Dave Johnston, Ben Kaufmann, Adam Aijala and Jeff Austin, collectively known as Yonder Mountain String Band, came into Dallas on April Fool's Day, although what they brought to the House Of Blues was no joke. To the inexperienced ear, YMSB may be referred to as a bluegrass band, but they're much ...view article
According to the schedule, Saturday had the potential to be a huge day. It would also mean that there’d be a lot of walking, hitting all corners of the park. First up was David Gans at the Camping Stage at noon. Some people know David from his creation and hosting of the “Grateful Dead ...view article
SALEM, Mo., January 6, 2011 - For seven summers, Camp Zoe, a serene campground and concert venue located on 370 acres of land along the scenic Current River outside of Salem, Mo., has been a favorite destination for fans of music and the great outdoors from all over the Midwest. The site of the annual ...view article
The String Cheese Incident played at the recently refurbished Lyric Opera House in Baltimore last Wednesday, the fifth show in a fourteen show tour. It’s the first real Cheese tour since their hiatus in 2007. They have been performing sporadically at special engagements, like Winter Carnival ...view article
Yonder back at the Fillmore, and I’m here to see it. I must have done something right in a previous life. The crowds intensity was on the verge of exploding, and the music hadn’t even started yet. Jeff Austin, Adam Aijala, Dave Johnston, and Ben Kaufmann have been on fire this entire West ...view article
Vocalist/guitarist/songwriter Dann Ottemiller has been a staple of central Pennsylvania’s fertile music scene for over twenty years. In the late 1980’s, he co-founded Once Fish, a jam-band that attained considerable cult-status, embarked on a grueling self-financed cross-country tour as far west ...view article
Last night I caught the Little Feat show at the Granada Theater in Dallas, TX, and at the same time took a time machine back 34 years, to one of my very first concerts. The last time I saw Little Feat was May 15, 1977, and I was a 16 year old living in Baltimore. I hadn’t even seen my first Grateful ...view article
Two of my favorite female artists performed at the Wiltern in LA this past Friday; Nicki Bluhm & the Gramblers opened up for Grace Potter & the Nocturnals. Nicki Bluhm is just wrapping up a national tour, which took her and her Gramblers down the East Coast, across the South then back to their ...view article
Umphrey's McGee descended on Colorado with all the fury of an intense winter storm this February. With two sold out nights at the legendary Belly Up in Aspen, the second of the two featuring an outstanding sit in by John Oates of Hall & Oates. This was followed by a S2 which only ...view article
