Free Sampler | The Black Seeds | Tour 2010 Dates
New Zealand reggae-soul heavyweights The Black Seeds return to North America in July to support their North American debut album Solid Ground The Black Seeds just released a FREE Summer Sampler! http://www.solidgroundsummer.com/ Described by Clash Magazine as “one of the best live reggae acts on the planet,” The Black Seeds will perform 19 shows across North America, including two performances at the High Sierra Music Festival, as well as appearances at Camp Bisco, Grassroots, and the Victoria Ska Festival. Leading up to the group’s arrival on U.S. soil, NPR’s World Café will feature a show devoted to the band on Thursday, June 10th. Host David Dye will share interviews and play tracks that were recorded live at WXPN studios in Philadelphia last October. The Black Seeds were…
Phish Summer Tour 2010 Dates
Phish returns to the stage this June for an extensive two-leg Summer Tour, kicking off June 11th in Chicago and wrapping with a two-night stand at Jones Beach in Wantagh, NY in August. Stops along the way include a return to SPAC, Hartford, Merriweather, and Alpine Valley. Lots of love for NY with 5 dates but not much for out west. We’re dissapointed that the guys will be skipping Darien Lake in 2010 but really looking forward to the CMAC show in Canandaigua, NY. The first-leg of the tour ends with a Fourth of July performance just outside of Atlanta, GA. After a short break, the band will pick the tour back up on the…
Further Summer Tour 2010
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] The Grateful Dead may not being touring together any more but the Further lineup of Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Jeff Chimenti, John Kadlecik, Jay Lane, & Joe Russo is the next best thing. After a winter tour that saw them play to rave reviews Further has just announced summer tour dates. We’re definitely going to check out the band at Art Park in Lewiston, NY. This is one of the best venue’s in New York for live performances. It has great sound and a natural amphitheater with an amazing view of the Niagara Gorge. Be sure to get your tickets early the shows are sure to sell out…
UMBOWL 2010 Details
Umprey’s McGee is psyched to announce the inaugural UMBowl! UMBowl 2010 will be a unique interactive Umphrey’s McGee experience. This 4+ hour extravaganza will be unlike any other Umphrey’s event to date – the UMBowl will be a show for the ages! The evening will be broken up into four quarters of music, each with a different interactive theme. The 1st quarter will kick off with an acoustic set chosen entirely by attendees. Well in advance of the show, each ticket buyer will receive a ballot to vote for which songs UM will give the acoustic treatment – and that’s just the beginning. Further juicy details for the remaining quarters will be revealed shortly. Attendees…
String Cheese Incident Back On The Road in 2010
String Cheese Incident has announced that they will be back on the road in 2010. The Colorado based band will be doing a 3 night run at Redrocks starting July 23rd, 2010 as well as a festival at Horning’s Hideout in North Planes, OR July 29th to August 1st 2010. More tour dates are expected to be announced soon. Here’s what the band had to say on their website today: “Since ROTHBURY 2009 was such an amazing Incident for all of us, we decided that we couldn’t just leave it at that. Heading into the new decade, we couldn’t resist the temptation to revisit some of our favorite stomping grounds and get the family back together….
YMSB Spring Tour
YMSB has just announced Spring 2010 tour dates. This tour is shorter than normal but the band needs to get their banjo player back to Colorado “to meet a stork with a special delivery for him”. The veterans of jam grass are  currently in their 12th year of touring and still have some dates left on their winter tour (see link below for details.) If your into jam bands there is no band that jams like YMSB. Yonder Mountain String Band Spring Tour Dates: 03.30    Crystal Bay, NV    Crystal Bay Club Casino / Crown Room 03.31    Crystal Bay, NV    Crystal Bay Club Casino / Crown Room 04.01    Santa Cruz, CA    The Catalyst 04.02    San Francisco,…
Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad Kicks Off 2010 Winter Tour In Buffalo
Photos & review by Buffalo native and new BTJ contributer Matthew Buckley. Nietzsche’s – Buffalo, NY Rochester natives, and roots reggae touring veterans are back at it in 2010 in a big way. After performing hundreds of crowd pleasing shows the past several years the band is back on the road, this time in support of their latest release “Live Up.” Being my first live, Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, experience Iwasn’t exactly sure what to expect. I knew I was in store for some Festival quality Reggae music, but didn’t know much about their visual stimulants. As I approached the stage, I noticed a large projection screen behind the drums along with four LED…
Toubab Krewe & John Brown’s Body Announce National Tour
Two of the best bands in country are teaming up for 13 dates for  one of the most anticipated co-headling tours of 2010. The tour starts with 2 upstate NY shows before heading out west to Chicago. The two bands will continue out west and close out the tour at the Belly Up Tavern in California. We’re planning on getting down to Ithaca for what is sure to be one of the best shows of this tour. Check out our related articles at the bottom of this page for some sites and sounds of past coverage of these two great bands. John Brown’s Body & Toubab Krewe Co-Headlining U.S. Tour Dates: March 11 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg March 12…
New Album: Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad “Live UP”
One of our favorite bands G.P.G.D.S. has just released their 2nd album. This “best of” live album from select shows in 2008 and 2009 features original songs that fans from Maine to California have grown to love over the years. The production on this album which blends soundboard and audience recordings gives an intense live sound that brings the feel of a night out with Giant Panda to your headphones. Rarely will you find a band with such a unique roots reggae sound. The band has the ability to channel the essences and improv of the Grateful Dead and seamlessly blend it with dub and roots reggae the likes of which haven’t been seen since the 70′s….
Trey | February Tour 2010
Breaking news just in from Phish! “Trey Anastasio hits the road in February for a month-long tour with Classic TAB, beginning with a special benefit show at the Jefferson Theatre in Charlottesville, VA on February 8th. The date marks what would have been the 47th birthday of Trey’s sister, Kristine, an esteemed environmentalist and author who died of neuroendocrine cancer last April. Proceeds from the show will go to the Kristine Anastasio Manning Memorial Fund. Trey and Classic TAB features the same lineup from last fall, with the addition of horns back into the mix. Russell Remington (tenor saxophone and flute) and Jen Hartswick (trumpet and vocals) once again join Russ Lawton (drums), Tony Markellis…
