A CONVERSATION WITH COL. BRUCE HAMPTON
Aquarium Rescue Unit, the absurdist jam-rock outfit led by the colorful Col. Bruce Hampton, is back, performing together for the first time since a 2011 reunion. While the band isn’t a household na...
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FLAMING LIPS AT MUSIKFEST
Photos by Jim Gavenus The Flaming Lips kicked off Musikfest in Bethlehem, Pa. Friday night in typical fashion: giant mushrooms, rainbows, beach balls and a bevy of other psychedelic imagery as Wayn...
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KELLEY DEAL ON NEW BAND R. RING, NEW BREEDERS MATERIAL AND KNITTING
All Kelley Deal was looking for was a studio, but she ended up getting a new band. Invited to contribute to a 2011 tribute album to fellow Dayton, Ohio, alt-rock legends Guided By Voices, Deal, of ...
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BRIGGS FARM BLUES FESTIVAL: FRIDAY PHOTO GALLERY, PART 2
Photos by Alex Seeley Photographer Alex Seeley was on hand for the latest installment of the Briggs Farm Blues Festival in Nescopeck, Pa., last weekend. Here is the second round of photos from Frid...
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BASSIST STU HAMM BRINGS ‘BOOK OF LIES’ TO NEW HOPE & THE IRIDIUM
If you’re playing alongside hotshots like Joe Satriani and Steve Vai and you still get noticed, you must be pretty good in your own right. As a bassist for those guitar heroes and beyond, as well as t...
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MASON PORTER BRINGS EXPANDED FOLK SOUND TO STEELSTACKS
Philadelphia-area American band Mason Porter has continued to hone its sound – and expand its growing fanbase – in the roughly 10 years since its inception. The latest step forward for the group is “K...
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ROB BARRACO ON HIS FIRST GRATEFUL DEAD SHOW, PLAYING IN THE BAND WITH LESH, SINGING WITH WARREN HAYNES AND MEETING BOB DYLAN
Late last year, we spoke with Rob Barraco in advance of a few Mattston/Barraco & Friends performances. Inevitably, the conversation with Barraco – a pianist, keyboardist, occasional bassist and vo...
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HEAVY BLONDE’S DEBUT TEEMS WITH SMART, ORCHESTRAL POP
On “Heat Wave,” the full-length debut from the adventurous indie folk/pop/rock outfit Heavy Blonde, the band is not content to simply let its songs and performances do the talking. With deft productio...
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CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD CHANNELS ’70s GRATEFUL DEAD ON ‘BETTY’S BLENDS VOLUME TWO’
Any Deadhead worth his 1977 Cornell bootleg will know the name Betty Cantor-Jackson, the Grateful Dead’s longtime recording engineer who made the pristine concert tapes known as Betty Boards; if you g...
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GREGG ALLMAN TO RELEASE LIVE ALBUM & DVD, HOST FIRST LAID BACK FESTIVAL AT JONES BEACH
Gregg Allman will release a live CD and DVD titled "Gregg Allman Live: Back To Macon, Ga." on Aug. 7. The CD and DVD capture Allman and his 8-piece band performing at the 1,000-seat Grand Opera House....
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