Nashville, Tenn. — Every so often an artist comes along whose style, abilities and personality not only capture the true essence of a particular music genre, but also propel that genre forward in new directions. Nora Jane Struthers is such an artist. After taking top honors in this weekend’s ...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
The Saturday following Thanksgiving was certainly one to be grateful for as Cornmeal gathered their devoted fans in the windy city. The city being home base for this band for they have grown over the past years, touring cities east to west. The band still brings it back home for the family, the close ...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
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
There are a growing number of products which use non-toxic ingredients to do the same job as the toxic products, normally pushed by the large corporate companies. Take the time to investigate the ingredients in the products you purchase to make sure that they ...view article
Dark Star Orchestra graced the Jannus Live (Landing) stage located in downtown St. Petersburg, FL for a real good time. Ironically, I had just been listening to a Grateful Dead Winterland performance from 2/22/74 (40 years to the date) which was the year when the band played in front of their infamous ...view article
To start the first official day of Summer Camp, we were treated to a set by Keller Williams in the VIP Tent. The place was packed and “the joint was jumping”. Keller didn’t have a setlist, so he took requests from the audience. He played some fun tunes, such as Kidney in a Cooler, Gatecrashers ...view article
Cornmeal opened the set with a crowd favorite opener, ‘Ain’t Gonna Work,’ with its fast and heavy fiddle and percussion textures weaving through Kris’ shredding guitar the crowd came alive. Kris’ guitar solo only matched in tempo by Allie as her fiddle rode the beat of John-Paul’s rhythmic ...view article
Sam Bush is like a fine red wine, maturity brings out the best in his music. Now 57 years old, and a veteran of Bluegrass, Newgrass, Jazzgrass, rock and Jug Band music styles, Sam has been a major influence on traditional and progressive acoustic music since the 1970's.17356