The Cambridge Room, in the Dallas House of Blues, may be the most intimate venue around. With a capacity of 250, and stuffed couches around the perimeter, it feels like you’re watching your favorite band in your own living room. I was fortunate enough to catch Cornmeal there last Wednesday. ...view article
After their ten month hiatus in 2012, Widespread Panic has returned stronger than ever. They’ve been touring again since this spring and their fans have been eagerly buying up tickets. Although the size of the crowd at the Verizon Theatre on Wednesday was a little disappointing, the show wasn’t. ...view article
LivePhishRadio will broadcast Phish's 10/21/95 performance (recently added to the LivePhish.com catalog for download and also available on CD) beginning at 2:00PM EST tomorrow, Thursday, September 6th. Tune in at LivePhish.com or Phish.com.
The last four archive releases (08/13/93, 11/14/95, 12/1/95, ...view article
Josh Ritter and the Royal City Band played the Granada Theater in Dallas last Monday night. Â It was only the third time they'd ever performed in Dallas, but surely it won't be the last. Â They've been here twice in the last six months, and from my conversation with bass player, Zack Hickman, after ...view article
Nashville, Tenn. – Set for release on October 27, 2009 through Signature Sounds, Caroline Herring’s fourth album Golden Apples of the Sun is her most intimate and mature to date. Combining haunting originals with some surprising new takes on old standards, Herring has created an album that ...view article
Fresh off of one of their fan directed Stew Art Series (S2) shows at Minglewood Hall in Memphis on Friday, Umphrey’s McGee hit Oklahoma City’s Diamond Ballroom with their full force last night. The Diamond Ballroom is a big dance hall with about 1200 capacity, which was perfect for the UM-phans ...view article
The String Cheese Incident played at the recently refurbished Lyric Opera House in Baltimore last Wednesday, the fifth show in a fourteen show tour. It’s the first real Cheese tour since their hiatus in 2007. They have been performing sporadically at special engagements, like Winter Carnival ...view article
The Winter Tour has just started for moe. with a show in Austin on Thursday, and Dallas on Friday. It’s been a while since the band has actually been on tour, but it didn’t take them too long to shake off the cobwebs. The Dallas show, at the Granada Theater, opened with a lively and jam-laden ...view article
Nashville, Tenn. – Singer-songwriter Josh Grider knows plenty about the roads traveled in life, both literally and figuratively. On his new album Sweet Road to Ride, set for release on October 6th through United For Opportunity, Grider explores the ups and downs that accompany the life of ...view article
Mickey Hart is currently touring in support of his latest recorded offering Superorganism, as well as celebrating his approaching 70th birthday.  I personally have not kept up with Hart’s more recent projects, in fact the last piece I listened to with quite a bit of interest ...view article
