Umphrey’s McGee New Year’s Eve concerts have been a Chicago tradition for the past ten years.  Every year they try to outdo themselves, playing at bigger and bigger venues with more pomp and circumstance each time.  Their journey has taken them from playing the Cubby Bear in 2000, to three ...view article

“No Service” Dave Bruzza, frontman for Greensky Bluegrass, proclaimed jubilantly over the intimate Saturday night crowd at Yarmony Grass Festival in early August. Those two words pretty much summed up the feel of this ...view article

January 22, 2010 - Today, festival organizers for the ROTHBURY music festival announced that they will not host a 2010 event.

According to event producers Madison House Presents and AEG Live, a contributing factor in the decision is that, due to various artists’ recording and touring schedules, ...view article

Mystery Puddles and the Sound of Rolling

Wow. That’s all I can say. My first run of shows in NYC, my first Phish NYE shows (I know, I’ve never seen NYE. I’m such a slacker. ), and I am absolutely gobsmacked by them. The energy! The lights! The Meatsticks!!!!

I’m ...view article

Lifeboat represents a major first in the career of Jimmy Herring, the legendary guitarist who has worked with everyone from Phil Lesh & Friends, The Other Ones and The Aquarium Rescue Unit to The Allman Brothers Band and, most recently, Widespread Panic. Decades into his storied career and, ...view article

There is lots of chatter among the Republicans saying that Obama didn't accomplish anything in his first 2 years in office and/or throughout his term.  And although, I'm not saying everything that Obama has done is perfect, I do feel it necessary to point out the truth about ...view article

Phish returns to the stage this June for an extensive two-leg Summer Tour, kicking off June 11th in Chicago and wrapping with a two-night stand at Jones Beach in Wantagh, NY in August. Stops along the way include a return to SPAC, Hartford, Merriweather, and Alpine Valley.

The first-leg of ...view article