Jam Band News

The lead up to and the reviews of Bonnaroo provided me with a lot of reading material leading up to the site launch. Here are a few postings that I clipped and noted, I figured I would share them with you.
Bonnaroo Review: Smaller Bands That Flew Under the Radar
Bonnaroo Wrap Up: All Good Things Must Come to an End
What did Variety have to say about the festival? It seems like they concur with a lot of other people when talking about the presence of John Paul Jones at the festival and him sitting in on more than one set.
Rolling Stone …read more

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On Tuesday August 14th Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds are going to release a follow up to their multi-platinum double CD set: Live at Luther College. You can currently pre-order the CD directly from Musictoday.com.
Here is the setlist from that show:
Disc 1
BartenderWhen the World EndsStay or LeaveSave MeCrushSo Damn LuckyGravediggerThe MakerOld Dirt Hill (Bring That Beat Back)Eh HeeBetrayalOut of My HandsStill WaterDon’t Drink the Water
Disc 2
OhCorn BreadCrash Into MeDown By The RiverYou Are My SanitySisterLie In Our GravesSome DevilGrace Is GoneDancing Nancies#41Two Step
All I have to say is that closing on the second disc from “Lie In Our …read more

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With the summer music season in full swing, I was discussing with my friends what our favorite venues were. Our discussion ran the gamut from stadiums to amphitheaters to small clubs, with everyone chiming in on what they liked and why.
I figured that I would share a few of my favorites and have you share a few of yours. To give this some sort of build up I decided to do it top five style here were the previous four:
5) The House of Blues (Hollywood)
and now for number 4..
My Favorite Los Angeles Venue- The Wiltern Theatre

The Wiltern Theatre is a …read more

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The lineup for moe.down has been announced for this year. Taking place from August 31 to September 2 at the Snow Ridge ski area in Turin, NY.
Some of the announced acts for this years show is as follows:
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-The Roots
-Ryan Adams and the Cardinals
-Meat Puppets,
-Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood
-VietNam
-The Brakes
-Ra Ra Riot
Sound like an eclectic lineup, I am thinking about going to this depending on how grad school is going to be treating me at the time. I like the fact that the lineup has a wide range in acts and I think this bill is a perfect end to the …read more

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Band: Big Organ Trio

MySpace Page: http://www.myspace.com/bigorgantrio
Website: http://bigorgantrio.com
Classified as: Funk, Jazz, Jam Band
If you only have time to listen to one track listen to: Diva Mode
A Hammond B3 Organ, a bass, and drums is enough to provide you with a wall of sound, which Big Organ Trio provides you in spades. Their instrumental pieces bring as much power, range, and tone that any band with a lead singer could, their music is nuisanced enough to where you don’t even notice the lack of lyrics.
They offer up a unique sound that I really enjoyed and listened to for awhile when writing …read more

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I just wanted to share this because this blog is part of B5media’s new music channel. They have a pretty cool contest running, here is the contest information taken right from B5media’s main page and reposted with permission:
To celebrate the launch of our Music Channel, b5media is giving away some cool prizes.What’s up for grabs?
* 3 iPod Shuffle
* 3 MP3 players with preloaded MusicIP software
* 3 iTunes Certificates (worth US$25 each)
How To Win:
Step One:
1) Check one or more of our new Music blogs and choose one topic that appeals to you. Create a 3-song playlist relating to that topic. For …read more

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The Camp Creek Festival takes place at the Indian Lookout Country Club, in Mariaville, NY, their official website can be found here. Every year I have friends that attend Camp Creek and they swear it is one of the best festivals going, a lot of the time it looks like a show designed more for the geriatric hippie set, but looking at this years lineup is anything but.
Some of the people announced for the festival:
-Younder Mountain String Band
-Ryan Montbleau Band
-Sam Kininger Band
-Depth Quartet
-Gordon Stone Band
-Scarecrow Collection
-Ciderhouse
-…. and many more
One of the bands that really peaked my interest when looking at …read more

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The last thing I wanted to do with this blog is turn it into a soapbox where my opinion is the only one heard. I am not an music elitist in the least and I don’t want this blog to come off as that at all.
One thing I am not a big fan of writing is music reviews, music is so subjective, one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. I try to remain unbiased in reporting the news going on in the jam band world, covering bands that aren’t exactly my cup of tea. However in doing a review it …read more

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With the summer music season in full swing, I was discussing with my friends what our favorite venues were. Our discussion ran the gamut from stadiums to amphitheaters to small clubs, with everyone chiming in on what they liked and why.
I figured that I would share a few of my favorites and have you share a few of yours. To give this some sort of build up I decided to do it top five style, here is the first entry:
My Favorite Makes me feel like a sellout venue- The Los Angeles House of Blues

I have to admit, I tried to …read more

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