With 11 nights down and only 4 sets left, Phish still had not repeated a song at their Baker’s Dozen run of 13 shows at Madison Square Garden. 198 songs in 11 nights is no small feat but Phish stepped up to the plate for the penultimate show of their residency. Saturday proved to […]
Lemon Yellow Fun: Night 11 of the Baker’s Dozen
The final weekend of Phish’s historic run of 13 shows at Madison Square Garden kicked off on Friday to much fanfare and a lot of fingers in the air, with Friday being lemon donut night. These shows sold out in advance and were a hot and dwindling commodity throughout the week. On Friday, Phish came […]
Hot Chocolate and Cinnamon Spice Up Nights 6 and 7 of Phish’s Baker’s Dozen
Chocolate donut night on the sixth night of the Baker’s Dozen MSG residency brought Phish to cover an American Idol contestant’s viral hit, bringing “Chocolate Rain” to life, along with “Ass Handed,” tying the theme to the music once again before letting loose with a set of rarities and surprise jams. “Free” and “Sand’” marked […]
Sunday Velvety Sunday: Night 3 of Phish’s Baker’s Dozen
After two nights of Phish extending jams amid bustouts and debuts, it was clear that these donut themed shows would be filled with jam and not jelly. On Red Velvet donut night, the audience was treated to a pair of Velvet Underground covers bookending the show, as a red hue illuminated the Garden and once […]
moe.down Triumphantly Returns to Turin for Soggy, but Sweet, Weekend
After a two year hiatus, moe.down returned to its birthplace at Snow Ridge for the Fourth of July weekend. The highly anticipated return of the festival featured many sit-ins and covers along with rarely played moe. classics and seven full sets of moe. moe.down was founded as a fan and family friendly festival in 2000 […]
Getting Weird at the 15th Strangecreek Campout
Memorial Day weekend and Labor Day weekend bookend the festival season, meaning many northeasterners start and end their summers at Camp Kee-Wanee in Greenfield, Mass., for the Strangecreek and Wormtown Campouts. Last week was the 15th annual Strangecreek, and the vibe was very focused around the family that had been built up over the years. […]
Throe.down at moe.down: A look back at the Festival’s Origins
This week we begin a three-part series looking at the history of moe.down, one of the longest running music festivals in New York State history. The first part of the series looks at moe.downs 1 through 5. moe. is New York’s jam band, plain and simple. The four-piece started in New York and they have […]
Packed Lineup Highlights Strangecreek’s 15th Year
There are few things in life that are certain, and the Strangecreek Campout festival has become one of those things. This weekend at Camp Kee-Wa-Nee in Greenfield, Mass., the Wormtown Trading Company will celebrate the 15th iteration of the beloved Western Massachusetts festival, headlined every year by Connecticut mainstay Max Creek. Festival founder Mark Blanchette […]
Book Review: Peter Conners’ ‘Cornell ’77’
May 8 will mark 40 years since the Grateful Dead descended upon Ithaca and performed a concert that would go down as the most talked about show in the band’s 30-year history. Many people say it’s the greatest performance in the Dead’s storied history, and it’s easily the most documented show the band ever performed. […]
A Quarter Century Q and A with Greg Bell
Greg Bell has been promoting and putting on shows in the Capital Region now for 25 years. All month long in April, he will be celebrating that milestone with shows each weekend at the Hollow Bar and Kitchen in Albany. In late march 1992, Bell formed a partnership with his friend Dale Metzger called Two […]