Great googly-moogly! Widespread Panic was hitting on all cylinders last weekend and THIS year we didn't get rained on (much). I lost track of how many times in the 2nd set I thought, "This is the greatest version of _______ I ever heard!" This band has reached mythical beast status and absolutely crushed every single one of us. They are a fearsome locomotive that will not stop until we are all reduced to quivering goo. My personal highlights included: "One Arm Steve," "The Take Out > Porch Song," "Thought Sausage," and "Surprise Valley > Hatfield > Ride Me High > Second Skin > Surprise Valley." That Surprise Valley sandwich melted my brain. I can't remember there ever being 2 J.J. Cales AND 2 Talking Heads in the same set. Glorious.
Here is the entire setlist from Everyday Companion Online:
1:Rock, One Arm Steve, Bear's Gone Fishin', The Take Out > Porch Song, Disco, Ribs And Whiskey, Bust It Big > I Walk On Guilded Splinters > Bust It Big
2:Slippin' Into Darkness*, Thought Sausage, Travelin' Light, Surprise Valley > Hatfield > Ride Me High > Second Skin > Surprise Valley, Heaven, Tie Your Shoes > Life During Wartime
E:Nobody's Loss, Saint Ex > Blackout Blues
* with Steve Lopez on percussion [Entire show with Edie Jackson, sign language interpreter]
The jams have been jammed! Proving that they have no intention of slowing down almost 30 years into their run, letting neither shoulder injuries nor COVID keep them down for more than a few days, Gov't Mule blew the proverbial doors off the place last night. Not sure whether it was due to wildfires being too close for comfort in Taos, or because improvements to the venue up there were behind schedule (or both), but Taos' loss was Santa Fe's gain.
Opening with "Blind Man in the Dark?" Never in all my born days. That second set was one for the ages, though: opening with Pink Floyd's "One of These Days?" Three Allman Brothers jams PLUS a "Mountain Jam" tease? I stood there with my arms outstretched and shouted at the sky, "We are the luckiest people on Earth right now!!!" Their classic, "Mule" is basically their "Whole Lotta Love," in that they can just plug in as many jams and teases into it as they wanna, time changes and style shifts be damned. The "Working Class Hero" encore owed as much to Green Day's take as the original John Lennon's, but is sure was a great way to cap a great show. Here's to the next!
BRUCE HORNSBY w/ EZRA KOENIG and BLAKE MILLS - Sidelines (2022 'Flicted)
ZERO - Prologue by Robert Hunter > Cole's Slaw > Interlude > Tangled Hangers (2022 Naught Again, ca. Oct '92 Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA)
NEAL FRANCIS - Sentimental Garbage (2021 In Plain Sight)
ALI SHAHEED MUHAMMAD & ADRIAN YOUNGE - the Avenues (2022 Jazz Is Dead 011)
SERATONES - High (2022 Love & Algorhythms)
RAILROAD EARTH - Driftin' / the Bardo / Driftin' (2022 All for the Song)
For those who thought Boston-born palindrome-themed jamband DOPAPOD would never play around here (and yes, I was one of them), Meow Wolf just put them on the schedule for Tuesday, August 9th. Get your tickets before they're gone! Go here.
Like they say, everything's bigger in Texas. Maybe that's why the Austin City Limits festival sprawls over 2 full weekends in October. At this time, weekend one is already sold out, but weekend two is still available. Go here.
EDGAR WINTER w/ JOE BONAMASSA - Mean Town Blues (2022 Brother Johnny)
ROBIN TROWER - the Razor's Edge (2022 No More Worlds to Conquer)
KEITH RICHARDS - 999 (2022 Main Offender [30th anniversary edition], Winos Live in London '92 [bonus disc])
GREYBOY ALLSTARS - Smokin' at Tiffany's (2022 Get a Job - Music from the Original Broadcast Series "Soul Dream")
DELVON LAMARR ORGAN TRIO - Ain't It Funky Now (2022 Live in Loveland! [Record Store Day release], ca. 2018 Plaid Room Records, Loveland, OH)
GEORGE CARLIN - Abortion [partial] (1996 Back in Town)
STEVE WINWOOD - Dear Mr. Fantasy (2017 Greatest Hits Live)
-HOUR TWO-
WILCO - Kingpin (2017 Being There [deluxe edition], 11/12/96 Troubadour, West Hollywood, CA)
CIRCLES AROUND the SUN w/ MIKAELA DAVIS - Language (2022 T.B.A.)
BOBBY WEIR & WOLF BROS. - My Brother Esau (2022 Live in Colorado, ca. Jun 2021)
SHAKEY GRAVES w/ SIERRA FERRELL - Ready or Not (2022 Bandcamp single)
WIDESPREAD PANIC - the Low Spark of High Heeled Boys > Disco > the Low Spark of High Heeled Boys (2020 Sunday Show [Record Store Day release], 3/24/19 Capitol Theater, Port Chester, NY)
NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS - Peace in Mississippi (2022 Set Sail [bonus track])
OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW - Honey Chile (2022 Paint This Town)
WIDESPREAD PANIC - Barstools and Dreamers (2022 Miss Kitty's Lounge, ca. 1990)
TROMBONE SHORTY - Lie to Me (2022 Lifted)
BLACK CROWES - She Talks to Angels (2021 Shake Your Moneymaker [30th anniversary edition], ca. 1990 Center Stage, Atlanta, GA)
-HOUR TWO-
SPAFFORD - Ginger Stardust (2022 Hindsight [a Live Compilation], 12/30/20 Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA)
DISCO BISCUITS - Evolve (2022 T.B.A.)
UMPHREY'S McGEE - Nothing Too Fancy > Comma Later > Nothing Too Fancy (2021 Hall of Fame - Class of 2020, 10/9/20 Hampton, GA, Atlanta Motor Speedway [drive-in show])
Last year's inaugural event at Ghost Ranch was, by all accounts, a rousing success. Today, AMP Concerts announced the lineup for this year's "Ladder to the Moon" festival in September: Patti Smith, the Head and the Heart, Indigo Girls, Sharon Van Etten, Angel Olsen, Wet Leg, Watchhouse, Devendra Banhart, and more. Tickets go on sale May 2nd to AMP members and are available here.
Spreadheads! The longest-running sell-out streak at the famed Red Rocks Amphitheatre continues this June. Dates just announced, tickets on sale April 8th at 10am MDT. Go here.
DELVON LAMARR ORGAN TRIO - Top Going Down, Bottom Going Up (2018 Live at KEXP! [RSD] recorded 5/13/17)
KHRUANGBIN w/ LEON BRIDGES - Mariella (2022 Texas Moon EP)
GOV'T MULE - Dolphineus > Painted Silver Light > Thelonius Beck > St. Stephen jam > I Shall Be Released (2021 Live at the Cotton Club, 2/20/97 Atlanta, GA)
NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS w/ LAMAR WILLIAMS, JR. - Set Sail I (2022 Set Sail)
WIDESPREAD PANIC - Greta (6/26/21 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO)
-HOUR TWO-
KING GIZZARD & the LIZARD WIZARD - Magenta Mountain (2022 Omnium Gatherum)
SPIRITUALIZED - the Mainline Song (2022 Everything Was Beautiful)
SLAMBOVIAN CIRCUS of DREAMS - Force of Nature [Stephen Hawking's Lament] (2022 a Very Unusual Head)
LA HORSA BIANCA - China Cat Sunflower [in Ukranian] (#DeadCoversProject2022@dead.net)
GRATEFUL DEAD - Cold Rain and Snow (2020 Dave's Picks vol. 36, 3/26/87 Hartford Civic Center, Hartford, CT)
IAN NOE - Pine Grove [Madhouse] (2022 River Fools & Mountain Saints)
PENNY & SPARROW - Need You (2022 Olly Olly)
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE - Strung with Everything (2022 Time Skiffs)
PINK FLOYD - A New Machine part 1 > Terminal Frost > A New Machine part 2 (2020 Delicate Sound of Thunder [Restored, Re-edited, Remixed], ca. Aug 1988 Nassau Coliseum, Long Island, NY)
UMPHREY'S McGEE - I Don't Know What I Want (2022 single)
-HOUR TWO-
LOTUS - Moss Shoes > Shimmer and Out (2022 Live Underground, 7/6/19 the Caverns, Pelham, TN)
HOT MUSTARD - Honey Dijon (2021 Mother Sauce)
KING GIZZARD & the LIZARD WIZARD - the Dripping Tap (2022 Omnium Gatherum)
GOOD MORNING BEDLAM - Haint Blue (2022 Lulu)
RAILROAD EARTH - Runnin' Wild (2022 All for the Song)
Sunday, February 27th must have been a night for the ages! These images have been popping up in my Facebook feed and I thought you might like to see them too. They're from the storied Sweetwater venue in Mill Valley, CA. Wish I had been there to see Bob Weir team up with Colonel Les Claypool and Billy Strings.
Here's the lineup for September's festival in Telluride. Tickets went on sale this morning and all the VIP packages are already gone, although regular 3-day passes are still available. Go here to get yours.
GREENSKY BLUEGRASS - Hold On > Tarpology > One Slip > Tarpology > One Slip > Tarpology (2021 the Leap Year Sessions Volume Four, 9/18/20 the Pageant, St. Louis, MO)
UMPHREY'S McGEE w/ BILLY STRINGS - Great American > Voodoo Child (2021 Hall of Fame - Class of 2020, 2/14-15/20 ExploreAsheville.com Arena)
The 2022 festival season is looking like it's actually going to happen, G*d willing and the COVID don't rise. The latest to announce their intentions for the year is the one-of-a-kind Telluride Blues & Brews Festival in September. No lineup yet, but these tickets usually go pretty fast. On sale March 1st at TellurideBlues.com/tickets.
AMP Concerts has started announcing summer shows at Kit Carson Park in Taos, NM, including My Morning Jacket 8/19, ZZ Top 6/18, Thievery Corporation 5/29, and Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals 5/28. Ticket pre-sale to members is underway. General public on-sale is Friday 10am (mountain time) through AMPConcerts.org
Phish has announced their summer tour and, as usual, it will finish over Labor Day weekend - Sept 1-4 Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, CO (suburban Denver).
A ticket request period is currently underway at https://tickets.phish.com and will end on Friday, Feb. 25 at Noon EST. Tickets go on sale to the public beginning Friday, March 4.
ROBERT PLANT / ALISON KRAUSS - Quattro [World Drifts In] (2021 Raise the Roof)
-HOUR TWO-
SLAMBOVIAN CIRCUS of DREAMS - Fi (2021 A Very Unusual Head)
LAZY EYES - Fuzz Jam (2022 Songbook)
STRING CHEESE INCIDENT w/ JEN HARTSWICK- This Must Be the Place [Naïve Melody] > Heads Up Jam > Jellyfish > Rollover (2020 On the Road, 9/15/18 Planet Bluegrass, Lyons, CO)
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Annnnnnnd....there's a groovy-looking virtual benefit concert coming up at the end of the month for those decimated by the Marshall Fire near Boulder. MarshallFireBenefit.Veeps.com
Well, I guess he's already too big to play New Mexico, so heed this warning: "'Future You' will regret NOT seeing this guy live at Red Rocks this May." Tickets on sale Thursday, Feb 3rd @ 10am.
All the festivals seem pretty confident about 2022. The latest to announce their lineup and ticket sales is the Northwest String Summit at Horning's Hideout in North Plains, OR. I'm here to tell you this setup is legit, if you like camping festivals. I reviewed the 2019 version here. Tickets on sale tomorrow morning.
Another festival has announced it's "game on" for 2022 - this time it's the sprawling (two weekends worth), legendary New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, or simply Jazz Fest for short.
Weekend passes and VIP packages are on sale now here. Single-day passes are not on sale yet.
Truly an honor to have Dave Schools (pictured above, right) check in with the backstory about the "Highway Butterfly - the Songs of Neal Casal" box set he curated. The box set is a fundraiser for the Neal Casal Music Foundation.
-HOUR ONE-
Interview > Dave Schools (recorded 1/12/22 at KBAC-FM Santa Fe, NM)
SHOOTER JENNINGS - Maybe California (2021 Highway Butterfly - the Songs of Neal Casal [box set])
WIDESPREAD PANIC - Surprise Valley > Greta > drums > Surprise Valley (12/31/17 Fox Theatre, Atlanta, GA)
-HOUR TWO-
RAILROAD EARTH - For Love > Captain Nowhere > the Berkeley Flash > Mighty River > Like a Buddha (2020 Live Tracks - Horn o' Plenty 11/30/19 Sherman Theater, Stroudsburg, PA)
The 50th anniversary edition of Rockygrass (formerly the Rocky Mountain Bluegrass Festival) at Planet Bluegrass in Lyons, CO is putting tickets on sale this morning. Go here for tickets.
The festival to end all festivals has had a rough last couple of years (as have we all). Hopefully this year things will get back to some kind of normal. J. Cole, Tool, and Stevie Nicks are the headliners. Tickets are on sale here.
GOOSE - the Empress of Organos ("Goosemas" livestream, 12/11/20 Rockefeller Center, New York, NY)
BLACK CROWES - Soul Singing (2006 Freak 'n' Roll...Into the Fog - the Black Crowes All Join Hands, 8/6/05 the Fillmore, San Francisco, CA)
SPAFFORD - the Postman (2020 Live at the Drive-In, 5/24/20 Digital Drive-In, Mesa, AZ)
-HOUR TWO-
GRATEFUL DEAD - Truckin' > Drums > the Other One jam > Eyes of the World > Sugar Magnolia (2021 Dave's Picks vol. 38 [bonus disc], 9/7/73 Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, NY)
Some 14 years after their first collaboration (the Grammy-winning "Raising Sand"), Robert Plant and Alison Krauss have returned with producer T Bone Burnett and another batch of well-chosen covers. Only "High and Lonesome" appears to be an original song, and it sizzles, but as with the 2007 release, the covers are mostly all morphed into arrangements which fit the vocals and instrumentation so incredibly well they almost wrest ownership from the original composers / performers. Ethereal and timeless.
HIGH POINTS: High and Lonesome, Go Your Way, Trouble with My Lover, It Don't Bother Me, Quattro (World Drifts In), Searching for My Love
02) ARLO PARKS - Collapsed in Sunbeams
After placing highly (#2) on last year's favorite singles list with "Hurt," Arlo Parks delivers a wallop of a debut album; scintillating, heartfelt, and just plain groovy. If "Indie RnB" isn't already a thing, it needs to be invented to corral the vibe contained here. Her voice is a soothing (though never saccharine) tonic for troubled times and I can't wait to hear what she brings us next.
HIGH POINTS: Hurt, Eugene, Black Dog, Green Eyes, Hope
03) DELVON LAMARR ORGAN TRIO - I Told You So
Like Arlo Parks' album (above), this was another early entry in this year's derby, coming in January 2021. Like others in DLO3's catalog, all instrumental, even the remake of George Michael's "Careless Whisper," which comes off as simultaneously sentimental and tongue-in-cheek. I've already ensconced this trio in the company of MMW and Soulive.
HIGH POINTS: I Don't Know, Call Your Mom, Hole in One, Jimmy's Groove (outtake), Careless Whisper
04) BÉLA FLECK (and FRIENDS) - My Bluegrass Heart
Long-noted master of improvisation, Fleck gathers a talented bunch to jam with and collects the results on this humdinger two-disc set. Some collaborators (Sam Bush) date back to New Grass Revival, but there's an embarrassment of riches in the "new talent" department too, perhaps implying Fleck's readiness to pass the torch?
HIGH POINTS: Charm School, Vertigo, Boulderdash, Strider, Tentacle Dragon (Revenge of the)
05) BLACKBERRY SMOKE - You Hear Georgia
Current champeens of the southern-rock scene, Blackberry Smoke come with a blistering set which may go down in history as their best. Most of these songs come off as rip-snortin' biker anthems, but they're rounded out by softer touches as well as an excellent Little Feat impersonation ("Hey Delilah").
HIGH POINTS: You Hear Georgia, Hey Delilah, Old Enough to Know, All Rise Again, Ain't the Same
06) JOSÉ GONZÁLEZ - Local Valley
This friggin' guy. In a world with a zillion "guy and a guitar" acts, he somehow manages to consistently rise above the crowd and show us what a guy and a guitar can really do. He's not exactly showy either, in the technical theatricality department, but I enjoy floating on the clouds he manufactures.
HIGH POINTS: El Invento, Head On, Swing, Visions
07) DJANGO DJANGO - Glowing in the Dark
I'm sure many will dismiss this band as frivolously psychedelic, but that's kinda what I like about them to be honest. In my experience, this is an A+ road-tripping-through-the-middle-of-nowhere album, the likes of which we rarely hear these days. Trippy, literally and figuratively.
HIGH POINTS: Spirals, Glowing in the Dark, Free from Gravity, Headrush
08) JON BATISTE - We Are
Last year wasn't much for many, but it could be called a renaissance year for Jon Batiste with a truckload of award wins and nominations. This album comes on the heels of his score for the Pixar film, "Soul," and in large part, hits all the right notes. I like the flagrantly funky flourishes.
HIGH POINTS: Freedom, Cry, We Are, I Need You
09) VARIOUS ARTISTS - Highway Butterfly: the Songs of Neal Casal (box set)
David Schools of Widespread Panic curated this collection, and it has a lot to recommend it, not the least of which being an opportunity to relive some of the finest melancholic songwriting of a generation. Casal is gone too soon, but in a way, he lives on here, through his friends.
HIGH POINTS: All the Luck in the World, Day in the Sun, Bird with No Name, Free to Go
10) LUCY DACUS - Home Video
Emotional, witty, and layered. Those words could describe Dacus' output as well as herself, although we haven't met. I'm only inferring based on her recordings. Whether her intent is to methodically eviscerate her feelings in the prettiest way possible, or to do that to the listener, I cannot say.
HIGH POINTS: Brando, Hot & Heavy, VBS, First Time
-TOAST'S FAVORITE SINGLES 2021-
01) WAR on DRUGS featuring LUCIUS - I Don't Live Here Anymore
Captivating and grandiose, like all the best War on Drugs numbers. Lucius proves again that less is more.
02) LORD HURON - Mine Forever
Proving you can take the same twelve notes and arrange them in new and memorable ways. Future nostalgia.
03) LORDE - Solar Power
A sparse and sprightly summer anthem for the ages, released during what, for Australians, would have been winter.
04) COIN - Chapstick
Inexplicably hooky "alternative rock," at a time when that means almost nothing anymore.
05) NATHANIEL RATELIFF & the NIGHT SWEATS - Survivor
Like an auditory brick-to-the-head you didn't even know you wanted, nay, needed.
06) NEAL FRANCIS featuring DEREK TRUCKS - Can't Stop the Rain
The best kind of retro-styled positivity born of pessimism.
07) MY MORNING JACKET - Love Love Love
Back to the well for MMJ - this is the sound of carmel corn on mushrooms.
08) WET LEG - Chaise Lounge
Unapologetically throbs steadily. Not remotely fancy, like a "black sheep" relative at dinner.
09) DAISY the GREAT x AJR - Record Player
Bubblegum for the new millennium. As an earworm, nearly impossible to eradicate.
10) KHRUANGBIN / LEON BRIDGES - B-Side
Hypnotic, deep-down-in-the-groove smoothness from experts on the subject.
-TOAST'S FAVORITE COVERS of 2021-
!!! – Man on the Moon (R.E.M. cover)
DELVON LAMARR ORGAN TRIO – Careless Whisper (Wham! cover)
DR. LONNIE SMITH / IGGY POP – Sunshine Superman (Donovan cover)
LEFTOVER SALMON – Black Hole Sun (Soundgarden cover)
MOLLY TUTTLE / IRON & WINE – You Don’t Get Me High Anymore (Phantogram cover)
-TOUR DIARY-
WIDESPREAD PANIC – 6/25/21 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO
INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS – 7/23/21 Planet Bluegrass, Lyons, CO
SIERRA HULL & JUSTIN MOSES- 7/24/21 Planet Bluegrass, Lyons, CO
DEL McCOURY BAND – 7/25/21 Planet Bluegrass, Lyons, CO
YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND – 7/28/21 Santa Fe Brewing, Santa Fe, NM
TRAMPLED BY TURTLES – 8/22/21 Santa Fe Brewing, Santa Fe, NM
KARL DENSON’S TINY UNIVERSE – 8/27/21 Railyard Plaza, Santa Fe, NM
SAMANTHA FISH – 9/19/21 Santa Fe Brewing, Santa Fe, NM
10/01 (Th) – SAMMY RAE & the FRIENDS – the Bridge (outdoor), SF, NM
10/04 (Su) – JACK WHITE – Revel Entertainment, ABQ, NM
10/09 (F) – SNARKY PUPPY – Lensic, SF, NM
10/18 (Su) – TYLER BALLGAME – Tumbleroot, SF, NM
10/24 (Sa) – KATIE PRUITT – Tumbleroot, SF, NM
11/04 (W) – UB40 – Revel Entertainment, ABQ, NM
11/09 (M) – LYLE LOVETT and the SMALL LARGE BAND – Lensic, SF, NM
11/10 (M) – LYLE LOVETT and the SMALL LARGE BAND – Lensic, SF, NM
11/11 (W) – BAHAMAS – Meow Wolf, SF, NM
11/19 (Th) – NICK SHOULDERS – Tumbleroot, SF, NM
12/16 (W) – ALY & AJ – Sunshine Theater, ABQ, NM
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FESTIVUS for the RESTIVUS
July 30-Aug 2, 2026 - RHYTHMS on the RIO - Del Norte, CO (featuring LEFTOVER SALMON, INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS, MOONTRICKS, BROTHERS COMATOSE, CLAY STREET UNIT, BIG SOMETHING, MAGOO, SQWERV, more) visit RhythmsOnTheRio.com
Sept 10-12, 2026 - BLOSSOMS and BONES - Abiquiu, NM (featuring SYLVAN ESSO, VIOLENT FEMMES, ARLO PARKS, the NEW PORNOGRAPHERS, SLOW PULP, CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH, REYNA TROPICAL, FOLK BITCH TRIO, CLOVER COUNTY, the BELAIR LIP BOMBS, COWBOY JUNKIES, MAYBE SO) visit GhostRanchMusicFest.com
Sept 18-20, 2026 - PICKIN in the PINES - Flagstaff, AZ (featuring INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS, BLUE HIGHWAY, KITCHEN DWELLERS, MOUNTAIN GRASS UNIT, BRONWYN KEITH-HYNES, TONY TRISCHKA'S EARL JAM w/MICHAEL DAVES, more) visit PickinInThePines.org
Dec 9-13, 2026 - STRINGS & SOL - Puerto Morelos, MX (featuring GREENSKY BLUEGRASS, YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND, BELA FLECK's MY BLUEGRASS HEART, RAILROAD EARTH, the INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS, LEFTOVER SALMON, SIERRA HULL, MAGOO, FALCO & BOOK PLAY GARCIA, more) visit stringsandsol.com
Feb 4-10, 2027 - JAM CRUISE 23 - departing Miami, FL (featuring PARLIAMENT / FUNKADELIC, STEPHEN MARLEY, moe., KARL DENSON's TINY UNIVERSE, LETTUCE, DANIEL DONATO's COSMIC COUNTRY, PIGEONS PLAYING PING PONG, KITCHEN DWELLERS, KARINA RYKMAN, lots more) visit JamCruise.com
2019 HIGH POINTS
"In a world where nobody rocks out anymore, [they] absolutely still do."
TnJ TOP STUDIO ALBUMS 2019
01) BLACK KEYS - 'Let's Rock'
02) CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD - Servants of the Sun
03) YOLA - Walk Through Fire
04) CLAYPOOL LENNON DELIRIUM - South of Reality
05) INFAMOUS STRINGDUSTERS - Rise Sun
06) JENNY LEWIS - On the Line
07) BUDOS BAND - V
08) MICHAEL KIWANUKA - Kiwanuka
09) GHOST LIGHT - Best Kept Secrets
10) STURGILL SIMPSON - Sound & Fury
TnJ TOP LIVE ALBUMS 2019
GOV'T MULE - Bring on the Music - Live at the Capitol Theatre
JERRY GARCIA BAND - Electric on the Eel
BOB DYLAN - Rolling Thunder Revue - the 1975 Live Recordings
2018 HIGH POINTS
"tough riffs and memorable harmonies"
TnJ TOP STUDIO ALBUMS 2018
01) MAGPIE SALUTE - High Water I
02) RECORD COMPANY - All of This Life
03) LUCY DACUS - Historian
04) DECEMBERISTS - I'll Be Your Girl
05) LEFTOVER SALMON - Something Higher
06) KHRUANGBIN - Conn Todo el Mundo
07) FATHER JOHN MISTY - God's Favorite Customer
08) UMPHREY'S McGEE - It's Not Us
09) MARCUS KING BAND - Carolina Confessions
10) SPAFFORD - For Amusement Only
2018 MORE HIGH POINTS
"one of the best JGB recordings ever"
TnJ TOP LIVE ALBUMS 2018
01) JERRY GARCIA BAND – Garcia Live Vol.10
02) LED ZEPPELIN – How the West Was Won [remastered]
03) UMPHREY’S McGEE – 7/7/18 Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Morrison, CO
04) DAVID BOWIE – Glastonbury 2000
05) PHISH – 10/31/18 MGM Garden Arena, Las Vegas, NV
06) GRATEFUL DEAD – Dave’s Picks vol. 26
07) moe. – 2/2/18 Capitol Theatre, Port Chester, NY
08) CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD – Raven’s Reels, vol. 1
09) CHICAGO FARMER – Quarter Past Tonight
10) MUNGION – Live Fun Vol. 1
2017 HIGH POINTS
"An astonishingly deft blend of heavy stoner rock and psychedelia."
TnJ TOP STUDIO ALBUMS 2017
01) KING GIZZARD & the LIZARD WIZARD - Flying Microtonal Banana
"This is the kind of band I could see forming a religion around."
TnJ TOP ALBUMS of 2016
01) MARCHFOURTH - Magic Number
02) UMPHREY'S McGEE - Zonkey
03) DAVID BOWIE - Blackstar
04) PHISH - Big Boat
05) TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND - Let Me Get By
06) RECORD COMPANY - Give It Back to You
07) BLACKBERRY SMOKE - Like an Arrow
08) DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS - American Band
09) MARCO BENEVENTO - the Story of Fred Short
10) AVETT BROTHERS - True Sadness
11) BOB WEIR - Blue Mountain
12) YEASAYER - Amen & Goodbye
13) SAM BUSH - Storyman
14) MARCUS KING BAND - the Marcus King Band
15) CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD - Any Way You Love, We Know How You Feel
16) TAUK - Sir Nebula
2015 HIGH POINTS
"These songs play out like postcards from another world."
TnJ TOP ALBUMS 2015
01) MY MORNING JACKET - the Waterfall
02) BRIGHT LIGHT SOCIAL HOUR – Space Is Still the Place
03) LETTUCE – Crush
04) DAVE RAWLINGS MACHINE – Nashville Obsolete
05) CHRIS STAPLETON – Traveller
06) REVEREND PEYTON’S BIG DAMN BAND – So Delicious
07) ALABAMA SHAKES – Sound & Color
08) PIMPS of JOYTIME – Jukestone Paradise
09) UMPHREY’S McGEE – the London Session
10) LEON BRIDGES – Coming Home
11) the WORD – Soul Food
12) CIRCLES AROUND the SUN – Interludes for the Dead
13) AJ GHENT BAND – Live at Terminal West
14) JJ GREY & MOFRO – Ol’ Glory
15) YONDER MOUNTAIN STRING BAND – Black Sheep
for a more in-depth look at TnJ faves from 2015, click here
2014 HIGH POINTS
"These guys are in complete control of their craft, which seems to be making every track an all-out head trip."
TnJ TOP TEN ALBUMS 2014
01) TV on the RADIO - Seeds 02) moe. - No Guts, No Glory 03) STURGILL SIMPSON -Metamodern Sounds in Country Music 04) STRING CHEESE INCIDENT - Song in My Head 05) EARPHUNK - Sweet Nasty 06) LEFTOVER SALMON - High Country 07) ISRAEL NASH - Rain Plans 08) UMPHREY’S McGEE - Similar Skin 09) BIG DADDY LOVE - This Time Around 10) TOM PETTY & the HEARTBREAKERS - Hypnotic Eye
2013 HIGH POINTS
"If no one else ever releases another blues album in the history of the world, at least we have this."
TnJ TOP TEN ALBUMS 2013
01) BUDDY GUY - Rhythm & Blues
02) TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND - Made Up Mind
03) the BLACK LILLIES - Runaway Freeway Blues
04) BONERAMA - Shake It Baby
05) the HANDSOME FAMILY - Wilderness
06) the MAVERICKS - In Time
07) ROBERT RANDOLPH and the FAMILY BAND - Lickety Split
08) PRESERVATION HALL JAZZ BAND - That's It!
09) GARLAND JEFFREYS - Truth Serum
10) SARAH JAROSZ - Build Me Up from Bones
2012 HIGH POINTS
"This is such a perfect Toast-n-Jam album I almost can’t believe my ears."
01) the JAYHAWKS – Mockingbird Time 02) the DECEMBERISTS – the King Is Dead 03) MY MORNING JACKET – Circuital 04) TV on the RADIO – Nine Types of Light 05) BLACK JOE LEWIS & the HONEYBEARS – Scandalous 06) GRAYSON CAPPS – the Lost Cause Minstrels 07) TOM WAITS – Bad as Me 08) NATHAN MOORE – Dear Puppeteer 09) the BLACK KEYS – El Camino 10) STOCKHOLM SYNDROME – Apollo
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