July 2009

If there weren’t enough reasons to love PBS already, add an exclusive Levon Helm special to list. In August, the network will debut Ramble at the Ryman – a feature

The second leg of Phish’s summer tour kicks off on Thursday night at Red Rocks in tiny Morrison, Colorado and anticipation is building to a fever pitch for those attending

For the second installment of Through The Years – the column in which we prepare a YouTube playlist featuring a video from each year of a band’s career – we’re focusing on prog-pop heroes Genesis.

The oldest Genesis clip we could find on YouTube was filmed in 1970 and our playlist includes a clip from every year onwards until 1992. There doesn’t seem to be anything from ’93 – ’97 on the site, but we’ve added a video from the ’98 and recent ’07 Genesis tours onto the end of the playlist for good measure. Take a look…

READ ON for a list of the tracks we used this week…

After skipping 2009 due to founder Armand Sadlier’s health issues, Jam In The Dam returns in 2010 for three days of jams at The Melkweg in Amsterdam on March 21-23.

Drawling drummer Levon Helm welcomed Chris & Rich Robinson and Adam McDougal of the Black Crowes to join his band for a version of The Weight at the Fraze Pavilion,