Since the passing of Phil Lesh in late 2024, tributes have and continue to take place world wide. Several of Lesh’s “Phriends” used Jazz Fest as the perfect opportunity to come together and honor their late mentor. The Joy Theater hosted “A Dream We Dreamed”...Continue Reading
Glorious perfectly covers all aspects of Joe Russo’s Almost Dead’s weekend run in Las Vegas. The seamless convergence of music, venue, weather, crowd, and special guest Branford Marsalis created a three day run that will live in JRAD lore moving forward. After joining the band...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
With the pieces of the Dogs in a Pile jigsaw puzzle in place, the quintet of Jimmy Law, Joey Babick, Brian Murray, Jeremy Kaplan, and Sam Lucid were staunch in their commitment to getting things rolling immediately. It was 2019, and the time to get...Continue Reading
“Music is all I’ve ever known. My dad’s been a Deadhead and music fan his whole life. He always had a guitar around the house. He was teaching me chords at age three. He’d play the Dead’s View from the Vault videos. I used to...Continue Reading
Quickly expanding on their skyrocketing success, LaMP’s latest release One of Us exemplifies the synchronicity sparked by the musical collision of Russ Lawton, Ray Paczkowski, and Scott Metzger. The second studio album from the instrumental trio further colors the multi genre canvas they’ve been painting...Continue Reading
The last 365 has been packed with firsts, a few seconds, and years worth of growth on and off stage for the precocious Connecticut quartet Eggy. When Slide&Banjo caught up with the band in early ‘24 they were beginning to savor the fruits of their...Continue Reading
When you have the talent, drive and focus of Daniel Donato, career milestones are a certainty. Slide&Banjo has well documented the Cosmic Country conductor’s numerous accolades to this point. Going from a teenager busking the Nashville streets for tips to a touring musician is a...Continue Reading
It’s fair to say Colorado is Eggy’s home away from home. After last night’s jammed out show in Frisco, the band heads to Boulder for more Rocky Mountain fun tonight. Here are a couple of shots from Frisco. Stay tuned for a lot more with...Continue Reading