Here’s a riddle: Why did Tea Leaf Green’s three-night run at the Blender Theatre at Gramercy leave me hungry for some Kellogg’s Frosted Mini-Wheats?
Lotus has enjoyed a steady upswing in their following over the past 5 years, a tribute to the band’s hard work and progressive development. Simply put, they just keep getting better. Their performance on 8/10/07 in New York City—actually, on the harbor, aboard The Temptress—was more proof of their ascendance as one of the premier live electronica acts.
For bluegrass lovers in the great North woods, there is nothing quite like the annual Northwest String Summit. This year marked the 6th year of this amazing festival, and if you like intense collaborations of talented musicians who pick and pluck gorgeous music anywhere from the stage to the campground, then this is the place for you.
During his set opening for the Allmans last week, Bobby seemed to have adjusted to some of the limits imposed on him by age.
The Brickhouse in downtown Phoenix was more like an oven on a recent Friday night. Many people cleared the room before the headliner Talib Kweli even entered the stage, as the temperature rose well past 100 degrees. Yet Kweli, with his predictably smooth rhymes and easy backbeats, managed to pull off a compelling show despite the elements and those who stayed were lyrically impressed.
The initial scene is a bit of a shock, as bikers rummaged through hippie and Bisconaut’s cars, combing for glass bottles and drugs. But, after you realized that nothing keeps people in line more than the threat of a biker beating, things ran flawlessly.
With Steve Kimock continuing to fill in for Mark Karan on guitar, RatDog kicked off a northeast tour first at the Gathering of the Vibes in Bridgeport, Conn, followed the next night by this special Jack Kerouac-themed stop in Lowell to recognize the 50th anniversary of On The Road’s release.
Photo journalist Robert Fischer recently made it up to Empire, MI for the 15th annual Dunegrass Music Festival. Arists on the bill included Dark Star Orchestra, Particle, Yonder Mountain String Band, Keller Williams, David Grisman Quintet, Railroad Earth, Peter Rowan Crucial Reggae, Todd Snider, Martin Sexton, Great American Taxi, Greensky Bluegrass, Cornmeal, Daisy May & Seth Bernard, and more… Here are some of the highlights:
While Dax’s voice can successfully range all over the map, his song writing focuses in one realm – darkness. His soon to be released album is titled We Sing of Only Blood and Love and that sums up the content nicely, with the love being more on brooding tip as opposed to puppies and flowers.
Much has changed for the Black Crowes since I last reviewed them for Glide during the first and last shows of their reunion run at Hammerstein Ballroom two years ago. After reassembling their classic mid-90s lineup (by adding drummer Steve Gorman) during their subsequent homecoming stand in Atlanta, drugs and egos seemingly reared their ugly heads again.
