era, which marked the time from their 1983 inception through this date. The hiatus that followed – not officially addressed before Trey Anastasio’s on-stage announcement in Las Vegas […]
Billy Strings Makes Stellar Red Rocks Headlining Debut (PHOTOS)
Bluegrass virtuoso Billy Strings made his headlining debut at Morrison, Colorado’s famed Red Rocks Ampitheatre on September 26th for an awe-inspiring three-set performance. While the venue itself was empty due to ongoing social gathering restrictions, the energy from the talented quartet – consisting of Strings (guitar), Jarrod Walker (mandolin), Royal Masat (bass)& Billy Failing (banjo) […]
Billy Strings Pays Respect To Bill Monroe, The Dead, Jeff Austin & Others Down The Line in Wilkes-Barre (SHOW REVIEW)
Bluegrass maven Billy Strings wrapped up the opening weekend of his Meet Me At The Drive-In Tour this past Sunday (9/13/20) at the Mohegan Sun Arena (rather, in the adjacent parking lot) in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania with a pair of captivating sets that encompassed myriad genres, from Bill Monroe to Phish. The freshly coifed musical mastermind […]
Remembering Musical Badass Ron “Pigpen” McKernan of The Grateful Dead at 75 Via Six Choice Cuts
Today (9/8) marks what would have been the 75th birthday of original Grateful Dead keyboardist and co-founding member Ron “Pigpen” McKernan who entered the world on September 8, 1945, in San Bruno, CA. A true musical badass in every sense of the word, Pigpen, simply put, was the blues. He personified the timeless genre with […]
Lotus Gives Philly a Pandemic Genre Bender at Philadelphia Sports Complex (SHOW REVIEW)
Considering the absolutely unadulterated insanity that is 2020, it seemed appropriate that the long-awaited return to live music would occur in a gravel parking lot located in the South Philadelphia Sports Complex that typically plays host to the Phillies, Eagles & Sixers. And so, last Friday evening on September 4th, thousands of adventurous fans of […]
Phish Revisit Dicks Runs For Labor Day Weekend ‘Dinner and a Movie’
The latest iteration of Phish’s weekly archival video series Dinner and A Movie is a special holiday-sized edition as the band will be eschewing their usual format of streaming a single concert each Tuesday evening in favor of airing three consecutive shows this upcoming Labor Day weekend commemorating their annual end-of-summer celebrations at Dick’s Sporting […]
Mike Gordon & Leo Kottke Pair Up On Dark & Satisfying Third Studio Collaboration ‘Noon’
2005 seems like an eternity ago. George W. Bush was president, YouTube was an unproven upstart, and Tom Cruise was frantically jumping on couches for reasons that remain unclear to this day. 2005 also marks the last occasion upon which the wonderfully eccentric musical dyad of Phish bassist Mike Gordon & acoustic guitar virtuoso Leo […]
Bruce Hornsby Continues To Musically Innovate On Guest Filled (Mercer, Vernon, Russell) ‘Non-Secure Connection’
Bruce Hornsby has come a long way since the halcyon days of the Range & the Noisemakers. Where once there were catchy hooks and thumping John Molo-fortified beats, there now lay atonal études atop of dissonant soundscapes. While casual fans of the Williamsburg, VA native, yearning for the familiar strains of “The Way It Is” […]
Lotus’ Jesse & Luke Miller Talk New LP ‘Free Swim’ & Extending Their Audience (INTERVIEW)
For the past twenty years, Lotus has been at the forefront of the burgeoning live electronic dance music scene. With one foot firmly entrenched as a jamband and the other in a multitude of styles – from jazz to funk to house to rock and everything in between – these musical pioneers have continued to […]
Grateful Dead Showing 7/21/90 Tinley Park, IL For ‘Shakedown Stream’ – Bob Weir On Pre-Show
The final regularly aired edition of the Grateful Dead’s weekly archival series Shakedown Stream features the previously unreleased footage from the band’s 7/21/90 performance at the World Music Theater in Tinley Paark, IL outside of Chicago. This show, which marked the opening night of the Dead’s final stop on their summer tour – as well […]