Yesterday was the opening day of the Summer Camp Music Festival. After a great pre-party on Thursday, our expectations were high for the kick-off moe. set at 12:30pm. We were not disappointed, opening up with Not Coming Down into Wormwood. Other highlights were Queen of ...view article
The chilly autumn night at the Lawn at White River Amphitheatre, opened by a single hum of Joe Kwon’s cello bow, succeed by Scott Avett’s palatable banjo melody that kicked off the night with “Go to Sleep” a tune off of the Avett Brothers 2007 release Emotionalism. The sold out venue instantly ...view article
Grammy-award winning singleer/songwriter/guitarist Peter Rowan has been a well-known figure in bluegrass and roots music circles since his early days as lead singer and rhythm guitarist for Bill Monroe’s Bluegrass Boys, in the mid 1960’s. Rowan’s impressive musical resume also includes stints ...view article
Bursting beats from the Congress theater in late June was the dynamic duo populating the band Thievery Corporatio. Livening up the Logan Square district of Chicago, a flare of universal elements was brought to the stage with this group whose live performances bring astounding theatrics. A passion ...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
This is more of an acknowledgment than a review. Having attended many festivals in the northeastern US since 1996, I still consider A Bears Picnic one of the best. Its the reason that I went to the first one in West Milton, PA back in 2006 and why I flew from FL in 2012 to attend yet again. Located ...view article
With festival season right around the corner, EOTO closed off their spring tour with a two night run in Chicago. They are making appearances at many known festivals over the summer including Wakarusa and Summer Camp. They closed out their spring tour with a bang. Sixty shows performed in 64 days ...view article
What is it about certain bands that inspire fans to travel insane distances while on tour? Catching as many shows as they can possibly see in a limited amount of time? Some of my friends and family often question why I do it, why fly or drive thousands of combined miles to see the same band play ...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
Kraddy took the stage with much anticipated hype from the ongoing Big Gigantic tour, known to move the masses, with glitched out beats with the rest of the his crew "The Glitch Mob" out of California, he took a step aside from his musical group of DJ Prodigies to put down his own personalized mixes ...view article