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Sam Bush: Circles Around Me

2009-11-06T06:07:41+00:00

Sam Bush, along with his trademark mandolin style and champion fiddle playing, has inspired jamgrass acts like Yonder Mountain String Band and Leftover Salmon, to more mainstream bluegrass acts like Allison Krauss and the Union Station.  His latest release, Circles Around Me, demonstrates the extraordinary musical talents of Sam Bush and his touring band returning full circle to his bluegrass roots.

Admiral Browning: Magic Elixir

2009-11-06T05:59:05+00:00

So much stoner and doom rock tends to be an exercise in heaviness alone. While that certainly has its place, few people can take the steady bludgeoning that it offers even as it fills that need in all who really love heavy metal for the mind-numbing weight of slow, trudging riffs that take Tony Iommi to the extreme. Sometimes, however, a band offers such crushing power in a more dynamic form that respects the song as well as pushing the limits of the heavy in metal.

Cymbals Eat Guitars, Holly Miranda, Delorean: Le Poisson Rouge, NYC 10/23/09

2009-11-06T05:48:17+00:00

It is safe to say that this year’s lineup for the annual CMJ festival was the most underwhelming in years, maybe ever.  Usually there are 10-20 established acts, and a handful of showcases packed with up and coming contenders that everyone is clamoring to get into, not so for ’09. 

Volume 33: Annie Stela

2009-11-05T19:04:10+00:00

“Give it up, or lose it completely,” sings Annie Stela on “Clean It Up,” my favorite track off Hard City, one of two EPs that Stela is releasing this year.  For most of Stela’s career as a musician, she’s chosen to give up plenty of things, but not what she was born to do: write songs. It’s this Annie Stela that makes me smile—the independent champion who refuses to quit.

Railroad Earth - Paradise, Boston, MA 10.23-24.09

2009-11-05T05:21:13+00:00

Railroad Earth performing at The Paradise in Boston, Ma October 23rd and 24th, 2009. All photos by Richard Gastwirt

Marco Benevento & Friends: Live in NYC - Trailer [YouTube]

2009-11-05T05:10:47+00:00

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Them Crooked Vultures -"Mind Eraser (No Chaser)"

2009-11-04T04:37:43+00:00

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The Mars Volta: Sonar, Baltimore, MD 10/20/09

2009-11-04T04:23:11+00:00

The Mars Volta is a band of mystery.  They're detached, they're impersonal...they're brilliant.  It's commonly accepted that a concert should involve some connection between band and audience.  By conventional thinking, this is often accomplished with a bit of friendly banter between songs or sing-along parts that blur the lines between performer and audience.  But the Mars Volta is anything but a conventional band.  They do things differently.

The Wood Brothers: Flynn Center, Burlington, VT 10/7/09

2009-11-04T03:56:06+00:00

Opening for Bruce Hornsby at the FlynnCenter October 7th, The Wood Brothers won over the headliner's audience. Chris and Oliver's sly humor and understated country blues made an almost immediate connection and remained effective for the duration of an unfortunately abbreviated forty-minute set.

Jay Z - 1st Mariner Arena Baltimore, MD 10.27.09

2009-11-03T03:51:02+00:00

Jay Z performing at the 1st Mariner Arena in Baltimore, MD on October 27th, 2009. All photos by Kenny Pusey