Whether you realize it or not, if you’ve listened to music any of that last 40 or so years, odds are Don Was has had an impact on it. You should recognize the name. If not, you will definitely recognize the work. Was is “the” go to guy in the music industry....Continue Reading
The progress Dogs in a Pile has made in such a short time is quite uncommon. With a resume of two studio albums and troves of live audio/video releases, they’ve expanded from an Asbury Park must see band to a Northeast must see band to...Continue Reading
One look at the lineup for the 2025 version of the Shell Daze festival, and a jam band/improvisational theme was crystal clear. Despite the similar theme, the music was as diverse as ever. A beautiful spring day welcomed throngs of fans to the historic Overton...Continue Reading
Joe Russo’s Almost Dead wrapped up their incredibly fast 2024 touring schedule in traditional fashion with a trifecta of shows in the Midwest. This year’s run offered stops in new venues for the band and their continually growing gang of merry followers. The band supplied...Continue Reading
Mempho Presents announced a top notch lineup for its fourth Shell Daze Festival. The event returns to Memphis’s Overton Park Shell on April19th, 2025. Lettuce will headline the one day event that also features meteoric rising Daniel Donato’s Cosmic Country, Grace Bowers & the Hodge...Continue Reading
/grab bag/ – an assortment of miscellaneous items Don’t let the name of the Greyboy Allstars latest LP Grab Bag: 2007-2023 fool you. From start to finish this album plays like any of the band’s previous releases. The nine songs are perfectly placed to display...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
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
If there is a list of musicians overdue to release a new album, Leslie Mendelson has been at the top or very close to it for a long time. Until now. Mendelson’s latest release, After the Party, her first since 2020’s If You Can’t Say...Continue Reading