Posts by Dave Goodwich

When Boston-area roots string band Grain Thief set out to record their second full-length album Gasoline this past winter, they had a clear vision to recreate, in the studio, the sound & energy from their renowned live performances. While the talented quintet’s previous studio efforts – the Animal EP (2015) and Stardust Lodge (2018) – […]

The latest edition of Phish’s weekly archival video series Dinner And A Movie is a special one as the band will be debuting their historic 7/8/94 concert from Great Woods outside of Boston.  In addition to a strong second set anchored by monster takes on classics such as “You Enjoy Myself” and “Stash” (this standout […]

By 1979, the Grateful Dead were at something of a crossroads in their career. For the past eight years, the husband & wife duo of Keith & Donna Godchaux had done a fine job of providing piano accompaniment & background vocals, respectively, but as a new decade approached it was clear the band needed a […]

Since improvisational rock came into fruition over 50 years ago, the “jamband” genre has ultimately become defined by the live music experience. While a majority of today’s popular-music industry measures success based on album sales and various social media-centric stats, bands such as The Grateful Dead, Phish, & Widespread Panic honed their chops on the […]

Billy Strings made his network television debut last night when he performed “Taking Water”, from his 2019 LP Home, on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Strings, along with his musical cohorts Billy Failing (banjo), Jarrod Walker (mandolin) & Royal Masat (bass), recorded the segment in front of an empty house at Nashville’s Station Inn where Strings was […]

Billy Strings kicked off his Streaming Strings tour – a nine-show run of crowd-free virtual performances at various Nashville venues – from the Brooklyn Bowl Nashville last night. The two-set performance, Strings’ first public appearance since March 1st, featured material that ran the gamut from traditional to progressive and included a brief guest appearance from […]

To say the Dead’s 1995 Summer tour was a surreal disaster-laden affair is putting it mildly. In addition to Garcia’s alarmingly poor appearance & musicianship as well as his rapidly deteriorating health & well-being, a slew of ominous incidents that occurred along the way earned this near two-month twenty-six show jaunt through the U.S. the […]

The latest edition of the Grateful Dead’s weekly archival series Shakedown Stream features a 30th anniversary of sorts as the red-hot July 10th, 1990 show from Carter-Finley Stadium at NC State in Raleigh, NC will be made available to the public for the first time ever this Friday, July 10th. This show, which took place […]

DJ/Producer Bassnectar (Lorin Ashton) announced an indefinite hiatus from his performance career, as well as his non-profit organization, Be Interactive, on Friday after allegations of sexual misconduct against him began to surface earlier in the week.  The allegations first arose publicly when an Instagram account @evidenceagainstbassnectar was created on June 28th and has generated significant […]

The latest iteration of Phish’s weekly web-streaming series Dinner And A Movie reaches all the way back to May 1, 1989 for the second set of the group’s performance from the basement of the Pearl Street Ballroom in Northhampton, MA. The closing stanza’s setlist, which clocks in at just over an hour, is chock-full of […]