Red Hot Chili Peppers | New Jersey | Photos

RHCP hit Newark with some love for MCA. Here’s the Peppers in action.  More

Portugal. The Man | Brooklyn | Review

Madness unfettered was part of the banquet served up at the Music Hall of Williamsburg when these buzz-worthy boys came to town.  More

Umphrey’s McGee | UMBowl III | Review | Photos

A hearty field report for one of the big annual jam events along with pics & words about the Bill Graham For A Day show the next day.  More

Jazz Fest 2012 | Weekend One | Highlights | Photos

A quick look at what went down in New Orleans last week as Weekend Two unfolds.  More

Stagecoach Festival | Indio | Photos

Hot shots from the biggest country music festival on the West Coast including Brad Paisley, Del McCoury, Greensky Bluegrass, Sheryl Crow & more.  More

A Chat with Trampled By Turtles

A stellar new album marks this Minnesota band as one of the premiere acoustic outfits today. We talked with Dave Simonett about being a Turtle in 2012.  More

New Monsoon | Mill Valley | Photos

One of the great jam bands of our times played the new Sweetwater and Susan Weiand brings us the scene.  More

Bill Frisell | San Francisco | Review

Frisell's relentless pursuit of new forms of expression leads him to the 1927 Mississippi River Disaster.  More

Wanda Jackson with Sallie Ford | Arcata | Review | Photos

The spirit of rockabilly is alive and well in these two torchbearers.  More

Umphrey’s McGee with Buddy Guy | Chicago | Photos

As a warm-up for last Friday’s UMBowl, the boys teamed up with a blues legend on their home turf.  More

Wanee 2012 | Florida | Review | Photos

With the Allman Brothers Band and Furthur, one of the jewels of the spring helped kick off festival season.  More

The Jam Stampede with John Kadlecik | NYC | Review

A special night at the Gramercy reveals one of the premiere Grateful Dead interpreters today with some inspired aid from Furthur’s guitarist.  More

Justice with The Rapture | Oakland | Review

The French electro duo, aided by The Rapture’s funk-moderne, brought their big glowing cross to the Fox and made folks lose their minds.  More

Meet the Fulero/Lehe Band

West Coast jam veterans Sean Lehe and Asher Fulero have a new joint project that dips into prog, Phish and more. Here’s the story.  More

Ronnie Wood | Atlantic City | Review | Photos

The Rolling Stones/Faces six-stringer made a rare solo live appearance in New Jersey last week and we were there.  More

Explosions In The Sky | San Francisco | Photos

The instrumental powerhouse visited one of the loveliest venues in SF and wove their spell.  More

Excision | Ohio | Photos

The dubstep demon rocked The Bluestone in Columbus with Carma/Attak, Lucky Date, and Liquid Stranger.  More

Miike Snow | Oakland | Review | Photos

A new tour behind a new album brought this Swedish/American alliance to the Fox Theater last week prior to Coachella.  More

Coachella 2012 | Weekend One | Photos

Casey Flanigan takes us front row with Dr. Dre, Snoop, Radiohead, David Guetta, Eminem, Gotye and many more.  More

Kung Fu | Brooklyn | Review

Professional groove rules the Bowl as this fast rising Connecticut band continues their April residency.  More

Furthur | New York | Photos

The Beacon shone very brightly last Friday as Phil, Bob and the gang hit NYC.  More