With a thud stronger than a California earthquake, JRAD’s weekend run took a seismic shift at the announcement Grateful Dead founder Phil Lesh passed away before Friday’s second show at Oakland’s Fox Theater. The first two nights of the 2024 California run shifted venues from...Continue Reading
With the wind at their backs for the first time, LaMP continues to expand all facets of their musical tag team. The fiery, multi-genre instrumental trio of Scott Metzger, Russ Lawton, and Ray Paczkowski are currently in the middle of their first run of Midwest...Continue Reading
The Mempho Music Festival continues to shine as one of the most diverse, fastest rising festivals across the country. The Radians Amphitheater at Memphis Botanic Gardens once again played host to a wide ranging list of musicians from Karina Rykman to Cody Jinks, or Drew...Continue Reading
Whether you’re a seasoned musician or a newbie establishing roots, a five-year gap between album releases is an eternity. Nobody knows that better than Rainy Eyes (she also happily answers to Rainy or Irena Eide). In Rainy’s perfect world her latest release Lonesome Highway would...Continue Reading
Bruce Hornsby has made the Memphis area a tour stop his entire decades long career. Whether with the Range, Noisemakers, or simply by himself at the piano, Hornsby’s midsouth roots run deep. His latest area show saw him kick off the 30th season of the...Continue Reading
With her musical career firmly back in her grasp, Maggie Rose and her well rounded team set their sights on one vital area… expansion. Breaking free from the chains that bound her to the country music world, Rose immediately expanded her sound to showcase a...Continue Reading
Starting with a Chick Corea-esque chord that sounded as though he had fifteen fingers, Marco Benevento took immediate charge of Joe Russo’s Almost Dead’s humid run through Burlington VT, Portland ME, and Boston MA. From that chord to end of night three, Benevento shined brightly...Continue Reading
“2015 was a cataclysmic year. I had tied myself into knots trying to help the label I was signed to stay afloat. Radio dictated all things. I had this song they wanted me to run with called Girl in Your Truck Song. It was a...Continue Reading
Alex Koford, member of Grateful Shred and the Terrapin Family Band continues to focus on his solo music with his latest release Chemicals and Purple Haze. The song is part of a bigger batch of songs recorded and produced by Widespread Panic’s Dave Schools. ...Continue Reading
After dodging two mammoth roadblocks, LaMP, the musical ensemble of Scott Metzger, Russ Lawton, and Ray Paczkowski are taking full advantage of the clearing roads they’ve waited years to travel. Still in its infancy, LaMP has an EP and live album under their belts. The...Continue Reading