Currently touring in support of their new album Big Boat, Phish on Tuesday was joined by a very special guest during the first show of their two-night stand at the Ascend Amphitheatre in Nashville, TN. Fans were treated to a guest appearance by Bob Weir from the Grateful Dead for several songs in the second set. Phish brought…
Believe it or not there’s a benefit to writing about music weeks after seeing it. Getting some distance from an event as well as re-listening to the music is valuable when evaluating a series of shows. Such is the case with Phish’s last concerts, a three night run over Labor Day weekend at Dicks Sporting…
Phish just wrapped up the East Coast portion of their 25 date summer tour, and now head west for dates at famed venues such as The Gorge and the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in the coming weeks. I hopped on tour for a five-show run beginning in Philadelphia on June 28, catching two shows at…
Many of the stars from the music industry are putting their foot down on the latest, senseless life lost to the hands of police in that of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. Chris Brown went as far as writing and releasing a song to highlight the injustice and struggles. Beyonce released a message on her website…
De La Soul has and will always be one of my favorite hip hop bands. Their flowy, soft rhymes can have me head bobbing one second or singing at the top of my lungs the next. Mega hits like “Buddy,” featuring Tribe Called Quest, and Me, Myself and I, are consistently on lists for the greatest hip hop songs of all…
Each Friday we’ll post all the latest news in the music industry so your Happy Hour lingo stays tight. New Apple Technology Could Disable Your Camera During Concerts | Complex The technology works using infrared signals. Realistically, there is no current evidence that Apple actually plans to use this technology. George W. Bush, Taylor Swift and Chris Brown…
Perhaps my biggest musical regret in life is that I didn’t get into the Grateful Dead until my senior year of high school. Jerry Garcia passed away less than a year after I started devouring Dead tunes as fast as I could. At the time, I would scour Jack’s Music Shoppe in Red Bank, NJ, for any…
Quiet since an extraordinary three night Mexican adventure back in January, Phish will return to the road to kick off their summer tour in less than three weeks. The shows in Rivera Maya marked the first time the boys have gone south of the Rio Grande to perform, and their first international shows since a lone…
Live rock n’ roll shows come in so many flavors: Indoor, Outdoor, Festivals, Arenas, football stadiums, house parties, dive bars, Red Rocks, the Pyramids, on and on. While I thoroughly enjoy the acoustics of arena and club shows, nothing beats seeing one of your favorite bands in an intimate venue no matter where it is. I…
“Summer Summer Summertime! Time to sit back and unwind!” The Fresh Prince’s 1991 ode to the warmer months of the year is still one of my favorite tunes to bump as I drive out of the parking lot on that last day of school. (I appreciate summers off as a teacher way more than I ever…
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