January 9, 2012

JD DeServio of Black Label Society/Cycle of Pain (INTERVIEW)

Leslie Michele Derrough January 9, 2012 No Comments

JD DeServio is a fun guy. He loves to talk and he loves to laugh and when he gets a big ole nasty looking blister on his finger from playing his bass, he just has to show it to you. Black Label Society had just played a sweaty kick ass show in New Orleans when DeServio comes up to me outside the venue to show me his war wound with a mischievous twinkle in his eye.

Marketa Irglova: Anar

Jason Macneil January 9, 2012 No Comments

Now that the whirlwind in recent years that has been the film (Once), the band (The Swell Season) and an award (Oscar for “Falling Slowly”) has concluded, singer Marketa Irglova has branched out on her own. The personal relationship with Glen Hansard now off in the distance but the professional one still ongoing, Irglova has finally gotten around to recording her debut solo album. And it is as haunting, brilliant and spine-tingling as anything she did before in the other group.

Furthur: Bill Graham Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, CA 12/29 -12/31/11

Brennan Lagasse January 9, 2012 No Comments

If you happen to be one of the lucky ones to have caught Furthur’s soon to be infamous NYE run there’s no doubt you’re still glowing. Over the course of three exceptionally played shows, Furthur fully took on the identity of a building oceanic ground swell. It was a true masterpiece in all aspects that not only sent a message to the greater jamband community, but respected and honored the storied tradition built by the one and only Grateful Dead.