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Soul Rebels: Rebelution

David Boffa March 23, 2005 No Comments

On the surface, the name Soul Rebels looks just like any of the endless array of names that your eyes would pass over while browsing the racks at a music store. The result is music that is all over the radar screen, that features one track as a hip-hop song with a tuba playing the bass line, while the next is somebody dropping serious rhymes over a salsa beat. This may seem like a puddle of too many sounds to rope together into cohesive song structures, but the reality in each track retains enough of the traditional song structure to pull off a clean sounding album

Del McCoury Band/Yonder Mountain String Band 2/09/2005: Jannus Landing – St. Petersburg, FL

Randi Whitehead March 22, 2005 No Comments

Touring this winter, Yonder has raised the

John Butler Trio 2/12/2005: Paradise Rock Club, Boston, MA

Chad Berndtson March 21, 2005 No Comments

Butler is single-handedly jolting the roots-rock genre back from the hollow, complacent wasteland for pretty boys, callow songwriting and fluffy lyrics it

Citizen Cope 2/11/2005: Irving Plaza, New York, NY

Shane Tobin March 18, 2005 No Comments

Citizen Cope is another rising star in the world of men with acoustic guitars. Already, the genre has heroes that include Dave Matthews, Jack Johnson and Ben Harper. And now Cope is making his mark, while attracting sold out club audiences.

Mr. Crowes Garden 2/15/2005: Higher Ground – South Burlington, VT

Shane Handler March 17, 2005 No Comments

Playing the second night of a “secret” warm up run under the name of Mr. Crowes Garden, this sold out show at Higher Ground proved 800 or so fans were in on the message board secret. Already possessing one of the meatiest sounds in rock, and owning a recognizable song book spanning six strong albums, the Black Crowes always stand to be a draw. In their first visit to the state of Vermont, the energy in the building was enlivening, even during this mid-March north-country state of cabin fever.

Ingram Hill 1/12/2005: House of Blues, Cleveland OH

Robert Massie March 16, 2005 No Comments

Ingram Hill is steadily climbing a mountain of success. The recent explosion of June

Longwave 2/12/2005: Luna Lounge – New York, NY

Jennifer Harmon March 15, 2005 No Comments

Gracing the stage at exactly midnight, this Longwave show was to mark the upcoming closing of the Luna Lounge. The New York band pleased the audience by offering up a wide mixture of songs from its music vault including older tunes from the Untitled EP. The group played a lot off their first full-length disc, The Strangest Things, which is often compared to early U2, to new songs from the upcoming sophomore effort, There’s A Fire.

Tony Furtado 1/04/2005: The Norva, Norfolk, VA

Brian Gearing March 14, 2005 No Comments

Blending acoustic slide guitar with woodsy tales of the everyday, Furtado

Medeski Martin & Wood 2/08/2005: Tonic, New York, NY

Shane Tobin March 11, 2005 No Comments

For the next month or so, many artists are playing benefit shows to allow New York City’s Tonic to continue operating. On March 7 and 8th, Medeski Martin & Wood offered their services and gave fans the opportunity to see them perform in one of the clubs where they got their start.