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Edited by Staff
4/21/03
4/20/03
Berkfest Rescheduled
The promoters of the Berkshire Mountain Music Festival have announced that the event has been reshceduled and will now take place August 10 – 12 at Butternut Basin Ski Area in Great Barrington, MA. The festival was originally scheduled to be held August 3 – 5. Because of the scheduling change, at this time Bela Fleck & the Flecktones and Keb' Mo' are not on the bill. The line-up features Strangefolk, The Steve Kimock Band, Sound Tribe Sector 9, Yonder Mountain String Band and Olu Dara. More bands will be announced soon.
For more information, visit www.berkfest.com.
Widespread Panic Fans Plan Food Drives
Panic Fans For Food, a non-profit volunteer organization run by Widespread Panic fans, will hold a pre-show food drive Friday April 27 at the Von Braun Civic Center in Huntsville, AL. Fans are encouraged to bring non-perishable canned foods for donation. “Panic Fans for Food is about giving back to the towns and cities where Widespread plays,” says Joshua Stack, co-founder of the organization. “It's a way for us to say thanks to the communities for hosting the fans.”
The organization will also hold a drive at City Brew before tonight’s WSP show at Chilhowee Park in Knoxville, TN. City Brew is located at 424 South Gay Street in Knoxville. Fans that donate up to five cans of food will receive a wristband allowing them to ride to and from the show via a Knoxville Area Transit bus. More information is available at www.panicfansforfood.org.
Mike Gordon to Perform with Scott Murawski & Friends Tonight
Phish bassist Mike Gordon (a.k.a “Agent Malone”) will perform with Max Creek guitarist Scott Murawski & Friends tonight at The Living Room in Providence, RI. The line-up also includes guitarist Jeff Pevar (Phil & Friends, CPR, Jazz is Dead) and drummer Greg DeGuglielmo (Max Creek, The Drop Caps). Tonight’s show is a CD release party for Murawski’s solo album, Stormfield. Other special guests are expected.
Tickets will be available at the door.
Special Guests to Join Robert Walter’s 20th Congress This Weekend
Robert Walter’s 20th Congress will welcome special guests to the stage during its two-night stand at Wetlands Preserve in New York City this weekend. Tonight guitarist Melvin Sparks will perform with the band and tomorrow night 8-string guitarist Charlie Hunter and drummer Mike Clark will sit in. Former Deep Banana Blackout singer Jen Durkin-Kalb and the Conscious Underground as well as The Living Daylights will open this evening’s show. Tomorrow’s bill features support acts Robert Randolph and Miracle Orchestra. Tickets will available at the door.
For details, visit www.20thcongress.com or www.wetlands-preserve.org.
Soulive, John Brown’s Body Receive Boston Music Awards
Soulive received a Boston Music Award for Outstanding Jam Band last night at the Orpheum Theatre in Boston, MA. It is the first time in the event’s fourteen-year history that a category has been devoted to the genre. Other bands nominated included Addison Groove Project, Jiggle, Miracle Orchestra, The Slip and Uncle Sammy.
Soulive was not in attendance to receive its award as the trio performed at Irving Plaza in New York City. The show featured guest appearances from Sam Kininger, Stephanie McKay, Jacques Schwarzbar and Talib Kweli. The group returns to Irving tonight. For the complete schedule, visit www.soulive.com.
John Brown’s Body took home the Boston Music Award for Outstanding World Music Act. The group will perform tonight at Alley Katz in Richmond, VA. More dates are available at www.johnbrownsbody.com.
4/19/03
Complete Trey Anastasio Summer Tour Itinerary Announced; Line-up Expanded to Eight
The complete Trey Anastasio summer tour schedule has just been released. Anastasio’s backing band will consist of Tony Markellis (bass), Russ Lawton (drums) Dave Grippo (saxophone), Jennifer Hartswick (trumpet) and Andy Moroz (trombone), as well as newcomers Russell Remington (saxophone) formerly of the Giant Country Horns and Ray Paczkowski (keyboards) formerly of Viperhouse. The group is expected to debut several new songs this summer. "I've been writing a lot of horn charts," says Anastasio. "There's definitely going to be new material and there are songs that I wrote years ago that I think would be great for a band with horns."
The following is the complete confirmed itinerary.
July 11 SDSU Open Air Theatre, San Diego, CA
July 12 Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
July 13 Greek Theatre, Berkeley, CA
July 14 Greek Theatre, Berkeley, CA
July 17 Red Rocks, Denver, CO
July 18 Red Rocks, Denver, CO
July 20 Riverport Amphitheatre, St. Louis, MO
July 21 Alpine Valley, East Troy, WI
July 22 Verizon Wireless Music Center, Noblesville, IN
July 24 Polaris Amphitheatre, Columbus, OH
July 26 Hi-Fi Buys Amphitheatre, Atlanta, GA
July 27 Alltel, Raleigh, NC
July 28 Merriweather Post Pavillion, Columbia, MD
July 29 PNC Bank Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ
July 31 Verizon Virginia Beach Amphitheatre, Virginia Beach, VA
August 2 Mann Music Center, Philadelphia, PA
August 3 Jones Beach, Wantagh, NY
August 4 Tweeter Center, Mansfield, MA
August 5 Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Springs, NY
Phish has implemented a new mail order system. Mail order tickets for Trey’s summer tour will only be available online between April 25 and April 28. Complete details are available at www.phish.com/ticketsbymail.
Deep Banana Blackout to Open for the Allman Brothers Band
Deep Banana Blackout has just been confirmed to open for the Allman Brothers Band June 15 – 24. The run kicks off at Oak Mountain in Pelham, AL and will conclude at Saratoga Performing Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, NY. The complete schedule is available at www.allmanbrothersband.com.
Deep Banana Blackout’s debut on Flying Frog Records is due out this summer. The band plays tonight at Mississippi Nights in St. Louis, MO.
For more DBB dates, visit www.deepbananablackout.com.
Junior Brown Jams with String Cheese Incident
Junior Brown sat in with String Cheese Incident last night at the Brady Theater in Tulsa, OK. Brown joined the band on guitar towards the end of the first set for “Highway Patrol,” “Lonesome Road Blues” and “Pipeline.”
String Cheese plays tonight at the Uptown Theatre in Kansas City, MO. For the band’s full schedule, visit www.stringcheeseincident.com.
Col. Bruce Hampton Sits in with Phil & Friends
Col. Bruce Hampton joined Phil Lesh & Friends last night at the Civic Center in Atlanta, GA. Hampton emerged for the encore to sing “Turn On Your Lovelight.” Phil’s line-up features Warren Haynes and Jimmy Herring on guitar, Rob Barraco on Keyboards and John Molo on drums.
The Here Comes Sunshine Tour continues tonight at the Civic Center in Asheville, NC. For the complete itinerary, visit www.phillesh.net.
Members of Ween to Perform with Chris Harford
Members of Ween will perform with Amfibian guitarist Chris Harford tonight at the Stanhope House in Stanhope, NJ and April 25 at Wetlands Preserve in New York City. The line-up, which is being billed as Chris Harford and the Band of Changes, features guitarist Dean Ween (Ween), bassist Dave Dreiwitz (Ween) and drummer Sim Cain (Rollins Band, J. Geils Band). Ween and Cain have both collaborated with Harford several times in the past and appeared on his 1992 release, Be Headed. For more information, visit www.chrisharford.com.
Amfibian plays tomorrow at The Norva in Norfolk, VA. Carl “Gears” Gearhart of the Giant Country Horns is expected to sit in. Amfibian’s calendar can be found at www.amfibian.com.
4/18/03
The Slip to Play Benefit Concert for Groove Against Hunger
The Slip’s April 25 performance at Avalon Ballroom in Boston, MA will be the first in a series of benefit concerts to raise funds for Groove Against Hunger. The band has agreed to donate twenty percent of its earnings from the night to Action Against Hunger, an organization founded in 1979 which now has over 4000 workers in over 40 countries working to save lives and restore food to victims of starvation. “What we hope to do, need to do, is take advantage of this growing jam and groove-based phenomenon in live music and give something back," says program organizer Peter Costello. “We do not like knowing people are hungry,” The Slip said in a statement. “Given all our good fortune in life, we can bring awareness and occasionally help out. We’d like to take that opportunity." For more information, visit www.grooveagainsthunger.org.
The Slip plays tomorrow at Pearl Street in Northampton, MA. The band’s complete itinerary is available at www.theslip.com.
Brothers Past to Record Live Album
Brothers Past has announced that it will record a live album May 5 at Indre Studios in Philadelphia, PA. It will be the band’s first appearance in Philadelphia since April of 1999. The all-ages event is being billed as “Elements” and will feature three sets of music. A limited number of tickets will be sold at upcoming Brothers Past shows. Tickets can also be purchased by calling 610-436-1856.
Brothers Past plays tonight at The 13th Floor in Baltimore, MD. For more dates, visit www.brotherspast.com.
Tom Tom Club, Robert Randolph Added to Gathering of the Vibes
Terrapin Presents has just confirmed the addition of The Tom Tom Club and Robert Randolph to this year’s Gathering of the Vibes, which will take place June 29 – July 1 in Red Hook, NY. The Tom Tom Club features Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth, founding members of The Talking Heads. Other bands performing at the festival include Bruce Hornsby, Dickey Betts Band, John Scofield, Soulive, Steve Kimock Band, Baba Olatunji, Les Claypool’s Flying Frog Brigade, Merl Saunders and his Funky Friends, Max Creek, Deep Banana Blackout, Strangefolk, Joules Graves, Lake Trout, Sloan Wainwright, Wild Magnolias, Lake Trout, ulu, Uncle Sammy, Addison Groove Project, Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, The Grapes of Vaudevillian Fantasy and The Rafter Bats. More acts are expected to be announced within the week. Tickets are on sale now.
For more information, visit www.gatheringofthevibes.com.
Steve Kimock Band Announces Tour Dates
The Steve Kimock Band has announced a portion of its spring and summer tour schedule. The line-up will consist of Kimock (guitar), Bobby Vega (bass), Rodney Holmes (drums) and Mitch Stein (guitars). The tour kicks off with a three-night stand beginning tomorrow at Sancho’s Broken Arrow in Denver, CO. Other dates include April 26 – 28 at Martyr’s in Chicago, IL, May 2 – 4 in Chester’s Place in Fayetteville, AR, May 6 at Tipitina’s Uptown in New Orleans, LA, June 30 at The Gathering of the Vibes in Red Hook, NY, July 1 at the State Theatre in Falls Church, VA and July 5 – 6 at the High Sierra Music Festival in Quincy, CA. More dates will be added.
The complete itinerary is available at www.kimock.com.
4/17/03
Widespread Panic Unveils Summer Tour Itinerary
Widespread Panic has just released its summer tour dates. The tour kicks off June 15 – 17 at The Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles, CA and will include multiple night runs at Red Rocks in Morrison, CA (June 22 – 24), The Beacon Theater in New York City (July 17 – 19) and the Oak Mountain Amphitheatre in Pelham, AL (July 27 – 29). The band will also make stops in New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, Mississippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Kansas, Missouri, Indiana, Ohio, Massachusetts, Maryland, Pittsburgh, New York, Virginia, Delaware and South Carolina. Ben Harper will open the July 3rd show at Marcus Amphitheatre in Milwaukee, WI and String Cheese Incident will appear with the band July 6 at Sandstone Amphitheatre in Bonner Springs, KS and July 7 at Riverport Amphitheatre in Maryland Heights, MO.
The complete itinerary is available at www.widespreadpanic.com.
Jambands.com Columnist to Emcee Area 51 Sound Test Festival
The Las Vegas Jamband Society has announced that Jambands.com columnist Lee Abraham will emcee the Area 51 Sound Test Festival. The event will take place April 20 – 22 in Indian Springs, Nevada and will feature performances by The Ominous Seapods, Juggling Suns, Wise Monkey Orchestra, Government Grown, the Waz and Psydecar among others. “It’s truly an honor to serve as the emcee for the Sound Test," says Abraham. "I’ve had the pleasure of interviewing and writing about most of the bands on the bill, and after living in Las Vegas for a decade, I know how hard the people at the Jamband Society have been working to make this thing happen... I’m just stoked to be part of it!" Abraham is also a contributor to Relix Magazine, the Las Vegas Weekly and publishes his own website, http://www.mrlee.com.
For more information on the Area 51 Sound Test Festival, visit www.lvjambandsociety.com.
Deep Banana Blackout Heads to Japan
Deep Banana Blackout has announced that it will travel to Japan for two shows in June. The group will play June 9 at the Liquid Room Kabukicho in Shinjuku-ku and June 10 at Harajuku Astro Hall Shibuya-ku in Tokyo.
Deep Banana plays tomorrow at the Granada Theater in Lawrence, KS. For the band’s complete schedule, visit www.deepbananablackout.com.
The Disco Biscuits Perform Stealth Show at Wetlands
The Disco Biscuits performed a one-set show at Wetlands last night in New York City, under the name “The Perfume.” Brothers Past members Tom Hamilton (guitar) and Tom McKee (keyboards) as well as Fat Mama drummer Joe Russo sat in for “Plan B.” Jambands.com staffer Carol Wade then sung “Little Lai” with the band.
Electron, which is Disco Biscuits’ bass player Marc Brownstein’s side project, opened the show. The line-up featured Brownstein (bass), Russo (drums), The Disco Biscuits’ Aron Magner (keyboards), Brothers Past’s Tom Hamilton (guitar), Paulie (percussion) and DJ Stitch (turntables). Special guests included Disco Biscuits members Jon Gutwillig (guitar) and Sam Altman (drums), McKee (keyboards) and Jordan Crisman (bass).
The Disco Biscuits play tomorrow at The Odeon in Cleveland, OH. For the band’s complete itinerary, visit www.discobiscuits.com.
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