Tag Archives: Jam Band

Step right up and buy your ticket, cause Railroad Earth is leaving the station, and this train you don't want to miss.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class of ’06 has been announced and Black Sabbath, Blondie, Miles Davis, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Sex Pistols have made the cut. Truth be told and no disrespect to the inductees who all have strong merits and claim much of my affection, but this …

A fine-sounding and lovingly presented encapsulation of rock's greatest improvisational band at their earliest peak.

Bob Dylan’s songs are so universal and brilliant that they stand up to a seemingly endless variety of treatments. Jerry Garcia‘s Dylan interpretations, however, are unusual in that they pair two equally iconic and influential musical sensibilities. Garcia’s fluid and imaginative guitar pushes up fresh, unexpected blossoms in Dylan’s compositional …

Have you ever had your expectations totally stood on their head?

Pearl represented the summit of her self-creation to that point, and it was the only studio album she truly enjoyed making.

Carrying on the tradition of gentile temporary bohemia is Jam Cruise 4, sailing on the Italian cruise line’s MSC Lirica, leaving port from Ft. Lauderdale on January 7, 2006, floating for six days and six nights with stops in Ocho Rios (Jamaica), Grand Cayman (Cayman Islands) and Cozumel (Mexico). This …

This DVD documents the 2003 Springing the Blues Festival in Jacksonville, FL. Interspersing performances with artist interviews, it conveys the flavor of what’s happening down South on the blues festival scene in the 21st century. The interviewers also elicit from the artists verbal descriptions and private demos of what the …

Somehow I missed cognition of Langerado’s 1 and 2, but number 3 sounds mighty appealing for an early spring thaw-out for wandering pale skins. The third annual Langerado Music Festival will be held at Markham Park in Sunrise, Florida, a sprawling facility perched at the eastern edge of the Everglades …

For a bunch of nerdy-looking guys who appear as if they haven’t seen the sun in years, Galactic sure do make a joyful noise. Galactic plays highly danceable instrumental funk, but unlike some jam bands they don’t allow their songs to overstay their welcomes. They mix up their grooves and …