Dan Horne (Circles Around The Sun) Echoes Classic Psych Folk Vibe On Vibrant ‘Count The Clouds’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
From the opening strains of Dan Horne’s debut full-length studio effort, Count The Clouds, it’s obvious the L.A.-based musician is entering some uncharted musical territory.
Goose Gives The Met Philadelphia A Saturday Night Liftoff (SHOW REVIEW)
“Once you get it, you can’t forget it.” Robbie Robertson’s lyric, from The Band’s iconic 1970 track “The W.S. Wolcott Medicine Show”, a song which has often been interpreted as an allegorical commentary on the music business as a whole, as well as the slippery-slope-laden lifestyle that accompanies being a rock star, has apparently found […]
For Forty Plus Years, Baltimore’s 8×10 Serves Up Rising Acts In Intimate Confines (THESE WALLS)
For more than forty years, The 8×10 has been at the forefront of Baltimore’s rich & eclectic live-music scene
The Disco Biscuits Bring Horns & Unique Trancefusion Sound To Washington D.C.’s Anthem (SHOW REVIEW)
The Disco Biscuits have always been something of an enigma. Even now, just two years shy of their thirtieth anniversary, the Philadelphia-based quartet continues to carve their own path in the jamband world’s increasingly homogenous musical landscape with their innovative “trancefusion” sound.
The Dirty Grass Players Deliver Powerful Prog Bluegrass Chops To Baltimore’s Recher Theatre (SHOW REVIEW)
The Dirty Grass Players brought their unique brand of progressive bluegrass to the Recher Theatre, in Towson, MD, on Friday (1/20) with an adventurous set teeming with a choice blend of the group’s jamgrass-infused originals and some surprising covers.
London Gets A Taste Of Billy Strings’ Musical Virtuosity at O2 Forum Kentish Town (SHOW REVIEW)
Among the more highly-anticipated stops on Strings’ European tour was his return to London this past Wednesday evening (12/7) at the O2 Forum Kentish Town, an ornate theater dating back to the 1930s located in an otherwise non-descript residential area slightly north of the city.
Trey Anastasio Band & Goose (TABOOSE) Conclude Momentous Tour at Reading’s Santander Arena (SHOW REVIEW)
In April 1999, Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh shocked the jam band world when he invited Phish members Trey Anastasio and Page McConnell to join his mercurial ensemble Phil and Friends for a brief run of shows at San Fransisco’s Warfield Theater. Prior to that fortuitous occasion, the idea of any sort of formal collaboration […]
Billy Strings Stirs Up More Emotive Stringy Hijinks On ‘Me/And/Dad’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
Dad/and/Me, out November 18 on Rounder Records, offers up an intimate look at Billy String’s traditional roots with some raw and emotive renditions of bluegrass and country music’s most time-honored material.
Zero Soars Profound at Baltimore Soundstage Via Steve Kimock’s Daring Guitar Work (SHOW REVIEW)
“Good things come to those who wait.” That old adage came to fruition this past Sunday evening (10/30) in Baltimore, MD as the highly esteemed psych/jazz rock pioneers Zero returned to Charm City for the first time since 1996 to deliver a pair of memorable sets rife with their usual brand of top-shelf musicianship and […]
Scott Metzger’s Telecaster Rock Trio Wolf! Gets Gritty On Soaring ‘Adult Entertainment’ (ALBUM REVIEW)
2022 has been a remarkably busy year for Scott Metzger. In addition to maintaining an assiduous touring schedule with vaunted Grateful Dead revivalists Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, the Brooklyn-based guitarist released his first solo album, Too Close to Reason, and has now followed that up with the third studio effort from his enigmatic “Telecaster rock trio”, Wolf!.