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It seems hard to imagine that The Melody Trucks Band had their very first live appearance just two short years ago (09.30.17). That was at … Continued

There are lots of Oktoberfests, but in these here parts there is only ONE OktoBEERfest, and that’s the four-day explosion of food, beer, and music … Continued

If you thought maybe you felt hurricane-force winds blowing through Atlanta last Friday (September 20), we have good news. It was NOT a hurricane. It … Continued

Crimony! The Smokedown starts Thursday at Little Creek Vineyard in Snow Camp, North Carolina. Well, that’s the pre-party, but you don’t want to miss a … Continued

Feature image courtesy of Jay Blakesburg Just how important WAS Robert Hunter to the Grateful Dead and their catalog? Consider this: he co-wrote every song … Continued

Photographs by kind permission of Funk Eye Media Stories by kind permission of Phil Ross and Dan Farkas George Porter Jr. and Runnin’ Pardners and The … Continued

All photographs by kind permission of Jeffrey Moellering / Snapzalot.com Billy Cobham and his cohorts put on an absolute master class Saturday night, September 21, … Continued

I owned a small record store in Tampa in the ’70s (School Kids Records). I had numerous hip customers who would turn me on to … Continued

Words and photographs by Hillary Carpenter We’ve (presumably) all been to a concert. We paid our money, endured the security shakedown, found our seats and/or … Continued

We caught up with Billy Cobham somewhere near the Georgia-South Carolina border. He and his Crosswinds Project bandmates were en route from Thursday’s Howard Theater … Continued