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Bands, band, bands! Is that all you ever write about? Well, yes, that’s it, mostly. But not entirely. For instance, the fourth round of Roosevelt … Continued

Marbin? Good question. Here are some points of reference to help you get started. Mahavishnu Orchestra. Moon Hooch. Frank Zappa. Tribal Tech. Ornette Coleman. Miles … Continued

Have you ever had a CD get stuck in your player? Not physically, but because it is so darn good you need to hear it … Continued

Captain Green, the superb Baton Rouge band that describes their music as “Thrash Funk / Sci-fi Noir / Intergalactic Space-Jazz” (a very accurate description, by … Continued

Jukebox the Ghost is a power pop trio in the piano/guitar/drums tradition who have been making music for a decade and touring relentlessly in support … Continued

YOU MISSED IT! Over and over, my brother from another mother Pat kept telling me: You went to the Silent Disco at AURA 2015 and … Continued

We had travelled to North Carolina to cover The BIG What? for MusicFestNews. It poured and poured the first night, and then the power was knocked … Continued

It was 1975, and I was writing, theoretically, for a music magazine that never published, Music World. Jefferson Starship had a show at the now-defunct … Continued

Warren Haynes just announced several items of interest to fans. The first concerns rescheduled West Coast tour dates. Haynes and The Ashes & Dust Band … Continued

I’m going to save you a lot of time. Here is the Clif Notes/Readers’ Digest version of this review: Three bands played their best sets … Continued