Two people could go to bear creek and not see any of the same sets of music. This review is one writer’s personal highlight reel and recap of Bear Creek Music & Arts Festival. Wednesday night kicked the long weekend off with a benefit for the family of longtime Spirit Of Suwannee Music Park production [...]

On Thanksgiving Day, 1976, legendary rockers The Band performed their last ever concert, dubbed ‘The Last Waltz’, which would be filmed by young director Martin Scorsese, and released to high praise. It’s considered by many to be the greatest concert film of all time, and featured guest appearances from Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Neil Young, [...]

Lisa Marie Presley came to 89 North Music Venue in Patchogue on Wednesday night, and for about an hour and twenty minutes she and her five piece band transformed it into Lisa Marie Presley Boulevard. The venue was the perfect setting to view rock royalty up-close, and it seemed as if the audience was invited [...]

It’s not too often that you see a supergroup in the world of trance music, but New World Punx is clearly on the forefront of the genre, bringing together Ferry Corsten and Markus Schulz, who, on their own are legendary producers and DJs. Together, however, these two have started producing top notch bangers and taking [...]

On May 31, 1977, “Beatlemania” debuted on Broadway, and played for 920 performances, which may be described as the birth of the tribute band. The actual Beatles played only a fraction of this number of live shows after finding fame soon after Ringo replaced Pete Best on drums. Add in troupes like Rain and Strawberry [...]

Last week at Brooklyn Bowl saw the New York City debut of a new supergroup – Incidental Animals, bringing together members of ALO, The String Cheese Incident, and the Trey Anastasio Band. ALO contributes Dan Lebowitz on guitar, Steve Adams on bass, and Dave Brogan on drums, while the String Cheese Incident’s Kyle Hollingsworth mans [...]

  Last week, Cut Copy announced they would be playing a special show in New York City, following their final tour dates, at Le Poisson Rouge on Bleecker Street, which would act as a launch party for a collaboration between NPR Music and LA public radio station KCRW‘s show Metropolis, which is hosted by KCRW [...]

On Thursday night at Brooklyn Bowl, Phil Lesh & The Terrapin Family Band graced the stage of the now iconic venue in Williamsburg. Having just inked a deal with co-owner Peter Shapiro to perform 30 shows at the Capitol Theatre, appear at the Lock’n Festival, and give an April 20th performance at the soon-to-be-open Las [...]

In the throes of a Stones-filled tour, Phil Lesh & Friends played four covers from the 1971 Rolling Stones’ Sticky Fingers album last night, amidst a particularly bluesy performance that featured “Big Railroad Blues” and “Lovelight,” among many more gems. Phil & Friends, along with opening act American Jubilee, have been slowly and steadily paying [...]

Halloween at The Gramercy Theatre was a night of chaos, costumes, and delicious jams. Electronic rock band Kloptoscope opened the show with a brief  bassy set. Hailing from Burlington, Vermont, the four man band uses drums, guitar, synth, bass, sax and keys to blend all the possible sounds of popular jam bands. Twiddle, also a [...]