FOR LaMP, IT’S A GROOVE THING
As members of the Trey Anastasio Band and Joe Russo's Almost Dead, Russ Lawton, Ray Paczkowski and Scott Metzger are used to the creature comforts of the road, like tour buses and crew members to set ...
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FOR GHOST LIGHT, THE SPIRIT IS IN THE SONGS
Ghost Light is part of a circuit of bands known for prioritizing the live show, where albums offer a simplified template for songs that take on expanded life on the stage. But Ghost Light, who check m...
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MARCO BENEVENTO DROPS NEW ALBUM AND FOLLOWS THE ARROW TO HIS OWN FESTIVAL
Photo by Hazel Dunning It's a big month for Marco Benevento, as the keyboardist has just released a new album called "Benevento" and is about to host his inaugural festival. The keyboardist known a...
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SCOTT METZGER MAKES THE SOLO ALBUM HE WAS AVOIDING — AND HE’S READY FOR MORE
A newly purchased 1955 Martin 008 acoustic guitar, a stuffed animal and a global pandemic are all it took for Scott Metzger to finally make a solo album. Metzger, known for his work in Joe Russo's ...
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JOE RUSSO BRINGS EAST COAST ATTITUDE TO GRATEFUL DEAD SONGBOOK
When New Jersey metalhead Joe Russo was in high school, he quit a band because it played Grateful Dead songs. But starting in his 30s, he'd come to love the iconic San Francisco group's music as a ke...
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PEACH FESTIVAL 2016: TRIBUTES TO GREGG ALLMAN, PINK FLOYD, LED ZEPPELIN ENLIVEN SOGGY WEEKEND
Photos by Pati Bobeck SCRANTON, PA — Gregg Allman’s absence from last weekend’s Peach Festival on Montage Mountain figured to create a void that would leave festival organizers and headlining acts ...
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JUSTIN MAZER ON ‘ANTI-GUITAR’ and ‘MAKING SURE IT’S AWESOME’
Photos by Brittany Boote If it seems like guitarist Justin Mazer has been everywhere lately, it’s because that’s essentially the case. Whether touring with American Babies, the rising, impossible-t...
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