Phish

Lee Crumpton, founder of the Home Grown Music Network and co-founder of Harmonized Records, won the Grahamy Jammy at this year's The Jammys Awards.

Phish to receive lifetime achievement award

An all-volunteer group of Phish fans today announced that it is awarding seven new grants, totaling $25,980, to support music education for children. This twelfth round of competitive grants from the Mockingbird Foundation will support diverse programs throughout the U.S., including:

Everyone who followed Son Seals has a special story to tell about the way they discovered him, a certain show they witnessed, or the like. This DVD, A Journey Through the Blues: The Son Seals Story, is certain to bring great memories to all of his fans and will enlighten those who might have overlooked his immense contribution to the blues.

Phish keyboardist Page McConnell has kept a pretty low profile since Phish’s finale in 2004, until now. He recently recorded his first solo effort, and returned to the road for a short run through the East and Midwest. Like a phoenix, McConnell has resurrected his stage persona and masterful musicianship, while displaying leadership qualities uncharacteristic of his Phish role.

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.