Mark Karan and Jemimah Puddleduck must regretfully announce that, due to scheduling problems, John Molo will not be participating in this August's shows.
Fortunately, the Duck has a considerable flock of friends, and two of them will be dropping in on the upcoming Duck shows: For August 6-7-8 on ...view article
After a successful introductory summer ask anyone who was at Gathering of the Vibes! the Donna Jean Godchaux Band with Jeff Mattson is returning for a fall of serious work, reclaiming Donna Jean's Grateful Dead and Jerry Garcia Band roots with songs like You Ain't Woman Enough, Franklin's Tower, Eyes ...view article
Chicago's Umphrey's McGee enters its second decade together with their hardest, darkest, and most artistically cohesive album to date. The new album hits streets on Inauguration Day, January 20, 2009, when ...view article
The kind folks over at the 10,000 Lakes Festival have annouced the stage schedule for this years festival. The line-up is amazing as usual and I'm sure this year will prove to be as stellar as previous years with two nights headlined by Widespread Panic and one night by Dave Matthews ...view article
Detroit Lakes, MN (June 18, 2009) – Summer is almost here and this year’s 10,000 Lakes Festival is just over a month away, taking place July 22-25 in Detroit Lakes, MN. Leading up to this year’s event, two of the 10,000 Lakes Festival’s headliners are releasing highly anticipated new albums ...view article
Inspired by one of the great envelope filter pedals of the 1970's and developed with guitarist Mark Karan (Delaney Bramlett, Bob Weir & Ratdog, Jemimah Puddleduck) the Hartman Envelope Filter is a recreation of a classic effect optimized for tone, flexibility, and ease-of-use.
The special recipe of the Grateful Dead was that there were 5 (at times) members of the band with very different musical backgrounds. Jerry had a bluegrass background that came through in his guitar stylings. Currently, John Mayer and Bob Weir both possess the slow blues styling and they are lacking ...view article
With the release of Keller Williams’ first-ever all-covers collection only 2 weeks behind us, Thief is already making its mark on industry charts and rave reviews are pouring in.
Thief debuted this week at #28 on Billboard’s Heatseeker Albums chart, ...view article
Mark's debut album, Walk Through the Fire, will be released by Quacktone Records and DIG Music on June 30, 2009, and will be available at markkaran.com, in stores nationwide, at digital outlets everywhere (including Itunes, Rhapsody, Napster, and Amazon), at Mark Karan & Jemimah Puddleduck shows, and ...view article