God Street Wine: Spinal Tap Set – 10/31/1998 [stream] [download] God Street Wine turned it up to 11 on a Halloween night in 1998 when they took the stage of
Welcome to back to Strange Brew our monthly column dedicated to – as you probably have already guessed – beer. Each month, we’ll take a close look at a new or notable brew, or just one we think you should be drinking.
When you think of Boston and craft beer the first name that probably pops into your head is the ubiquitous Beantown institution and craft beer pioneer Samuel Adams, who have been around since 1984 and are now the largest American-owned brewery.
Following not too far behind though were the folks at Harpoon, who have been at it since 1986 and at the time became the first company to obtain a permit to manufacture and sell alcohol in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in over 25 years. Starting out with its flagship Harpoon Ale, the brewery has offered up a variety of year-round, seasonals, an entire line of unfiltered beers, as well as their limited release 100 Barrel and Leviathan series.
Now for the first time in their 26 year history Harpoon has decided to enter the ever growing world of craft canned beers, by offering up two of their signature brews – their Summer Beer and IPA – in a limited run of 12-packs this summer. READ ON for more of this month’s Strange Brew…
Furthur’s Summer Tour started last Friday night at the Highland Bowl Amphitheatre in Rochester, NY and continued with two shows in Coney Island on Saturday and Sunday. Sunday evening’s performance was heavy on tunes from the Grateful Dead’s eighth studio album, Blues For Allah, including Help On The Way > Slipknot! > Franklin’s Tower. Check out this clip featuring Slipknot! and Franklin’s that was shot by our friend LazyLightning55…
Phil, Bobby and the rest of the band head to Penn’s Peak in Jim Thorpe, PA tonight for a sold-out show that will be broadcast live on Sirius’ Grateful Dead radio. READ ON for each of the setlists from the first three gigs of Furthur Summer Tour 2010…
Wade Ellis Wilby presents Hidden Track Storytellers. This is a creative writing workshop for fiction and nonfiction stories & poetry inspired by music. This second piece was inspired by Dwight
Artist Jess Pfohl will exhibit her work in her hometown of Baltimore from Noon to 2AM on July 24th at the Hard Rock Cafe on 610 East Pratt Street. HT
Nonesuch recording artist Punch Brothers performed Rye Whiskey from their latest album, Antifogmatic, on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on June 17th. NBC airs a repeat broadcast of the
Phish @ Susquehanna Bank Center, June 24
Phish, continuing its 2010 summer tour, spent the first of two nights in Camden, NJ in a laid-back & playful mood. Kicking things off with David Bowie, the fans were sure that Phish was going to have fun that night. Starting off with one of the more compositionally challenging songs of the Phish canon, Trey Anastasio spent the first couple minutes keeping to himself – luckily his deep concentration resulted in a near-flawless execution of the bouncy lines he’d written decades ago. A false vocal start during Water In The Sky had Trey & Page light-heartedly poking fun at themselves. A refreshing Uncle Pen showed Mike having a blast, especially during his bass solo.
Following a Boogie On Reggae Woman that was the first real dance breakdown number of the evening (including two foot-bell calls from Mike), were a whole slew of much anticipated songs. Of note were the concise Gumbo, the dark Timber, and a speedy Birds of a Feather. Welcoming the audience to the concert, Trey took an opportunity before Fishman stole the limelight in I Didn’t Know to discuss his prediction at last year’s Camden show that the Philadelphia Flyers would win the Stanley cup. Having not won this year, Trey let the audience knew that Fishman would play a “voodoo” solo to “summon the spirit of the beast” and “guarantee” a Flyers victory in the future.
An energized crowd started a “Let’s Go Flyers!” chant that led to an impromptu call-and-response with Fishman’s vacuum solo – a special treat indeed for Phish fans. A seemingly long first set (13 songs) featured an unexpected Reba and concluded with the classic Led Zeppelin tune, The Rover. As the band began the scorching classic-rock ode, confused fans turned to one another asking “Is this a Zeppelin song?” The song featured melodic riffs and multiple sections brimming with fluid chord changes. Page took the helm at lead vocals and pushed the top of his range in a stunning performance, pleading “If we could just join hands!” during the song’s chorus.
READ ON for more of Balaji’s photos and thoughts…
The Fourth of July is just days away so it’s time for the fourth annual Stormy Mondays’ Battle with the British, this time featuring Warren Haynes as he tackles the
Earlier this year singer-songwriter Josh Ritter released his sixth studio album, So Runs The World Away. Among the tracks featuring his brand of smarty and wordy, folk-rock, is the waltz-inspired
While The Duo dates are few and far between these days, the two individual members of the band have steadily been keeping themselves busy with other projects. Joe Russo is
