It was a glorious and sunny weekend for a picnic @ the Bear's Picnic that is, which was held in the scenic rolling hills of central PA. I arrived Thursday night, met my camping neighbors, and set up camp on the site of a small animal husbandry type property complete with grange buildings, animal ...view article

Rounding out their biggest headlining lineup to date, Umphrey’s McGee will be playing two nights at Legend Valley in Thornville, Ohio (approximately 20 minutes East of Columbus, Ohio), alongside previously announced artists The Werks, Papadosio and Dopapod for The Werk Out ...view article

Terrapin Flyer featuring Melvin Seals (JGB) and Mark Karan (Ratdog) will be headlining there only east coast festival performance at Jam Along the Creek III next weekend. The event is set to take place on June 14th & 15th at Sunsational Family Campground along the beautiful Penns Creek in ...view article

The bitterness of Chicago in the winter is one of the most dreaded times for a resident here, yet as the beginning of December rolled around the summer festival feeling was brought the the city with the Chicago Bluegrass and Blues festival. As those with cabin fever broke away from their electric ...view article

Toronto’s live-electro pioneers the New Deal kick-off their largest, most ambitious tour in years with dates stretching from Colorado to North Carolina and bills shared with Toubab Krewe, King Britt, Brothers Past and more (details below). As always, tND’s concerts will ...view article

Fans of the Grateful Dead have yet another reason to rejoice as the Dark Star Orchestra team has released a soundboard recording of the first set of their October 13, 2012 performance at The Fillmore in San Francisco. The night was a special one as Grateful Dead founding bassist Phil Lesh joined ...view article

Memorial plans to celebrate the life of Richie Havens were announced today. This coming Monday, April 29 at City Winery New York the public is invited to gather in memory of the beloved folk icon.

A post by Richie’s family on Richie’s ...view article

The Cambridge Room, in the Dallas House of Blues, may be the most intimate venue around.  With a capacity of 250, and stuffed couches around the perimeter, it feels like you’re watching your favorite band in your own living room.  I was fortunate enough to catch Cornmeal there last Wednesday.  ...view article

This is more of an acknowledgment than a review. Having attended many festivals in the northeastern US since 1996, I still consider A Bears Picnic one of the best. Its the reason that I went to the first one in West Milton, PA back in 2006 and why I flew from FL in 2012 to attend yet again. Located ...view article

I awoke from my slumber half expecting to find the Biltmore Hotel had been buried under a ton of snow. This seemed highly probable seeing as how when the show ended the night before it was full on blizzard conditions outside. As I was walking back to my hotel room last night I assumed with this much ...view article