Archive for the ‘Jam’ Category

From the Archive: Grateful Dead in Los Angeles

This post is a little bit more about me than usual. See, I love the Dead and, more than the Dead, I love my birthday. It came to pass that when I started searching for shows in the great sea of Dead audience recordings, the first ones I checked out were shows that went down [...]

The NYE madness begins…

To kick off the yearly excitement about who’s playing where, moe. has announced that they will be closing out their 20th-anniversary tour with two nights at the House of Blues in Boston. Two-night packages will be available for $75 on moe. ticketing starting Saturday morning at 11AM EST. Now, let the games begin…

Artist Q&A: Cris Jacobs (of the Bridge)

Cris Jacobs is the lead singer and guitarist of Baltimore based jam-band, The Bridge. As one of the founding members of the band, Jacobs has a lot to be proud of. The Bridge is one of the most exciting up-and-coming bands in the jam-scene and their passionate live shows have garnered the dedicated support of [...]

The Allman Brothers Band at Merriweather Post Pavilion

On Tuesday night the parking lot outside Merriweather Post Pavilion was expectantly converted into a hippie convention. There were the aging members of the love generation who chased swigs of straight bourbon-whiskey with drags from their Marlboros and temporarily satisfied their anticipation for the show with stories from the glory-days. All the while the new-age [...]

The Bridge Plays the State Theatre 10-2-09

Falls Church, Virginia is not by any stretch of the imagination, a hot-bed of musical talent. Northern Virginia for that matter has never been thought of as a region with a burgeoning scene. But here, in good ol’ NoVa, sandwiched between a center for spiritual enlightenment and a sandwich joint, lays the State Theatre. “The [...]

Rumors: Phish NYE in Miami, fall tour dates

According to LiveMuiscBlog.com, who says these dates are “close to final and good-to-go on booking early travels plans”, we have some fall Phish tour dates for you — including a four-night New Years Eve run in Miami.

Coffee With Your Tea

Folks, we are on the cusp of the long-awaited return of Coffee Bean Brown. For the first time since Ben Chambers left the band, Tea Leaf Green‘s famed acoustic alter-ego will be “opening” for the band both nights of their upcoming two night run this Wednesday and Thursday at the 8×10 Club in Baltimore. Yes, [...]

Diggin’ ‘Em Up: MMBS Meets Tea Leaf Green, 05/09/08

This is the first article in a series of four; “Diggin’ ‘Em Up”, a walk through MMBS history. This first article, originally written last May by Ben Curwin, is a response to a meet-and-greet held by the Maryland Music Business Society’s Jam Crew with jam-rock band Tea Leaf Green, and a review of their subsequent [...]

Event preview: MMBS examines Live Nation/Ticketmaster merger

In January 2009, Live Nation ended its contract with Ticketmaster and launched its own ticketing service, threatening to depleteTicketmaster’s revenue by at least 15 percent and leading the two companies into extreme competition. Just weeks later, the two companies proposed a merger, which, if permitted, will provide the single firm with dominant power over ticket [...]

New Music: Dave Matthews Band – Funny How It Is

Information on this album has been slowly leaking throughout the last couple months, so rather than deciding to post every annoying little tidbit, I decided to wait until something substantial is released. This morning I got just that, courtesy of @DaveJMatthews. The first single off their upcoming album Big Whiskey and the Groo Grux King [...]