Umphrey's McGee throws a lot of parties during the course of the average touring year, but the throw down of throw downs has always been their New Year's Eve celebration in their home city of Chicago.. Despite stepping down from the grandeur of last year's Auditorium Theatre, the three set ...view article
Heading up to the 10,000 Lakes Festival from Chi-town to Detroit Lakes, MN for my 4th straight year I was stoked, to say the least. Excitement was already in the air as I arrived in Madison, WI greeted by the guys from Steez who would be playing their first ‘10KLF’ on the Vitaminwater Sync Stage ...view article
The Jam Stampede remembers Pigpen and will do a healthy dose of Pigpen on the day of his birthday, September 8. Plenty of Dead tunes will abound and we do one more spin around the sun for Pig.
Starting a rock band was actually Ron McKernan's idea, and he was its first front man, delivering ...view article
DENVER — Swallow Hill Music’s Rootsfest returns for its 5th annual celebration of roots music featuring quintessential folk musicians David Crosby & Graham Nash on Saturday, April 9th at Denver’s historic Paramount Theatre.
Eli Jebidiah's Guitarmageddon comes to Slim's on February 24th, for the 1st annual Guitarmageddon Blues Ball; A bay area all star jam celebrating the blues and Josh Clark's (Tea Leaf Green) birthday. This one of a kind gig will feature two searing electric blues sets, plus a special acoustic blues ...view article
Native Folk Singer-Songwriter Atsiaktonkie (ah-jeeak-doon-gee-ay) will be donating half of the proceeds from all CD sales to the Akwesasne Freedom School, which without funding could result in the Mohawk language and culture diminishing completely.
"The children that attend Freedom School ...view article
Later this week the Dump Truck is getting loaded up and heading out for Dumpstaphunk’s Spring tour. Starting with a 3 night run through Alabama before heading out to to their annual pilgrimage at the Wanee music festival in Live Oak, FL. Their tour continues with a stop at the Historic ...view article
Steve Kimock is an innovator. Not just for his ability to successfully navigate live performances spanning the Summer of Love through the advent of MTV and well into the new electronic-pop revolution. And not just for his gift for leading the live music recording and download revolution ...view article
.jpg "Umphrey's McGee - 12/31/2009: Aragon Ballroom; Chicago, ILL")
