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
Nashville, Tenn. Set for release on October 27, 2009 through Signature Sounds, Caroline Herrings 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
A studio album from a band that thrives on live performances can cut both ways. On the one hand, they’re chock-full of tight, compact songs that benefit (for good or bad) from multi-layered studio production values. (What would the Grateful Dead’s “Terrapin Station” be without its eerie, ...view article
Nocturnal lovers of the live-tronic and jam scene were appeased this past weekend with a delightful presence rolling through Chi-town. Performing at the Metro a combination of talented musicians performed together in a band called the Join. This evening the bands duo made up of members from The New ...view article
Umphrey's McGee descended on Colorado with all the fury of an intense winter storm this February. With two sold out nights at the legendary Belly Up in Aspen, the second of the two featuring an outstanding sit in by John Oates of Hall & Oates. This was followed by a S2 which only ...view article
Two of my favorite female artists performed at the Wiltern in LA this past Friday; Nicki Bluhm & the Gramblers opened up for Grace Potter & the Nocturnals. Nicki Bluhm is just wrapping up a national tour, which took her and her Gramblers down the East Coast, across the South then back to their ...view article
SALEM, Mo., January 6, 2011 - For seven summers, Camp Zoe, a serene campground and concert venue located on 370 acres of land along the scenic Current River outside of Salem, Mo., has been a favorite destination for fans of music and the great outdoors from all over the Midwest. The site of the annual ...view article
Umphrey's McGee summer tour is in full rage and recently sandwiched the Lawn at White River in Indianapolis, Indiana in the middle of a Midwest Umph Face Melt tour. Saturday was beautiful, one of those perfect summer evenings that wrap lightly around your memory with just the right amount of haze ...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
Winding down their fall tour, Widespread Panic played a show at the old Lyric Opera House, now known as the Model Performing Arts Center. The venue isn’t a place you’d expect to see a band like Panic, but the acoustics are great and really enhanced the show. There was limited room for dancing ...view article
