Photos by Robert Massie of the Allgood Music Festival, held July 15-17, 2005 in Masontown, WV. Artists included The Flaming Lips, String Cheese Incident, Les Claypool, Keller Williams, Yonder Mountain String Band, Dark Star Orchestra, Steve Kimock and Victor Wooten.
The highly anticipated summer buzz in Chicago was finally here. Lollapalooza! Although Chicago is a prime spot to catch any traveling act you can think of as they pass through on a tour, the city is time and again overlooked for grand scale events such as this. Chicago, which is a major market for concert productions due to a young, vibrant local community that represents a forward thinking, diverse population, finally got it
Charlie Musselwhite is as blue as blues can get. Armed with road tested vocals and killer harp licks, Musselwhite is one of the most celebrated artists to ever count off a shuffle. The past year has been no exception as he took home three prestigious W.C. Handy Awards.
Like Iggy Pop before him, Frank Black went from being the leader of a highly influential rock band, to landing a successful solo career. As a result, the Pixies front-man has been in a position to call his own shots in more ways than one. This liberty came to light before last year
Hopes were high for fans as the Dave Matthews Band rolled into Atlanta’s HiFi Buys Amphitheatre in support of their latest release, Stand Up.” Rumors were spreading around the parking lots before the show suggesting that tonight would be one to remember. From the opening chords of “One Sweet World,” Dave and the band proved that indeed it would be.
This collection of songs of bitterness and self-destruction are sure to be popular with those who can relate to reveling in your own low self-esteem.
The latest John Hiatt offering was produced by Jim Dickinson and features his two sons, Cody and Luther (from the North Mississippi Allstars) on guitar and drums. With impassionate lyrics, the singer/songwriter paints confessional narratives with a sundry assortment of styles.
Guitar upstart DJ Williams looks like he ought to be serving you fries, not the kind of heavy jazz-tinged funk and soul on his debut, Projekt Management. The surprisingly mature young bandleader relies heavily on his Projekt of Richmond funk all-stars for the record
Los Angeles is a city filled with big dreamers, wide boulevards, palm trees, and a saccharine sunshine feel. It
Photos by Richard Clark of moe. and the Allman Brothers Band at Festival Pier at Penn’s Landing, Philadelphia, PA 7.23.05
