Start with a strong dose of lyrical singer-songwriter acoustic folk. Add a helping of catchy hooks mixed with modern rock arrangements and searing, soulful vocals. Then package everything in a hot-rod Americana string band format featuring some of the Southeast’s finest bluegrass pickers and rockers. The finished product is Tennessee Jed.
Started in 1995, and named after founder Graham Guest's fifth generation grandfather, Moses Guest, is a Texas-based, Southern Rock band that has just enough Pop, Jazz, Funk, and Country in its veins to appeal to audiences of all ages and origins.
With the advent of so many great jam bands, one may think that composition is less important than virtuosic musicianship. Enter Chicago’s Herbert Wiser Band.
The Everyone Orchestra at the Crystal Ballroom Members of Los Lobos, Galactic, Aquarium Rescue Unit, String Cheese Incident,
& Strings For Industry to play.
FEATURING PERFORMANCES BY YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND. WITH SPECIAL GUESTS DAROL ANGER AND DANNY BARNES; ALSO KELLER WILLIAMS WITH KEITH MOSELEY, GIBB DROLL, & JEFF SIPE, DREW EMMITT BILLY NERSHI AND FRIENDS, BILL FRISELL, AND MANY OTHERS
Since joining forces with The Avett Brothers on their “Emotionalism” tour and on the recording of their album of the same name, in 2007, Joe Kwon, cello, still remains somewhat of an enigma. To ease my curious nature, in his regard, Joe was kind enough to spare a few minutes and talk with me via phone from his home in North Carolina.
The Mimi Fishman Foundation has launched another in their continuing series of online charity auctions. The auction, which concludes April 4, 2008, includes a signed guitar donated by Jordan Stutz and the Victory School for children with Autism.
