2011

Hors d’Oeuvres: Garcia / Bear Tribute

Steve Kimock, the David Nelson Band, Jesse McReynolds and members of Railroad Earth and Moonalice will come together on June 10 for a late night concert at the 33rd annual

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Announcing: Pearl Jam Festival

HT faves Pearl Jam will headline a two-day festival at Alpine Valley in East Troy, WI over Labor Day Weekend on September 3 and 4. Among the bands joining the

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Televised Tune: On the Tube this Week

Husband and wife band leaders Derek Trucks and Susan Tedeschi’s The Tedeschi Trucks Band make their television debut tonight on NBC’s Tonight Show with Jay Leno at 11:35PM EDT/PDT. [Photo

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Dark Star Orchestra: Irving Plaza, New York, NY 4/29/11

Dark Star Orchestra has “recreated” many Grateful Dead shows throughout its career.  However, it is extremely rare for them to announce (and the audience to know) the concert they are covering beforehand.  Last Friday, they played a replica of the Dead’s final show at the Fillmore East on 4/29/71 to a sold-out Irving Plaza. 

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Jonny Lang: House Of Blues, New Orleans, LA, 4-22-11

If you thought you loved the original version of Jonny Lang’s first big hit “Lie To Me” then you will not know what hit you when he falls into a slow pining acoustic version that will build and build until finally exploding into a meteor storm of electric guitar artistry about mid-way through his blisteringly hot set at the New Orleans House Of Blues. It was amazing to the naked ear.

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The Black Angels: Wonder Ballroom, Portland, OR 5/11/11

By going full throttle and stomping through each track with the confrontational force of a back alley brawl between Black Sabbath and The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Black Angels turned the Wonder Ballroom inside out. Throbbing with urgency the night felt like waking inside a Hells Angels Acid Test.

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