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Home again with The Jayhawks

Home again with The Jayhawks

I listen to music about eight hours a day. In the car on the way [...]

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Keller’s KIDS a no-brainer

The biggest kid on the jamband scene making a record specifically for kids?  A no [...]

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Remembering Woody

Allen Woody, bass player extraordinaire with the growling tone,  died ten years ago today. It's [...]

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Can Michael Franti save the world?

Since the beginning of time, musicians have used their instruments and voices to convey messages. [...]

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The digital divide – artists and today’s technology

Last weekend, I was at the Wilco show in Memphis at The Orpheum Theatre. In [...]

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The rebirth of the DMB

Just in case the world needed a reminder, the Dave Matthews Band can still kill [...]

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Goodbye, Mr. Adams

That pffffft you heard, and that faint whisp of smoke? That’s the candle being blown [...]

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Beacon night one – an armchair recap

Forty years.  That’s a long time for a band to play together.  Sure, it’s not [...]

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Franti for beginners – kids, that is.

There are certain benchmarks of parenthood that make mothers and fathers proud.  Crawling. First steps. [...]

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Chasing the elusive

Live music is about searching for the moment – that special show, guitar solo…whatever it [...]

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