Not Missing a Step: An Interview with The New Riders of the Purple Sage
Grateful Web: How about the obligatory political question? Being that we are in the Nation’s capital, if you had a moment with President Bush what would you say to him? David Nelson: I’d say, get out! OUT! - Buddy Cage: He doesn’t want to get that close to me to hear what I have to say to him… - David Nelson: You know that’s funny, because that reminds me of in the 60’s in the backroom with the Dead we thought about that exact same topic. We said what if we could actually talk to the President, what would we say? And Phil I think it was said: “Now listen here asshole….” And that was when Presidents were good!
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  • Leftover Salmon is breaking up or taking a break?
    Leftover Salmon after 15 yrs says no more.. a hiatus or good-bye for good? read more..

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  • Leftover Salmon is breaking up or taking a break?
    Leftover Salmon after 15 yrs says no more.. a hiatus or good-bye for good? read more..

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  • Mark Karan interview - 4/21/01
    Mark Karan interview

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  • Railroad Earth
    With nearly 400 shows and tens of thousands of road miles now behind them, Railroad Earth has become a staple on the national touring and festival scene, and built a huge following of loyal fans that document and trade every note they play, and often join them on the road for multiple nights. These fans call themselves “Hobos,” and the band considers them to be the fuel that keeps this engine chugging along. Railroad Earth’s next album is planned for release in Spring 2004. Till then the band will continue to bring their music to the stage from East to West. So keep an ear to the ground and listen for Railroad Earth, because they'll be rolling through your town very soon.

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  • ten2nine
    "I hate to break the news to you, but you guy's may have finally put all the pieces together. This new ep is the best work I've heard from you ever! The writing, lyrics and music is superb, the performance is top notch and [Jim Leguilloux's] production gives it a true professional gloss." - Ron Gilmour, Power 104 Kelowna, BC

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  • Metharia
    The debut on the band was on 18th January 2000, when Metharia won the festival "Le Quattro Notti Rock." In June 2003 they are one of the three winners of the "NMC festival,' in Marcerta winning the award for the best live performance.

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  • Signal Path
    Armed with new jungle juice, they are warming up and ready to play. They opened up with a latenight show in Atlanta and continued on to Mountain View Jam Festival in North Carolina. Coast to coast, they'll be working their way to SummerCamp, Wakarusa, and High Sierra Music Festival.

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  • T-Band
    Jim Dooney plays guitar and does most of the lead vocals. He is great at getting everyone involved in the fun by taking requests or choosing the perfect song for any situation. Amy Anderson plays the stand up bass and sings harmony. Amy is the musical backbone of the band. Her playing punch and solid timing keeps us all together in our all acoustic environment. Robert Griffith plays banjo and sings harmony. Rob drives the band with lightning fast fingers and great improvising skills. Rich Egan plays mandolin and does some vocals. Rich keeps your feet tapping and your fingers snapping with his rhythm chops and is great at playing tasteful solos."

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  • Shanti Groove (September 2003)
    Shanti's groove moves along acoustical and electrical lines, combining the voice of jazz and rock with back porch bluegrass and funktified percussion. Bringing their unique sound to venues nationwide, the band provides a musical celebration of the 'groove' kind.

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  • Kelly's running column
    In this column I want to talk to you about Ghent. Ghent is the capital of the province East-Flanders in Belgium, a small country in Europe, and has about 225, 000 inhabitants.

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  • Kelly's running column
    In this column I want to talk to you about Ghent. Ghent is the capital of the province East-Flanders in Belgium, a small country in Europe, and has about 225, 000 inhabitants.

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  • Curious Yellow (August 2003)
    After fronting a couple bands in the mid 90s in California and spending the next several years developing his musical and songwriting talents in Japan and Minneapolis, Adam Lancaster landed in Denver in 2000 and founded the band. The band took on many formations and seemingly endless lineup changes for about a year until the perfect complimentary additions of Gregg Rosenthal (drums), Josh Eckhoff (guitar), and Matt Novack (bass, vocals) created a sound and style beyond what Adam could have hoped for. This new talented group immediately began writing songs and reworking old songs to create music and a performance that attracts and engages every listening audience. The personal and musical bond between each member deepened quickly and the dedication from everyone to develop the band to its fullest possibilities is evident.

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  • New Monsoon (June 2003)
    Utilizing congas, timbales, tabla, banjo, bongos, Dobro, ghatham, Didgeridoo, electric and acoustic guitars, bass, drum kit and keys, the band offers a plethora of textures, rhythms, ideas and moods. New Monsoon absorbs elements of sound indigenous to world culture and incorporates them into a variety of colorful and original rhythmic compositions.

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  • One Way Rider (May 2003)
    "One Way Rider has taken Nashville by storm! It was an honor to have them perform on the Interstate Radio Network a network of over twenty stations that broadcast from Music City and airs nationwide and in Canada. Locally in Nashville, the IRN broadcast on WSM 650 AM, the home of the Grand Ole Opry. The response was great! We cant wait to have them come back on the air and play for us again. It was so good to be with folks that live and love the bluegrass way, truly a blessed family. David and Valerie are a great example of what a family can accomplish together."

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  • Smokestack (January 2003)
    “The quality of playing blew me away. All four guys were stars, but that keyboard player is a superstar. Very Hornsby in his writing and singing, very Medeski with his jams. I have had the CD for a few months, and being a little familiar with the songs impressed me even more.” CanJam News Toronto, Canada

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  • The Miltones (December 2002)
    Formed in the summer of 2000, the Miltones have already performed over 350 shows in under 28 months. Their high volume of gigs has enabled the band to mature and explore a range of musical directions that make them a formidable artistic act. Simultaneously their music seems to embrace a level of healing and celebration that make them both accessible and fortunate for the audiences they have attracted.

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  • Ripple (November 2002)
    When Ripple started out in an Old Tappan, NJ basement during early 1978, none of us thought we would be discussing the possibilities of playing together for 25 years. But that’s exactly what happened. From the early day’s of playing friends parties (usually when the Parent’s were away) to all the great nightclubs and other interesting venues we’ve performed at during the years, we’ve met some amazing people and formed life long friendships that will long out live the Band.

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  • Fair To Midland (September 2002)
    Brett Stowers and Nathin Seals offer a rhythmic passion that leads the humble gentlemen in their avant-garde sound. The unearthed discord and unconventional cries of frontman Andrew Sudderth infused with guitarist Cliff Campbell's melodic fury tumble into a captivating creation of sonics, cultures, and confusion. Combined with the subtle offering of Matt Langley on keys, FTM glides past the expected boundries and gracefully throws their intense rock harmonies to the flame.

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  • The Few (July 2002)
    "We did it in chunks, whenever he was available," says Burnside. "Living there, and playing in the clubs, it raises your game." The result, an explosive, hooky collection that echoes Burnside's love of the Replacements and fascination with the Cure, is startling from a 22-year-old who took up guitar only three years ago.

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  • One Cat Left (May 2002)
    Pete’s former association with TOM MARSHALL of PHISH led to the band AMFIBIAN. It was here in this situation that Pete found his voice and his motivation..

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  • Mt. Kilimanjaro!
    In one scene we saw a hippo in the river, a croccodile laying on the bank just beside it, and a waterbuck stanking near in the grass!

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  • Grateful Web Interview with Madison House and SCI Ticketing
    SCI interview

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  • Sativa Gumbo (April 2002)
    Sativa Gumbo

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  • Pamela's stories from Africa
    This month I'll continue teaching English at the school, organize a second beekeeping seminar, begin making fuel-efficient stoves, and track down another place to buy modern breed roosters.

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  • Yamagata (June 2001)
    Yamagata

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  • JSwine (October 2000)
    JSwine

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  • Mark Karan (August 2000)
    Mark Karan

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  • Moses Guest (September 2000)
    Moses Guest

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  • Uncle Sammy (July 2001)
    Uncle Sammy

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  • Solomon Grundy (April 2001)
    Solomon Grundy

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  • Tonal Vision (May 2001)
    Tonal Vision

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  • Cosmic Dust Devils (December 2001)
    Cosmic Dust Devils

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  • Purple Buddah (November 2001)
    Purple Buddah

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  • Shakedown Street (February 2002)
    Shakedown Street

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  • Dark Star Orchestra (December 2000)
    Dark Star Orchestra

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  • Boulder’s Performing Arts Collective Kan’Nal
    An international phenomenon and hometown favorite, Kan’Nal performs the Boulder Theater Friday, April 20 celebrating the release of Live at the Boulder Theater, its first ever Live DVD. In addition to the DVD, the band is also set to release its new studio album entitled A Myth Magik early this June.

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  • BOBBY LEE RODGERS & THE CODETALKERS
    Rock & roll needs fresh blood to thrive, and it's rarely had a more exuberant, beautifully crafted infusion than Bobby Lee Rodgers & The CodeTalkers, a fiery trio that taps into the primal mojo of '50s pioneers embellished with the captivating twists & turns of hard electric blues, Muscle Shoals soul, fleet fingered acoustic picking, and huge scale epic rock. Founded in 1999, they make a joyous, dizzyingly engaged roar anchored to truly lethal musicianship.

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  • BOBBY LEE RODGERS & THE CODETALKERS
    Rock & roll needs fresh blood to thrive, and it's rarely had a more exuberant, beautifully crafted infusion than Bobby Lee Rodgers & The CodeTalkers, a fiery trio that taps into the primal mojo of '50s pioneers embellished with the captivating twists & turns of hard electric blues, Muscle Shoals soul, fleet fingered acoustic picking, and huge scale epic rock. Founded in 1999, they make a joyous, dizzyingly engaged roar anchored to truly lethal musicianship.

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  • DOYLE LAWSON & QUICKSILVER
    In September of 2006 at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. Lawson was presented with a prestigious National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowship award (which recognizes artistic excellence in cultural authenticity and contributions to one's field), joining an extremely select group of bluegrass artists--Bill Monroe, Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson, Ralph Stanley and Jerry Douglas--who have also been honored.

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  • DOYLE LAWSON & QUICKSILVER
    In September of 2006 at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. Lawson was presented with a prestigious National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowship award (which recognizes artistic excellence in cultural authenticity and contributions to one's field), joining an extremely select group of bluegrass artists--Bill Monroe, Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson, Ralph Stanley and Jerry Douglas--who have also been honored.

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  • Page McConnell’s 1st Show: Coming Full Circle
    The only conversation topic welcomed by Page in this era of moving forward was the acknowledgement of being a Philly boy and his birth at Chestnut Hill Hospital. Page carefully deflected every question about Phish and his college thesis writing days at Goddard. He seemed dignified and determined to move forward, and although I miss those days as much as anyone, this project is a good time. The crowd has progressed as well. Let’s face it we’re older now too. The “Fluffhead” chants continued and the “woo hoos” brought back memories, but as Bob Dylan once noticed, “the times they are a changin’.”

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  • Page McConnell’s 1st Show: Coming Full Circle
    The only conversation topic welcomed by Page in this era of moving forward was the acknowledgement of being a Philly boy and his birth at Chestnut Hill Hospital. Page carefully deflected every question about Phish and his college thesis writing days at Goddard. He seemed dignified and determined to move forward, and although I miss those days as much as anyone, this project is a good time. The crowd has progressed as well. Let’s face it we’re older now too. The “Fluffhead” chants continued and the “woo hoos” brought back memories, but as Bob Dylan once noticed, “the times they are a changin’.”

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  • Dean & Britta: New, Old, and Wistful
    These two superstars along with their new band are touring in support of their new album called Back Numbers. They admitted being a little nervous since this was their first live show in two years, but their sound never dulls. They opened with the first song off the album called “Singer Sing.” Britta’s gorgeous and tantalizing voice crooned the lyrics, “while you were sleeping, I caught you dreaming/ singer sing that song/ driver drive along.”

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  • Dean & Britta: New, Old, and Wistful
    These two superstars along with their new band are touring in support of their new album called Back Numbers. They admitted being a little nervous since this was their first live show in two years, but their sound never dulls. They opened with the first song off the album called “Singer Sing.” Britta’s gorgeous and tantalizing voice crooned the lyrics, “while you were sleeping, I caught you dreaming/ singer sing that song/ driver drive along.”

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  • Inaugural Asheville Music Jamboree Announces Artists
    The Asheville Music Jamboree embraces that diversity and beauty inviting patrons from all walks of life to enjoy an eclectic mix of world-class musical entertainment while celebrating the unique sense of community among its intimate setting of rolling hills and bountiful apple orchards. Additionally, the event provides a wealth of interactive children’s activities, varied cuisine alternatives, artistic crafts and wares, along with camping options in a subdued natural setting.

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  • Inaugural Asheville Music Jamboree Announces Artists
    The Asheville Music Jamboree embraces that diversity and beauty inviting patrons from all walks of life to enjoy an eclectic mix of world-class musical entertainment while celebrating the unique sense of community among its intimate setting of rolling hills and bountiful apple orchards. Additionally, the event provides a wealth of interactive children’s activities, varied cuisine alternatives, artistic crafts and wares, along with camping options in a subdued natural setting.

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  • Wakarusa 2007 Coming Soon...
    In little more than two months, the grasslands of northeastern Kansas will be filled with the sounds of electric music and fun-loving party goers. While organizers put the finishing touches on the 2007 Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival, set for June 7-10 at Clinton State Park in Lawrence, Kan., music lovers from across the country are planning their trips to the Midwest.

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  • Wakarusa 2007 Coming Soon...
    In little more than two months, the grasslands of northeastern Kansas will be filled with the sounds of electric music and fun-loving party goers. While organizers put the finishing touches on the 2007 Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival, set for June 7-10 at Clinton State Park in Lawrence, Kan., music lovers from across the country are planning their trips to the Midwest.

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  • DAVID OLNEY’S New Album ONE TOUGH TOWN
    One of Olney’s biggest admirers was the late, great Townes Van Zandt, who said of him: “Anytime anyone asks me who my favorite music writers are, I say Mozart, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Bob Dylan and David Olney. Olney is one of the best songwriters I’ve ever heard — and that’s true. I mean that from my heart.”

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  • DAVID OLNEY’S New Album ONE TOUGH TOWN
    One of Olney’s biggest admirers was the late, great Townes Van Zandt, who said of him: “Anytime anyone asks me who my favorite music writers are, I say Mozart, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Bob Dylan and David Olney. Olney is one of the best songwriters I’ve ever heard — and that’s true. I mean that from my heart.”

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  • Umphrey's McGee On Tour Now!
    Umphrey’s McGee releases a double disc album – a spontaneous and intriguing follow-up to their highly touted spring 2006 studio release Safety In Numbers. Titled The Bottom Half, disc one features ten songs that did not make it onto Safety In Numbers, while disc two offers outtakes, alternative versions of songs, a cappella recordings, and other bits from the band’s 2005 studio sessions. As with Safety In Numbers, famed album artist Storm Thorgerson has designed the artwork for The Bottom Half.

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  • Umphrey's McGee On Tour Now!
    Umphrey’s McGee releases a double disc album – a spontaneous and intriguing follow-up to their highly touted spring 2006 studio release Safety In Numbers. Titled The Bottom Half, disc one features ten songs that did not make it onto Safety In Numbers, while disc two offers outtakes, alternative versions of songs, a cappella recordings, and other bits from the band’s 2005 studio sessions. As with Safety In Numbers, famed album artist Storm Thorgerson has designed the artwork for The Bottom Half.

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  • Furtado's New Album 'Thirteen' Available Now!
    From the very first moments of “Used,” which opens Tony Furtado’s new album, Thirteen (available now on Funzalo Records), it’s clear that the prodigious instrumentalist turned singer/songwriter is a man on a mission. This bracing rocker, with its galloping ZZ Top groove and restless Tom Petty vibe, establishes the album’s interlocked themes of “good luck/bad luck/no luck” (as Furtado puts it) on both the personal and political levels, while a phalanx of fretted instruments provides a thrillingly visceral reminder of Furtado’s prowess as an ax wielder of the first order.

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  • Furtado's New Album 'Thirteen' Available Now!
    From the very first moments of “Used,” which opens Tony Furtado’s new album, Thirteen (available now on Funzalo Records), it’s clear that the prodigious instrumentalist turned singer/songwriter is a man on a mission. This bracing rocker, with its galloping ZZ Top groove and restless Tom Petty vibe, establishes the album’s interlocked themes of “good luck/bad luck/no luck” (as Furtado puts it) on both the personal and political levels, while a phalanx of fretted instruments provides a thrillingly visceral reminder of Furtado’s prowess as an ax wielder of the first order.

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  • THE STRING CHEESE INCIDENT ANNOUNCES 2007 SUMMER TOUR
    Today, independent music pioneers The String Cheese Incident announce their 2007 Summer Tour – which also marks the beginning of an end for the band and their community. In the fall of 2006, The String Cheese Incident announced it would make no plans beyond summer 2007, as SCI guitarist Billy Nershi would be leaving the group to explore a different musical path

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  • THE STRING CHEESE INCIDENT ANNOUNCES 2007 SUMMER TOUR
    Today, independent music pioneers The String Cheese Incident announce their 2007 Summer Tour – which also marks the beginning of an end for the band and their community. In the fall of 2006, The String Cheese Incident announced it would make no plans beyond summer 2007, as SCI guitarist Billy Nershi would be leaving the group to explore a different musical path

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  • Umphreys McGee: The Bottom Half
    Normally I am a little skeptical of artists who release albums that are dubbed “B-sides” or “leftover recording material”, because it usually is a feeble attempt to cash in on material that truly is b-grade. However, this is not the case with the release of Umphreys McGee’s The Bottom Half, which happens to boast some beautifully written and energetically recorded tracks from the Chicago-based rock outfit.

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  • Umphreys McGee: The Bottom Half
    Normally I am a little skeptical of artists who release albums that are dubbed “B-sides” or “leftover recording material”, because it usually is a feeble attempt to cash in on material that truly is b-grade. However, this is not the case with the release of Umphreys McGee’s The Bottom Half, which happens to boast some beautifully written and energetically recorded tracks from the Chicago-based rock outfit.

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  • Announcing The 9th Annual Taos Solar Music Festival
    Each year, through the universal language of music, the Taos Solar Music Festival celebrates sun and renewable energy, and continues to be the festival of choice for music fans around the country who share an environmental consciousness and zealousness about this community we call Earth.

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  • Announcing The 9th Annual Taos Solar Music Festival
    Each year, through the universal language of music, the Taos Solar Music Festival celebrates sun and renewable energy, and continues to be the festival of choice for music fans around the country who share an environmental consciousness and zealousness about this community we call Earth.

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  • Kyle Hollingsworth Debuts soleside
    Kyle Hollingsworth (The String Cheese Incident) steps out with his latest collaboration – soleside – which features Kyle, Speech (of Arrested Development) and DJ Logic. Backed by a full band, these three creative souls, seemingly worlds apart, will smash jazz/funk, hiphop and turntables into an explosive new music that defies categorization. Don’t miss soleside’s debut in Colorado this May.

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  • Kyle Hollingsworth Debuts soleside
    Kyle Hollingsworth (The String Cheese Incident) steps out with his latest collaboration – soleside – which features Kyle, Speech (of Arrested Development) and DJ Logic. Backed by a full band, these three creative souls, seemingly worlds apart, will smash jazz/funk, hiphop and turntables into an explosive new music that defies categorization. Don’t miss soleside’s debut in Colorado this May.

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  • Still The Samples After All These Years
    Kelly has gone through a host of backing musicians since then with varying success, none as great as the days before the release of Outpost (the last album recorded by the original band members). Nevertheless, as I learned recently at a show in Denver, Sean Kelly and The Samples have persevered and continue to write and record new material while still performing to large, devoted crowds.

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  • Still The Samples After All These Years
    Kelly has gone through a host of backing musicians since then with varying success, none as great as the days before the release of Outpost (the last album recorded by the original band members). Nevertheless, as I learned recently at a show in Denver, Sean Kelly and The Samples have persevered and continue to write and record new material while still performing to large, devoted crowds.

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  • North Mississippi Allstars Acoustic
    The North Mississippi Allstars decided to play a very unique acoustic tour. It wasn’t the usual Mississippi foot stomping rockin’ blues, but a mellow country blues that told a story and a history about a time and place much different from here and now. I saw the March 23rd show at the World Café Live in Philadelphia. By the time you read this review, the Allstars will be finished their small acoustic tour and will be preparing for a long summer of touring their usual way.

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  • North Mississippi Allstars Acoustic
    The North Mississippi Allstars decided to play a very unique acoustic tour. It wasn’t the usual Mississippi foot stomping rockin’ blues, but a mellow country blues that told a story and a history about a time and place much different from here and now. I saw the March 23rd show at the World Café Live in Philadelphia. By the time you read this review, the Allstars will be finished their small acoustic tour and will be preparing for a long summer of touring their usual way.

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  • Will Bernard’s Traveling Cast of Shining Stars
    Will Bernard has been flying all over the music radar for a number of years. One of the reasons that I see for that is the unique talent of that California jazz guitar sound. Bernard’s guitar is like a breath fresh air. The smooth tone of the jazz hollow body is one of my favorite sounds to hear. When I asked Will at set break who his guitar heroes are, he told me with a smile. The answer that I was waiting for was Wes Montgomery, and that was the second name he mentioned. I recalled a dinner one night in Boulder a few years ago when Brian Jordan from Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe told me that Montgomery was the reason that he picked up the guitar.

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  • Will Bernard’s Traveling Cast of Shining Stars
    Will Bernard has been flying all over the music radar for a number of years. One of the reasons that I see for that is the unique talent of that California jazz guitar sound. Bernard’s guitar is like a breath fresh air. The smooth tone of the jazz hollow body is one of my favorite sounds to hear. When I asked Will at set break who his guitar heroes are, he told me with a smile. The answer that I was waiting for was Wes Montgomery, and that was the second name he mentioned. I recalled a dinner one night in Boulder a few years ago when Brian Jordan from Karl Denson’s Tiny Universe told me that Montgomery was the reason that he picked up the guitar.

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  • Rex Foundation on Summer Tour
    The Rex Foundation is proud to again announce that it will be participating in the following festivals in 2007 and we gratefully acknowledge the support of the Foundation by the Promoters of the following Festivals:

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  • Rex Foundation on Summer Tour
    The Rex Foundation is proud to again announce that it will be participating in the following festivals in 2007 and we gratefully acknowledge the support of the Foundation by the Promoters of the following Festivals:

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  • The String Cheese Incident’s Fillmore Farewell
    For a band seemingly ready to branch out in artistically different directions, they played like it was the beginning and not the end. The 2007 Winter Carnival at the Fillmore Auditorium was indeed a grand celebration of a band that helped build this venue. It was also a great thank you to all the hometown fans that have supported the group over the years.

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  • The String Cheese Incident’s Fillmore Farewell
    For a band seemingly ready to branch out in artistically different directions, they played like it was the beginning and not the end. The 2007 Winter Carnival at the Fillmore Auditorium was indeed a grand celebration of a band that helped build this venue. It was also a great thank you to all the hometown fans that have supported the group over the years.

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  • UNDERGROUND HEAVYWEIGHT BASSNECTAR CONFIRMED FOR COACHELLA
    San Francisco' s “number one DJ” has just been confirmed to perform at this year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. On Saturday, April 28, Bassnectar will appear as a featured artist in the "Lucent Misting Oasis" - a 360 degree, big sound, interactive environment set to showcase the country’s hottest underground acts. The “Lucent Misting Oasis” is Coachella’s largest art installation yet, encompassing one full acre in the center of the festival. The area is hosted by The Do LaB, an ensemble cast of creatives from the Los Angeles underground, including artists, event producers, lighting designers and the performance troupe Lucent Dossier

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  • UNDERGROUND HEAVYWEIGHT BASSNECTAR CONFIRMED FOR COACHELLA
    San Francisco' s “number one DJ” has just been confirmed to perform at this year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. On Saturday, April 28, Bassnectar will appear as a featured artist in the "Lucent Misting Oasis" - a 360 degree, big sound, interactive environment set to showcase the country’s hottest underground acts. The “Lucent Misting Oasis” is Coachella’s largest art installation yet, encompassing one full acre in the center of the festival. The area is hosted by The Do LaB, an ensemble cast of creatives from the Los Angeles underground, including artists, event producers, lighting designers and the performance troupe Lucent Dossier

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  • STEVE BARTON & THE OBLIVION CLICK
    You have heard Steve Barton on Translator’s huge hit “Everywhere That I’m Not.” The veteran San Francisco alt-rock outfit recorded four albums on 415/Columbia, and toured with R.E.M., Gang of Four and David Bowie. And Translator lives on to this day, soon to announce new recordings, rarities and reissues. However, in Barton’s other, more day-to-day life, he’s the vocalist-songwriter-guitarist in Steve Barton & the Oblivion Click, whose new album, Flicker of Time, will hit the streets on June 12.

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  • STEVE BARTON & THE OBLIVION CLICK
    You have heard Steve Barton on Translator’s huge hit “Everywhere That I’m Not.” The veteran San Francisco alt-rock outfit recorded four albums on 415/Columbia, and toured with R.E.M., Gang of Four and David Bowie. And Translator lives on to this day, soon to announce new recordings, rarities and reissues. However, in Barton’s other, more day-to-day life, he’s the vocalist-songwriter-guitarist in Steve Barton & the Oblivion Click, whose new album, Flicker of Time, will hit the streets on June 12.

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  • Perpetual Groove Releases LIVELOVEDIE
    Many musicians who stage their very existence through live art seem to have trouble rolling over that passion into studio projects. The atmosphere changes drastically, and for many can stifle the creative process. However, those who embrace this medium can translate very well and generally reward the listener with real substance.

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  • Perpetual Groove Releases LIVELOVEDIE
    Many musicians who stage their very existence through live art seem to have trouble rolling over that passion into studio projects. The atmosphere changes drastically, and for many can stifle the creative process. However, those who embrace this medium can translate very well and generally reward the listener with real substance.

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  • YARD DOGS ROAD SHOW ON TOUR IN MAY: CABARET BLITZ!
    There is some speculation as to the origin of the Yard Dogs Road Show. Not for the want of mystery but for the difficulty in translating an experience that was navigated by the overly-romantic and sleep deprived. Shows came and went leaving very little time to fully comprehend what was going on. Some say the carnival-inspired performance art of the Yard Dogs Road Show began as a three piece jug band performing in road houses and dance halls and at informal gatherings, including Oregon’s modern day acid tests with Ken Kesey and The Merry Pranksters.

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  • YARD DOGS ROAD SHOW ON TOUR IN MAY: CABARET BLITZ!
    There is some speculation as to the origin of the Yard Dogs Road Show. Not for the want of mystery but for the difficulty in translating an experience that was navigated by the overly-romantic and sleep deprived. Shows came and went leaving very little time to fully comprehend what was going on. Some say the carnival-inspired performance art of the Yard Dogs Road Show began as a three piece jug band performing in road houses and dance halls and at informal gatherings, including Oregon’s modern day acid tests with Ken Kesey and The Merry Pranksters.

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  • A Well Oiled Machine Rolls into Atlanta
    On April 14, Georgia Tech played house to “Barbecue and Bluegrass”, a two part event featuring an early evening meal of rib sticking barbeque followed by some good ol pickin from 3 very talented Bluegrass Bands: Peachtree Station; Hot Buttered Rum; and Cherryholmes.

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  • A Well Oiled Machine Rolls into Atlanta
    On April 14, Georgia Tech played house to “Barbecue and Bluegrass”, a two part event featuring an early evening meal of rib sticking barbeque followed by some good ol pickin from 3 very talented Bluegrass Bands: Peachtree Station; Hot Buttered Rum; and Cherryholmes.

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  • The debut of the MONOLITH MUSIC FESTIVAL at RED ROCKS
    MONOLITH and AEG Live Rocky Mountains have partnered to co-produce the inaugural MONOLITH Festival at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado on September 14 and 15, 2007.

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  • The debut of the MONOLITH MUSIC FESTIVAL at RED ROCKS
    MONOLITH and AEG Live Rocky Mountains have partnered to co-produce the inaugural MONOLITH Festival at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado on September 14 and 15, 2007.

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  • Ghostland Observatory: Watch Out!
    I want to start by saying that this band is a must see adventure. Make no mistake about it; this is one of the unique and fun acts that I’ve seen since Hurra Torpedo last summer. It is really hard to compare this incredible duo from Austin, Texas to anyone, but try to imagine putting Beck, Mars Volta, Daft Punk, Freddie Mercury and Napoleon Dynamite in a musical blender, while leaving all your inhibitions at the door and dancing your tail off for a few hours.

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  • Ghostland Observatory: Watch Out!
    I want to start by saying that this band is a must see adventure. Make no mistake about it; this is one of the unique and fun acts that I’ve seen since Hurra Torpedo last summer. It is really hard to compare this incredible duo from Austin, Texas to anyone, but try to imagine putting Beck, Mars Volta, Daft Punk, Freddie Mercury and Napoleon Dynamite in a musical blender, while leaving all your inhibitions at the door and dancing your tail off for a few hours.

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  • Camp Bisco 6 Announces Line-up
    Long recognized as the preeminent trance-fusion band in the United States, the Disco Biscuits have forged a new path in the improvisational music scene, leaving in their wake dozens of imitators while leading the charge in the now dominating live-electronic touring circuit. In the twelve years that the Biscuits have been around they have created a huge following and garnered a great deal of critical success.

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  • Camp Bisco 6 Announces Line-up
    Long recognized as the preeminent trance-fusion band in the United States, the Disco Biscuits have forged a new path in the improvisational music scene, leaving in their wake dozens of imitators while leading the charge in the now dominating live-electronic touring circuit. In the twelve years that the Biscuits have been around they have created a huge following and garnered a great deal of critical success.

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  • Fans Decide as 10KLF Launches Cosmic Break Online Voting
    Culling some of the nation's best independent & up-and-coming artists, 10,000 Lakes Festival's Cosmic Break is ready to launch its online component. After the wealth of talent unearthed from this year's ten city Cosmic Break Tour, thirty bands from all over America are now entered. Through online fan voting, can win three of the coveted performance slots at this year's festival.

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  • Fans Decide as 10KLF Launches Cosmic Break Online Voting
    Culling some of the nation's best independent & up-and-coming artists, 10,000 Lakes Festival's Cosmic Break is ready to launch its online component. After the wealth of talent unearthed from this year's ten city Cosmic Break Tour, thirty bands from all over America are now entered. Through online fan voting, can win three of the coveted performance slots at this year's festival.

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  • From Asheville to Africa, Why You Need to Hear Toubab Krewe
    Even the most die hard jam band fan will at one point crave something new and unusual, a step away from the traditional structure of lead guitar solos dragging on for minutes. This doesn’t mean that a fan of such musical structure needs to subject themselves to standardized pop music; it simply suggests that the listener might need to search for music made with more unconventional instruments. The answer you seek lies not in a far away land but with Asheville, North Carolina’s own Toubab Krewe.

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  • From Asheville to Africa, Why You Need to Hear Toubab Krewe
    Even the most die hard jam band fan will at one point crave something new and unusual, a step away from the traditional structure of lead guitar solos dragging on for minutes. This doesn’t mean that a fan of such musical structure needs to subject themselves to standardized pop music; it simply suggests that the listener might need to search for music made with more unconventional instruments. The answer you seek lies not in a far away land but with Asheville, North Carolina’s own Toubab Krewe.

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  • RAQ Shines at the Green Apple Music Festival
    The carnival came to the ultra sold out Bowery Ballroom in New York City for the largest Earth Day celebration. There were fire swallowers, people dressed in costume, and even popular musicians such as Page McConnell lurking through the crowd. All here to see the rapidly rising jam saviors from Burlington take the stage in one of their most important gigs to date.

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  • RAQ Shines at the Green Apple Music Festival
    The carnival came to the ultra sold out Bowery Ballroom in New York City for the largest Earth Day celebration. There were fire swallowers, people dressed in costume, and even popular musicians such as Page McConnell lurking through the crowd. All here to see the rapidly rising jam saviors from Burlington take the stage in one of their most important gigs to date.

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  • Cloud 9 Presents CARIBBEAN HOLIDAZE
    Cloud 9 Adventures, the people who bring the music community the floating festival known as Jam Cruise, today announce their next destination concert experience. Caribbean Holidaze will bring 800 music fans to Jamaica for four nights to celebrate the music of The Disco Biscuits & Umphrey’s McGee, along with very special guests Keller Williams, the Benevento/Russo Duo, Mad Professor and the return of the Brain Damaged Eggmen, a unique collaboration between Umphrey’s McGee and The Disco Biscuits performing the music of the Beatles and Pink Floyd.

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  • Cloud 9 Presents CARIBBEAN HOLIDAZE
    Cloud 9 Adventures, the people who bring the music community the floating festival known as Jam Cruise, today announce their next destination concert experience. Caribbean Holidaze will bring 800 music fans to Jamaica for four nights to celebrate the music of The Disco Biscuits & Umphrey’s McGee, along with very special guests Keller Williams, the Benevento/Russo Duo, Mad Professor and the return of the Brain Damaged Eggmen, a unique collaboration between Umphrey’s McGee and The Disco Biscuits performing the music of the Beatles and Pink Floyd.

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  • Wakarusa 2007: Festival to Feature over 100 Top Acts
    In little more than one month, the grasslands of northeastern Kansas will be filled with the sounds of electric music and fun-loving party goers. While organizers put the finishing touches on the 2007 Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival, set for June 7-10 at Clinton State Park in Lawrence, Kan., music lovers from across the country are planning their trips to the Midwest.

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  • Wakarusa 2007: Festival to Feature over 100 Top Acts
    In little more than one month, the grasslands of northeastern Kansas will be filled with the sounds of electric music and fun-loving party goers. While organizers put the finishing touches on the 2007 Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival, set for June 7-10 at Clinton State Park in Lawrence, Kan., music lovers from across the country are planning their trips to the Midwest.

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  • Wakarusa Kicks Off First Annual Sustainability Symposium
    The 2007 Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival will partner with Zephyr Energy, a program of the non-profit Bonneville Environmental Foundation, and New Belgium Brewing Company to offer a Sustainability Symposium, the goal of which is to bring environmental issues into mainstream discussion. This year’s Festival will take place June 7 – 10 at Clinton Lake State Park outside Lawrence.

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  • Wakarusa Kicks Off First Annual Sustainability Symposium
    The 2007 Wakarusa Music and Camping Festival will partner with Zephyr Energy, a program of the non-profit Bonneville Environmental Foundation, and New Belgium Brewing Company to offer a Sustainability Symposium, the goal of which is to bring environmental issues into mainstream discussion. This year’s Festival will take place June 7 – 10 at Clinton Lake State Park outside Lawrence.

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  • COLLECTORS’ CHOICE REISSUES THE MUGWUMPS’ ONLY ALBUM
    The Mugwaumps, precursors to the Mamas & the Papas and the Lovin’ Spoonful helped bridge the ‘60s Greenwich Village folk era with the West Coast folk-rock sound.

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  • COLLECTORS’ CHOICE REISSUES THE MUGWUMPS’ ONLY ALBUM
    The Mugwaumps, precursors to the Mamas & the Papas and the Lovin’ Spoonful helped bridge the ‘60s Greenwich Village folk era with the West Coast folk-rock sound.

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  • Gathering of the Vibes 2007 Coming Soon!
    Continuing its tradition as the Northeast’s premier summer music and camping festival, The 12th Annual Gathering of the Vibes taking place August 9th through August 12th at Seaside Park in Bridgeport, CT—is proud to announce additional artists to supplement its already diverse line-up. New additions include former Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart with The Mickey Hart Band; bass virtuoso Les Claypool; funk legends George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic; Allman Brothers Band alum Dickey Betts and Great Southern; Zero featuring Steve Kimock; roots reggae favorites The Wailers; Donna Jean (Godchaux-MacKay) and The Tricksters ; Keller Williams and the Keels; U-MELT; John Brown’s Body; Martin Sexton; Railroad Earth; Strangefolk; Ryan Montbleau Band and Chuch.

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  • Gathering of the Vibes 2007 Coming Soon!
    Continuing its tradition as the Northeast’s premier summer music and camping festival, The 12th Annual Gathering of the Vibes taking place August 9th through August 12th at Seaside Park in Bridgeport, CT—is proud to announce additional artists to supplement its already diverse line-up. New additions include former Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart with The Mickey Hart Band; bass virtuoso Les Claypool; funk legends George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic; Allman Brothers Band alum Dickey Betts and Great Southern; Zero featuring Steve Kimock; roots reggae favorites The Wailers; Donna Jean (Godchaux-MacKay) and The Tricksters ; Keller Williams and the Keels; U-MELT; John Brown’s Body; Martin Sexton; Railroad Earth; Strangefolk; Ryan Montbleau Band and Chuch.

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  • JAM CRUISE 6 SETTING SAIL JANUARY 4-9, 2008
    Today, Jam Cruise 6 confirms trip dates and makes its line-up announcement. This year’s annual floating festival will leave Ft. Lauderdale on January 4, 2008 for a 5 day / 5 night music and travel adventure. With over 20 bands and 2000 passengers aboard the MSC Lirica, the luxury cruise liner will make stops in Roatan, Honduras and Costa Maya, Mexico.

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  • PRAANG Returns To Cervantes for Two-Night Stint
    Formed under a blanket of thick Colorado snow during the blizzard of 2006, PRAANG returns to Cervantes for a two night stand December 5th and 6th. Featuring Steve Kimock, Jason Hann and Michael Travis from EOTO/String Cheese Incident and Jamie Janover from ZILLA, PRAANG represents a new musical avenue for the four members to travel. Completely improvisational, spontaneous, and unrehearsed, the quartet’s music reflects their fateful existence

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  • THE ROXY IN LOS ANGELES CELEBRATES 35TH ANNIVERSARY
    Los Angeles’ THE ROXY THEATRE first opened its doors in the late fall of 1973. 35 years later, the legendary venue marks this significant milestone as one of America’s longest-running independently owned and operated establishments with two monumental shows highlighting its rich musical history: Zappa Plays Zappa December 10, 11, 12 and 13 and a New Years Eve performance by The Wailers.

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  • THE ROXY IN LOS ANGELES CELEBRATES 35TH ANNIVERSARY
    Los Angeles’ THE ROXY THEATRE first opened its doors in the late fall of 1973. 35 years later, the legendary venue marks this significant milestone as one of America’s longest-running independently owned and operated establishments with two monumental shows highlighting its rich musical history: Zappa Plays Zappa December 10, 11, 12 and 13 and a New Years Eve performance by The Wailers.

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  • Leftover Salmon to play Vail, CO + Upcoming Projects
    Leftover Salmon will perform a full two set show on December 12th at the Dobson Ice Arena. This show will be part of the Snow Daze Festival held each year in Vail Colorado as a kickoff party to the winter season.

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  • Leftover Salmon to play Vail, CO + Upcoming Projects
    Leftover Salmon will perform a full two set show on December 12th at the Dobson Ice Arena. This show will be part of the Snow Daze Festival held each year in Vail Colorado as a kickoff party to the winter season.

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  • Karrin Allyson Appearing This Weekend At The Iridium Jazz Club
    Over the years, Karrin Allyson has recorded a series of eleven CDs for Concord Records, each of which have showcased her astonishing breadth of repertoire, from standards by Gershwin and Porter to Brazilian bossa nova to samba and Thelonious Monk. She has also taken on French and Brazilian music (From Paris to Rio), the genius of John Coltrane (Ballads: Remembering John Coltrane) and the blues (In Blue).

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  • Karrin Allyson Appearing This Weekend At The Iridium Jazz Club
    Over the years, Karrin Allyson has recorded a series of eleven CDs for Concord Records, each of which have showcased her astonishing breadth of repertoire, from standards by Gershwin and Porter to Brazilian bossa nova to samba and Thelonious Monk. She has also taken on French and Brazilian music (From Paris to Rio), the genius of John Coltrane (Ballads: Remembering John Coltrane) and the blues (In Blue).

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  • Femi Kuti & the Positive Force @ Boulder Theater
    Four years after the DVD Live@Shrine, Femi Kuti returns with a generous, powerful and timeless new album, continuing to explore and push back the frontiers of Afrobeat. Thirteen titles that grab your belly, your feet, your heart and your head. From the ghettos of Lagos to the palaces of corrupt politicians, Day by Day takes us through the winding roads of African paradox. Why is such a rich continent inhabited by the world’s poorest people?

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  • Femi Kuti & the Positive Force @ Boulder Theater
    Four years after the DVD Live@Shrine, Femi Kuti returns with a generous, powerful and timeless new album, continuing to explore and push back the frontiers of Afrobeat. Thirteen titles that grab your belly, your feet, your heart and your head. From the ghettos of Lagos to the palaces of corrupt politicians, Day by Day takes us through the winding roads of African paradox. Why is such a rich continent inhabited by the world’s poorest people?

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  • BoomBox Set to Ring in the New Year at Mile High
    Kicking it all off on Tuesday, December 30th at Owsley’s Golden Road, the headline show will feature special guests Melvin Seals and JGB as well as Steve Kimock and Friends opening the night. BoomBox will take to the stage from 1:30am to 4:30am, keeping the party going until the early morning hours.

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  • BoomBox Set to Ring in the New Year at Mile High
    Kicking it all off on Tuesday, December 30th at Owsley’s Golden Road, the headline show will feature special guests Melvin Seals and JGB as well as Steve Kimock and Friends opening the night. BoomBox will take to the stage from 1:30am to 4:30am, keeping the party going until the early morning hours.

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  • Bonnie 'Prince' Billy's BEWARE Streets 3/17/09
    Though Beware shares spit with its immediate predecessor released this past summer, Lie Down in the Light, it's reach is longer and stronger, more grandiose. Where fiddle and steel contribute their rustic timbre alongside guitars and voices, a thickening thud of low tone rolls beneath, giving the record a bottom that’s fun to watch bounce in new clothes. This indensifies the air and heralds Beware as Bonny’s biggest, most ambitious record to date – yea, bigger and more ambitious than even The Letting Go! A listen or two through and you too may conclude that this could also be the great Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy contempo-country record

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  • Bonnie 'Prince' Billy's BEWARE Streets 3/17/09
    Though Beware shares spit with its immediate predecessor released this past summer, Lie Down in the Light, it's reach is longer and stronger, more grandiose. Where fiddle and steel contribute their rustic timbre alongside guitars and voices, a thickening thud of low tone rolls beneath, giving the record a bottom that’s fun to watch bounce in new clothes. This indensifies the air and heralds Beware as Bonny’s biggest, most ambitious record to date – yea, bigger and more ambitious than even The Letting Go! A listen or two through and you too may conclude that this could also be the great Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy contempo-country record

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  • Ladysmith Black Mambazo @ Boulder Theater
    Ladysmith Black Mambazo, the GRAMMY® Award winning vocal group from South Africa that has conquered nations in its own way with a joyous and spiritually charged brand of vocal music and native choreography, pays tribute to this historical icon with their new Heads Up International release, Ilembe: Honoring Shaka Zulu. Ilembe celebrates not only Shaka Zulu but the sense of perseverance, creativity and pride that he has inspired in generations of descendants.

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  • Ladysmith Black Mambazo @ Boulder Theater
    Ladysmith Black Mambazo, the GRAMMY® Award winning vocal group from South Africa that has conquered nations in its own way with a joyous and spiritually charged brand of vocal music and native choreography, pays tribute to this historical icon with their new Heads Up International release, Ilembe: Honoring Shaka Zulu. Ilembe celebrates not only Shaka Zulu but the sense of perseverance, creativity and pride that he has inspired in generations of descendants.

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  • Gene Ween Band Tour Dates Announced + New Ween CD
    Recorded live at the Cat's Cradle in Chapel Hill, NC 12/9/92, the CD comes with a bonus DVD which features clips from Ween's first tour of Holland, and also Stache's in Columbus, OH. As Dean Ween says; "The whole thing is so brown that it's almost black.

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  • Gene Ween Band Tour Dates Announced + New Ween CD
    Recorded live at the Cat's Cradle in Chapel Hill, NC 12/9/92, the CD comes with a bonus DVD which features clips from Ween's first tour of Holland, and also Stache's in Columbus, OH. As Dean Ween says; "The whole thing is so brown that it's almost black.

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  • Jazz Museum Events: Nov. 17-21, 2008
    The National Jazz Museum in Harlem begins an exciting full week of public programming with a conversation between executive director Loren Schoenberg and best-selling author, saxophonist and composer James McBride for Jazz for Curious Readers, whose first novel was recently turned into a film by acclaimed director Spike Lee.

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  • Jazz Museum Events: Nov. 17-21, 2008
    The National Jazz Museum in Harlem begins an exciting full week of public programming with a conversation between executive director Loren Schoenberg and best-selling author, saxophonist and composer James McBride for Jazz for Curious Readers, whose first novel was recently turned into a film by acclaimed director Spike Lee.

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  • Swing Into The Holiday Season With George Gee's Make-Believe Ballroom Orchestra
    This Holiday season, The Edison Ballroom and producer Mickey Marchello, former guitarist from the legendary New York Rock Band Good Rats, will welcome the swing era sounds of George Gee and his Make-Believe Ballroom Orchestra as they entertain guests with a new show that evokes a golden era: “Sleigh Bells Swing.” George Gee and his 22-piece Big Band offer the perfect Holiday treat for not only swing and jazz music fans, but also for tourists and tri-state area residents looking for an incredible Holiday entertainment experience.

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  • Swing Into The Holiday Season With George Gee's Make-Believe Ballroom Orchestra
    This Holiday season, The Edison Ballroom and producer Mickey Marchello, former guitarist from the legendary New York Rock Band Good Rats, will welcome the swing era sounds of George Gee and his Make-Believe Ballroom Orchestra as they entertain guests with a new show that evokes a golden era: “Sleigh Bells Swing.” George Gee and his 22-piece Big Band offer the perfect Holiday treat for not only swing and jazz music fans, but also for tourists and tri-state area residents looking for an incredible Holiday entertainment experience.

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  • The Motet performs Talking Heads @ Boulder Theater
    Performing the music of the Talking Heads, The Motet will be joined by Kyle Hollingsworth (SCI) on keys, Fuzz (Deep Banana Blackout) on guitar, Jans Ingber on vocals and percussion, Liza Oxnard on vocals, Joey Porter also on keys, Carrie Sangiovanni on background vocals and Paul McDaniel on bass.

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  • The Motet performs Talking Heads @ Boulder Theater
    Performing the music of the Talking Heads, The Motet will be joined by Kyle Hollingsworth (SCI) on keys, Fuzz (Deep Banana Blackout) on guitar, Jans Ingber on vocals and percussion, Liza Oxnard on vocals, Joey Porter also on keys, Carrie Sangiovanni on background vocals and Paul McDaniel on bass.

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  • Download Phish At The Roxy Now!
    Recorded Live February 19th, 20th and 21st, 1993, this run at the intimate Roxy Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia set the stage for many classic tripartite celebrations to follow. With the second show's near-instant legendary status cemented among fans due largely to a non-stop thriller of a second set which included feats of rock and roll greatness, including a sit-in by a spurious Gene Simmons, At The Roxy captures a magical moment for Phish and their audience during a period of peak songwriting and experimentation.

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  • Download Phish At The Roxy Now!
    Recorded Live February 19th, 20th and 21st, 1993, this run at the intimate Roxy Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia set the stage for many classic tripartite celebrations to follow. With the second show's near-instant legendary status cemented among fans due largely to a non-stop thriller of a second set which included feats of rock and roll greatness, including a sit-in by a spurious Gene Simmons, At The Roxy captures a magical moment for Phish and their audience during a period of peak songwriting and experimentation.

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  • Conscious Alliance Announces Holiday Meal Drive & Rebel Alliance Jam XIV
    Not-for-profit Conscious Alliance - feeding America's hungry through music - ramps up this year's holiday giving with the announcement of their 5th annual "Holiday Meal Drive." With the support of musicians and their fans, and this year in partnership with Whole Foods Market, the organization will deliver full holiday meals to impoverished Native American Reservations for the fifth year in a row. The organization also hosts the Rebel Alliance Jam XIV - a holiday benefit show at Boulder, Colorado's Fox Theatre on November 29th featuring Keith Moseley, Scott Law, Jeff Sipe, Gibb Droll, and special guest Kyle Hollingsworth.

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  • Conscious Alliance Announces Holiday Meal Drive & Rebel Alliance Jam XIV
    Not-for-profit Conscious Alliance - feeding America's hungry through music - ramps up this year's holiday giving with the announcement of their 5th annual "Holiday Meal Drive." With the support of musicians and their fans, and this year in partnership with Whole Foods Market, the organization will deliver full holiday meals to impoverished Native American Reservations for the fifth year in a row. The organization also hosts the Rebel Alliance Jam XIV - a holiday benefit show at Boulder, Colorado's Fox Theatre on November 29th featuring Keith Moseley, Scott Law, Jeff Sipe, Gibb Droll, and special guest Kyle Hollingsworth.

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  • Four Sushi Restaurants and the Toubab Krewe
    For lovers of atypical instrumental rock derivatives, there may be no sweeter words than Toubab Krewe. What’s a Toubab Krewe, you ask? Good question! For starters, Toubab Krewe is a band, five guys who make some of the grooviest music you’ve ever (or maybe never) heard. The only term that really sticks with any consistency is instrumental, since, as the word implies, they only play instruments sans vocals. Other than that, they are a really tough act to peg. Psychic-Afro-dub-rock comes to mind as a possibility, but somehow even that doesn’t do the Toubab Krewe justice.

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  • Four Sushi Restaurants and the Toubab Krewe
    For lovers of atypical instrumental rock derivatives, there may be no sweeter words than Toubab Krewe. What’s a Toubab Krewe, you ask? Good question! For starters, Toubab Krewe is a band, five guys who make some of the grooviest music you’ve ever (or maybe never) heard. The only term that really sticks with any consistency is instrumental, since, as the word implies, they only play instruments sans vocals. Other than that, they are a really tough act to peg. Psychic-Afro-dub-rock comes to mind as a possibility, but somehow even that doesn’t do the Toubab Krewe justice.

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  • Marco Benevento & Friends | Nathan Moore | The Flynn Space
    Many aspects of last Monday night’s show at The Flynn Space in downtown Burlington, Vermont felt as if they had been transplanted from past eras, even different locales. Nathan Moore, the opener of the festivities, was channeling the bravado and freedom of a Greenwich Village bohemian from 1962 and Marco Benevento, the band leader of the night’s all-star headlining troupe, seemed to have an uncanny resemblance in the mind’s eye to a young Miles Davis, breaking free from The Gil Evans Band in 1959 and forging his own musical path. And just like that jazz pioneer who has a stronghold on everyone’s CD collection, Marco has begun to blaze a trail all his own and, on this night, all of the musicians around him were in for a treat, just like the rest of us.

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  • Marco Benevento & Friends | Nathan Moore | The Flynn Space
    Many aspects of last Monday night’s show at The Flynn Space in downtown Burlington, Vermont felt as if they had been transplanted from past eras, even different locales. Nathan Moore, the opener of the festivities, was channeling the bravado and freedom of a Greenwich Village bohemian from 1962 and Marco Benevento, the band leader of the night’s all-star headlining troupe, seemed to have an uncanny resemblance in the mind’s eye to a young Miles Davis, breaking free from The Gil Evans Band in 1959 and forging his own musical path. And just like that jazz pioneer who has a stronghold on everyone’s CD collection, Marco has begun to blaze a trail all his own and, on this night, all of the musicians around him were in for a treat, just like the rest of us.

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  • Umphrey's Mantis Pre-Order Takes Off
    Umphrey's McGee's one-of-a-kind pre-order campaign for their highly anticipated new studio release, Mantis (January 20, 2009 / SCI Fidelity Records) is already being recognized as a brilliant and innovative use of digital technology. The power of this new pre-order concept is in the hands of the fans. Umphrey's offers fans more free bonus content the more Mantis pre-orders they receive; the fans "unlock" levels of content by getting more of their friends to pre-order the album. The idea is to give the fans incentive to help spread the word about the album, and to offer a totally unique music experience.

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  • Umphrey's Mantis Pre-Order Takes Off
    Umphrey's McGee's one-of-a-kind pre-order campaign for their highly anticipated new studio release, Mantis (January 20, 2009 / SCI Fidelity Records) is already being recognized as a brilliant and innovative use of digital technology. The power of this new pre-order concept is in the hands of the fans. Umphrey's offers fans more free bonus content the more Mantis pre-orders they receive; the fans "unlock" levels of content by getting more of their friends to pre-order the album. The idea is to give the fans incentive to help spread the word about the album, and to offer a totally unique music experience.

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  • 'Jacofest' A Tribute to Jaco Pastorius
    The late great bassist-composer Jaco Pastorius, an undeniable force on contemporary jazz during the ‘70s as well as a towering influence on two generations of musicians, will be feted at the Iridium Jazz Club in New York from November 20 - 23. Included in this all-star gala, produced by impresario Charles Carlini, are Pastorius colleagues and former bandmates like trumpeters Randy Brecker, Miles Evans and Lew Soloff, Saxophonists Alex Foster and Butch Thomas, Trombonist David Bargeron, keyboardist Delmar Brown, guitarist David Gilmore and drummer Kenwood Dennard. Featured bass players are T.M Stephens, Matt Garrison, and Jaco's son, Felix Pastorius.

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  • 'Jacofest' A Tribute to Jaco Pastorius
    The late great bassist-composer Jaco Pastorius, an undeniable force on contemporary jazz during the ‘70s as well as a towering influence on two generations of musicians, will be feted at the Iridium Jazz Club in New York from November 20 - 23. Included in this all-star gala, produced by impresario Charles Carlini, are Pastorius colleagues and former bandmates like trumpeters Randy Brecker, Miles Evans and Lew Soloff, Saxophonists Alex Foster and Butch Thomas, Trombonist David Bargeron, keyboardist Delmar Brown, guitarist David Gilmore and drummer Kenwood Dennard. Featured bass players are T.M Stephens, Matt Garrison, and Jaco's son, Felix Pastorius.

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There is a new trend in the music industry today, bands which have been broken up for decades reforming suddenly in order to cash in on the pocketbooks and prosperity of their baby-boomer generation fans.  Groups like The Police, Cream, and Pink Floyd have all appeared on stage together recently after years of absence, often times charging outrageous ticket prices for one-off concerts which have been disappointing performance wise.

 

While the New Riders of the Purple Sage had never quite enjoyed the success of the above bands, they are no strangers to the rock spectacle, having played to large audiences (including a 1974 Central Park concert for over 50,000 people) as well as having a long and successful career.   It would have been easy for them to come back and cash in on all the successful Dead Heads and baby boomers for just a few concerts; however they have done something much more impressive.  David Nelson and Buddy Cage have managed to reform the band with an outstanding lineup, continually giving excellent performances, and maintaining a touring schedule which would make many younger bands’ heads spin. Their lineup of original members David Nelson and Buddy Cage, joined by Michael Falzarano on guitar, Ronnie Penque on bass guitar, and Johnny Markowski on drums are some of the finest veteran musicians.  As a result of this their skill and comfort levels with each other and the music is clearly nothing short of superb.  On this particular evening they were joined by keyboardist Mookie Siegel, a veteran of the David Nelson Band, Phil and Friends, as well as a top notch performer in his own right.

 

In between sets of their recent stop at the State Theater in Falls Church, VA, a suburb of Washington D.C. I had the chance to sit down with the band and talk candidly about the past, the present, the future, politics, and of course Panama Red.

 

Grateful Web: What inspired you to release a new live album and live DVD after not being together and not releasing anything for three decades?

David Nelson:  Well it’s because we weren’t together for 30 years. <laughing> That’s the basic answer, but this most recent thing is really great because Bob Matthews and Betty Cantor offered to come out and brought the remote and bus and set the whole thing up and recorded the whole thing, and it was just great!  The whole three nights…. Two nights?   How many nights did we play?

Michael Falzarano:  But if you count the 4 sets we played until 4:30 in the morning

Buddy Cage: You played about 3, but 6 sets in two nights. 

David Nelson:  Yeah, it was great, by that 4th set only a select few stayed there and we were like, yeah this is great, there’s only a few people.  Then tried to translate that but I don’t know if it made it…  This is what we want.  This is for YOU, we don’t normally do this.  This is why we played Reggae Ripple.

 

Grateful Web: So I’ve got to ask, is there any hope of a new studio record now that you’ve got both a live CD and DVD under your belts?

David Nelson: Oh, now you’re talking some real dough.  Oh we’d love to do that, if anyone has some benevolent benefactors that would like to sponsor us.

Michael Falzarano:  All I can say is that it won’t happen this year, because we’re booked out until the end of this year. 

Buddy Cage:  I do a show called Jam-On on Sirius, and let me tell you man, they don’t want to hear a whole bunch of studio stuff.  They want to hear mostly live stuff, so who the hell wants to make a studio album these days.

David Nelson:  I think I’d love to make a studio record, but then sometimes when you get back into the studio you think.  Ah now I remember…. and forget it, forget it.  It’s a labor of love and a lot of work.  There’s a lot of pressure on you when you’re in the studio.   And you always end up staying there all night to fix what you did.  It just goes on and on…It’s crazy.

 

Mookie Seigel:  Now you ask him a question!

David Nelson:  Okay, How tall is Mount Fuji <laughter.

Grateful Web:  Tall, real tall.

David Nelson:  That’s the right answer, REAL TALL.  Bingo!

 

Grateful Web:  Do you guys ever get copies of audience recordings from tapers, and if so do you listen to them?

David Nelson:  We try to make our own live tapes.  But once in awhile something gets back to us, but if its months and months later.  Or a long time later, it sounds pretty good!  But if it’s the next night it sounds gahhhhh because all you can hear is the struggle you’re involved in trying to accomplish something and it only half made it.  All you can hear is that, just bleeding bias because its still loud in your mind.  But if you go for a long time then you hear it with a fair position and viewpoint and it sounds ok.

Mookie Seigel:  But then I remind you what you did wrong!

David Nelson: Yes, then there’s Mookie to remind you what you did wrong, he just sits there making my life a living hell. 

 

Grateful Web:  If you guys could put a band together with any living musician besides yourselves, who would you choose to play with?

Mookie Seigel:  Pick me! Pick me!

Michael Falzarano: Somebody different every night, take your pick.

David Nelson: We did jam with Pinetop Perkins in Texas. 

Michael Falzarano: That’s right 93 years old, two years after being hit by a train. 

David Nelson: It was just great.  It was cool though.

Michael Falzarano: Yeah he’d be in the band

David Nelson: Say something for the audience Pinetop? “Wanna buy a cd?”

NRPS: <laughter>

 

Grateful Web:  How about the obligatory political question?  Being that we are in the Nation’s capital, if you had a moment with President Bush what would you say to him?

David Nelson: I’d say, get out! OUT!

Buddy Cage:  He doesn’t want to get that close to me to hear what I have to say to him…

David Nelson:  You know that’s funny, because that reminds me of in the 60’s in the backroom with the Dead we thought about that exact same topic.  We said what if we could actually talk to the President, what would we say?  And Phil I think it was said: “Now listen here asshole….” And that was when Presidents were good! 

 

Grateful Web: Johnny, so I hear you’re writing a Children’s book, what can you tell us about this?

Johnny Markowski: its name is Stan the Can, it teaches kids about recycling.  He goes out on all these adventures, each time he goes out to the recycling plant he’ll come out as something new like a rim of a NASCAR, or an aluminum baseball bat that wins the little league world series.  So it teaches kids that it’s not garbage, that this guy’s got another job to do and to send him to the right place. 

Michael Falzarano:  He could be the rims on Mookie’s glasses on stage! 

Mookie Seigel:  That’s a happy ending right?

Johnny Markowski:  He could be the neck on your steel Buddy. 

David Nelson:  I could be playing Stan the Can.

Grateful Web:  We could go on and on with that one.

 

Grateful Web:  Now I have to ask due to popular demand, have you guys seen Panama Red lately?

Michael Falzarano: A lot of people as that question and we see him regularly...

David Nelson:  About 10 seconds ago.

Toast: I don’t run into Red that often but I see his friend Henry all the time.

 

Grateful Web:  That’s all guys; it’s been an honor and a privilege, thank you so much.

 

The Show: 

As the show began, the band took a few minutes to get into the groove, and the crowd was not far behind them.  The opened with one of my personal favorites Sliding Delta Blues.  The crowd took a bit to warm to the music, perhaps because they were finishing up their dinner still.  This all changed though as soon as the New Riders busted into “I Don’t Know You” the crowd was up on its feet and fully enjoying the evening.  The New Riders were rolling ahead full speed.  With Mookie on the keyboards it added and interesting and wonderful dynamic to the New Riders that served their playing style very well.  The highlights of the rest of the set was “What you Gonna Do,”  “Truck Trivin Man,”  and “15 Days under the Hood.” 

 

After a most enjoyable set break, the band re-emerged and plunged right into a great rendition of Last Lonely Eagle with Mookie trading his keyboard for an accordion.  Keeping the crowds attention throughout, they showed that they weren’t at all rusty despite this being the first show in five weeks.  Later they rounded out the set with a nice Garden of Eden into The Last time and back into Garden of Eden.  They finished out the second set with everyone’s favorite Panama Red.  For the encore, NRPS came out and did a fantastic cover of the Rolling Stone’s Let it Bleed that left the crowd asking for more.  Unfortunately it was now past 1 am and the New Riders bid us goodnight.

 

Anyone who might be questioning whether the New Riders are a still a relevant band should put that question far in the back of their minds and go see them for themselves.  They put on a fantastic show and with their non-stop touring schedule chances are that they are coming to a town near you.  I’m sure that you’ll leave smiling and wanting more, the crowd that night in Falls Church did.

 

Be sure to check out their upcoming tourdates at TheNewRiders.com and listen to Buddy’s show on Sirius, “Jam On.”  This Friday he will be discussing the origins and meanings of 4-20 beyond that of what popular culture tells us.  He’s assured us that it will be very interesting, and we have no doubt that it will be.  Also, you can find the New Riders new CD at:  www.nrpslive.com

 

The Setlist:

Set 1: Sliding Delta Blues, Instant Armadillo Blues, Contract, I Don't Know You, What You Gonna Do, Dirty Business, Sutter's Mill, 15 Days Under The Hood, Truck Drivin' Man,

Set 2: Last Lonely Eagle*, Henry*, Absolutely Sweet Marie, Garden of Eden >The Last Time >Garden Of Eden, Sing Me a Rainbow, Higher, Any Naked Eye, Take a Letter Maria, Panama Red, E:Let it Bleed,

Comment: Whole Show w/Mookie Siegel on Keyboards & Accordion on Last Lonely Eagle & Henry

 

Sanjay Suchak,

The Grateful Web

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