When I first saw the Dirty Dozen Brass Band a few years ago, I was struck by the gritty guitar playing of axeslinger Jamie McLean. I’ve been following McLean’s career
On September 25, “Phish frontman and guitar legend” Trey Anastasio will perform with the Orchestra Nashville Quartet before an intimate crowd at Ocean Way Studios just two days before the
The past week has found a certain New York-based discussion group debating the merits of a certain hometown jazz/jam/fusion trio- whether they’re best described by the groove, or the pots
Whenever Oasis takes the stage you never know what’s going to happen next. On Saturday night in Toronto at the V-Fest, a man ran onto the stage and pushed Oasis
On August 4, 1958, Billboard Magazine revolutionized the music industry by publishing their first list tracking radio plays and sales of songs called the Hot 100. To celebrate the 50th
Salty blues, free flow’n hip hop & roots. You call it the way you hear it, because G. Love and Special Sauce doesn’t fit into a typical music genre. But after 13 years of playing music one thing’s for certain… the Philly band always keeps it served up like a cold beverage.
As part of Acrobat Music’s U.S. label launch, B.B. King’s B.B. King & His Orchestra Live will be released October 21, 2008, marking the recording’s first availability in the U.S.
Created following the dissolution of Phish in 2004, Strange Design sets a purpose similar to that of Grateful Dead re-creationists Dark Star Orchestra. The members—guitarist Matthew Chase, bassist Ben Markowitz, drummer Adam Chase and keyboardist Aaron Levy—don’t just play Phish tunes; they inhabit them. Also like DSO, they play entire shows exactly as they were played originally, fine-tuning each detail to ensure faithful reproduction.
It’s official. Sources tell Rock Daily that the Grateful Dead will play a fundraiser for Barack Obama on October 13 at Penn State. The band, including Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann,
