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New Monsoon - The Sound CD

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The San Francisco septet comes roaring out of the gates with their first new studio album since 2003’s “Downstream.” The sound, as it were, is full, rich and a heck of a lot tighter than any other recording including the live masterpiece from 2004, “Live at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival”—a series of songs that would have placed most any band on a cozy cushion for quite some time, but not New Monsoon. The eleven tracks on “The Sound” crackle with diamond-edged hard rock that is equal parts 70s thunder and 21st Century power jam. “Journeyman” opens the heart of their old sound and exposes a band ready to move forward. “The Sound” has Jeff Miller writing a very political song about the media onslaught that surrounds us day in and day out—trading on civil liberties today, hoping for tomorrow’s national security; meanwhile, someone has to turn off those darn TVs.

Steve Kimock Band - Eudemonic CD

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So, I like axe-welders…here’s one who can truly be called The Man! Well, there’s a reason he was nicknamed Eu De Mon by his late friend, Doug Greene. These nine tracks are the first studio excursions of the Steve Kimock Band. Hard to believe it’s been five and a half years for this lineup and nary a studio track: Kimock on guitar, steel guitar, mandolin, ukulele, Rodney Holmes on drums, Alphonso Johnson on bass, Mitch Stein on guitar and Jim Kost on keys. Holmes also serves as Kimock’s co-producer, occasional writing partner and persistent sonic foil on track after track where tone and colors are applied with equal feel towards improvisational eudemonica.

Grace Potter and the Nocturnals - Nothing But The Water CD

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Ah, time to slow it down a bit before I’ve got a Smokey on my tail…slip in the chick with the second most famous band from Vermont for a little mellow, second gear vibeage. WRONG. Potter has enormous range—everything from Aretha Franklin to Bonnie Raitt rattles from her pipes and the band cooks behind her; alas, the pedal goes back to the floor and cops be damned. “Nothing But The Water” is a collection of great Americana blues rock infused with so much confidence that Potter exudes a weird sort of ‘Star is Born’ aura throughout the disc—over the fence, far away and gonegonegone.

Allman Brothers Band - American University - Washington, D.C. - 12.13.70 CD

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This show was the first gig where Bert Holman corralled the Allman Brothers Band to play a show at his university. Eventually, Holman would manage the band so, this show isn’t just an excellent record of Allman, Betts, Oakley, Jaimoe.and Trucks burnin’ but quite a historical document, too. Hard to believe that Holman had to persuade his student body to get the band to play at his school but those were the early days.
Leeway's Home Grown Music Network and the Lincoln Theatre have teamed up to present what will be one of the best street festivals ever hosted in downtown Raleigh NC.
Leeway's Home Grown Music Network and the Lincoln Theatre have teamed up to present what will be one of the best street festivals ever hosted in downtown Raleigh NC.

Leeway hosted its first Home Grown Music Festival in 1995 in Greenville NC. This year's event will mark its 10th Anniversary of spreading great music to the masses.
The event will feature performances from:
Keller Williams
Barefoot Manner
Purple Schoolbus
Seepeoples
Peter Prince (aka Moon Boot Lover)
Creekside
Five Gallon Pale
Mondays Off

Plus a special late-night Superjam with DJ Williams Projekt, The Bridge and friends inside the Theatre ($5).

The festival will take place at 126 East Carrbarus St in Raleigh (the street in front of the Lincoln Theatre). Gates open at 2pm and music will start at 3pm. Vendors will be on hand offering food, beverages and craft items. The Home Grown Music Network will also have its famous music booth on hand loaded with great CDs, DVDs & Ts.

Tickets are available via the Lincoln's website. $20 in advance, $25 at the gate. Order tickets before September 15 and get a complimentary copy of the Home Grown 6 compilation CD which features music from ALO, Raisinhill, Vinyl, Tea Leaf Green, Big Fuzz, Global Funk, Cerulean City, Barefoot Manner, Infradig, Lotus & SeepeopleS!    

Grateful Dead - Truckin Up To Buffalo 07.04.89 - DVD

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The Dead were on a roll back in 1989 and this show caught them in full flight on July 4, in front of a huge crowd at Rich Stadium in Orchard Park, New York. Three months before the Mother of All Breakouts, “Dark Star,” the band was relaxed and poised for the next level. This wasn’t a mid-90s romp through the old chestnuts. Nope, not that easy. Each song was given new life while all of the tried and true Dead hallmarks were captured in beautiful start-of-the-art imagery and mixed in 5.1 sound from the master tapes. The holiday gig starts off in third gear with an opening “Bertha”>“Greatest Story Ever Told” that has the stadium floor bouncing like martinets as the Dead, again, pull all of the right strings. Well, they ain’t ready for a breather, just yet, as Garcia veers them into a solid “Cold Rain and Snow” that continues the thunder of the opening trio.

The Flaming Lips - Video Overview In Deceleration DVD

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Music videos have gotten a bad rap since the glory days of MTV ended. In the 80’s, as you may remember, it was all about the music video. The once-revolutionary medium has enjoyed some ecstatic highs and embarrassing lows over the past 20-plus years, and an entire generation of music lovers has been along for the ride. Currently, it seems that the possibilities have been nearly exhausted for music videos. When you can actually catch a video between the endless array of reality (i.e., filming stuff that happens) shows and teenage slop on MTV, it’s never much of an experience.

Garage A Trois - Outre Mer CD

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The fact that Garage a Trois consists of guitar innovator Charlie Hunter, drummer extraordinaire Stanton Moore, saxophone maniac Skerik, and mallet-slinger Mike Dillon seems like enough to make anything they might record immediately desirable. It’s a joy to experience the foursome’s latest effort, which is as good as you might expect, and then some.

Hitting the High Notes - 2004 High Sierra Music Festival DVD

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The goal of any good music film is to show what it was like to be at the venue when sparks flew from the stage, not necessarily the truth of the moments captured but the essence of the event that transpired. Most celluloid sequences just don’t get the job done—cutaway shots to insignificant visual images, show-offy camera angles that disrupt the flow of the music, short-changed artists with solos edited and brutal slices that choose not to expose the skinned-knee portions of any really good musical set.

String Cheese Incident - One Step Closer CD

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One Step Closer is a unique collective from all angles. Each the band members contributed at least 2 songs to this album, with some of this material being new while other songs been road tested. The String Cheese Incident has taken all the years of touring and brought together a full studio sound of distinctive songs. For their fifth album, SCI has further proven themselves as musicians with talent, insight, and some old fashioned innovation.

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