On Linked In, a group of Grateful Dead-loving professionals have gotten together to start the Deadheads With Ties group to help network with each other. A recent topic on the
Late in the evening on October 16, Hidden Track will hit the five year mark. We’ve got plenty in store that week, but we wanted to invite our readers to
Earlier this week HT featured columnist Brian Bavosa wrote about the decline of the jamband scene and mentioned how for him, NYC’s Wetlands Preserve was a much needed incubator for
No one would have faulted Feist if she had immediately gone back into the studio to capitalize on the breakout success of 2007’s The Reminder, which thanks to a placement of
Jam titans Widespread Panic return to their hometown of Athens, Georgia for a special Tunes For Tots benefit at the newly renovated Georgia Theatre. While the show is sold out,
Journey is not just out there promoting old songs via a new voice. They have a new CD out called Eclipse which sounds like the Journey everyone knows and loves but carries a harder-edge punch. They played two new songs, “City Of Hope” and “Edge Of The Moment”, which teased the crowd that this band is moving forward in the right direction and not standing still.
WSP haven’t been able to sustain the rejuvenation that took place when Jimmy Herring joined the band, and they’ve transitioned to the 6000 capacity Raleigh Amphitheatre after routinely drawing 15,000-plus people in the area just ten years ago. While smaller venues aren’t necessarily a bad thing for the fans, the decline in attendance certainly seems to coincide with many longtime fans’ feelings that the quality of shows has declined as well.
Tripper has more of a narrative focus than previous Fruit Bats efforts. On his fifth album, Eric D. Johnson consciously shifts to story-based songs. While he leans more toward the storyteller brand of songwriter, though, he steps away from the sunny folk pop that is most identified with Fruit Bats releases.
