Mike Gordon

The 12th annual All Good Music Festival, held July 11-13 at Marvin's Mountaintop in Masontown, WV, adds new artists to lineup.

Since its release, a lot has been made of the tropical breezes blowing through Sixty Six Steps, the second collaboration between guitar guru Leo Kottke and enigmatic ex-Phish bassist Mike Gordon, but the duo’s ability to inject their own eccentricities into one of the most bastardized musical traditions on Earth is even more impressive. While a distinctly Caribbean pulse beats throughout much of the album, there is much more to this than a few grains of sand on a beach in the Bahamas.

Have you heard that Phish is calling it quits? Of course you have. Did you hear the new musical confirmation that this is a good thing? No? Then get Undermind and you'll understand.

Phish frontman Trey Anastasio’s third official solo release finds him in an orchestral mood, offering up dramatic re-workings of Phish songs and new originals. He plays on only two of the album’s seven tracks, preferring instead to focus on writing, arranging and conducting the classical musicians at his disposal. His last two records, 2001’s Trey Anastasio and 2003’s double-live Plasma, were deep funk explorations recorded with his powerhouse solo band. This fully instrumental cd explores his music in an entirely different setting, and despite clocking in at only 29 minutes, each moment is infused with his singular musical vision.