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The band Railroad Earth (RRE) consisting of Todd Sheaffer (vocals, acoustic guitar), Tim Carbone (violin, vocals), John Skenhan (mandolin, bouzouki, vocals), Andy Goessling (acoustic guitar, banjo, dobro, mandolin, flute, pennywhistle, saxophones, vocals), Carey Harmon (drums, percussion, vocals), and Johnny Grubb (bass) is a bluegrass folk rock... read more »
Hot Buttered Rum with Bryan Horne (double bass & vocals), Nat Keefe (guitar & vocals), Zachary Matthews (mandolin, fiddle, & vocals), Aaron Redner (fiddle, acoustic and electric mandolins & vocals), and Erik Yates (banjo, guitar, dobro, ukulele, flute, whistle, clarinet, saxophone, accordion, piano, harmonica, & vocals) is a bluegrass... read more »
Tony Khalife’s most recent concert at Temple Bar in LA revealed a new side of the Transcendence CD. If you caught Khalife’s last performance at Temple Bar, which was a CD release party, you probably got a different impression because the songs were played without much recreation from the album. Nevertheless, the release party provided the... read more »
String Cheese has taken their last bow in the Bay Area. There final concert was an all day event on July 22, 2007 beginning at 1:00pm. The two opening acts, Hot Buttered Rum and Railroad Earth both played one to two hour long shows, which was unheard of for openers. This, however, was not irregular considering that all the guys from Railroad... read more »
Keller Williams is known for his one man band formed by him and his loop pedal. The headline Keller Williams has stepped aside to for his new people infused band called WMDS. A nice little acronym standing for Williams, Moseley, Droll and Sipe the guys who will now join him on stage. Keller Williams played with a number of bands in his college... read more »
The legendary Bluegrass jamband String Cheese Incident (SCI) has left the building. SCI made there first appearance in the jamband scene in 1993 in Boulder, Colorado. They began playing shows at ski resorts to nourish their ski-bum addictions. After playing a number of private shows and resorts they started their own record label SCI Fidelity and... read more »
People of Earth (POE), formed in 2004, is a funk bluegrass jamband from Pennsylvania. There music is a mélange of disco, jazz, funk, bluegrass, and rock. They have keen improvisational skills and can bust out four-part vocal harmonies when they need to get fancy. Like all jam bands, they base their live performances on improvisation and they are... read more »
I first heard of Oakhurst was while in Belgium visiting a friend. These guys are not a Belgian band, but sure have kept the European audiences interested with their unique blend of musical styles. Oakhurst is actually a Denver based jamband that fuses traditional bluegrass, rock, and jazz. The band consists of AP Hill- (flat top guitar & lead... read more »
Delhi 2 Dublin is an acoustic-electronic world music band from Vancouver, BC. The band features Tarun Nayar (Tabla & electronics), Sanjay Seran (vocals), Kytami (fiddle), Andrew Kim (electric sitar & guitar), and Ravi Binning (Dhol & tabla). D2D uniquely melds eastern and western music using a mélange of Indian rhythms and melodies, fast... read more »
If you have always been scared of John Zorn because of his status as an experimental artist, don’t be. On the other hand, if you are John Zorn fan-- you know to never attempt to get all of his albums. The guy puts out about 1 a week! This means for you Zorn newbs, who don’t feel like weeding through a million albums, you might want to check... read more »