January 17, 2012 Railroad Earth comes blazing into 2012 after a string of sold out New Year’s performances in Denver, CO. The band will ...view article
Legendary jamband, the Zen Tricksters, have teamed up with ex-Grateful Dead vocalist Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay to produce an eponymous studio recording with a real live feel. And we’re not simply talking about modern interpretations of classic Grateful Dead songs; Listeners are treated to a dozen ...view article
The ascension continues for Chicago's Umphrey's McGee, not only in terms of their commercial success but in creative accomplishment and instrumental achievement as well. Their performance on Live at the Murat (SCI Fidelity), their first official live release, is as impressive as anything they've recorded ...view article
Today, Bear Creek Music Festival announces the addition of moe. to the festival’s already stellar lineup. They join headliners Umphrey’s McGee on November 12-14 at the legendary Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, Florida. Also scheduled to perform are Ivan Neville’s ...view article
This spring, guitarist Brendan Bayliss of the improvisational Chicago band Umphrey’s McGee and mandolinist Jeff Austin of Boulder’s top-flight Americana unit Yonder Mountain String Band join forces as 30db. 30db releases their new album, One Man Show, on ...view article
It’s no surprise that the band Railroad Earth took their name from Jack Kerouac’s flowing prose-poem, October in the Railroad Earth. Interspersed with memories of the past and the present, the story weaves a complex tapestry of impressions and reflections, all underlining the American ...view article
After months of reunion rumors, Phish has announced they will play three nights at the Hampton Coliseum in Hampton, Virginia on March 6, 7 and 8, 2009. This announcment comes just under a month after the boys reunited at the wedding of long time road manager, Brad Sands.
A limited number of tickets ...view article
For more than 30 years, Jerry Joseph has been strapping on a guitar and chasing down truth, understanding and soul with tenacity and resonant skill. Joseph is the archetypal musician’s musician - something that’s resoundingly clear on his sweeping new double album Happy Book, ...view article
Third annual event held May 23-25 celebrates the music and spirit of The Grateful Dead; Festival features no overlapping sets with 3 nights of Dark Star Orchestra, plus Yonder Mountain String Band, Galactic, Keller Williams with More Than A Little, New Riders Of The Purple Sage, The Wailers, ...view article
I'd like to tell you a story about a band called Umphrey's McGee and how they changed all of the rules in a matter of four hours. Last Saturday night I was witness to history being made. The inaugural UMBowl event took place in front of myself and five hundred other fantastically lucky ...view article
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