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Jam Cruise 9 Lineup Is Here! Weir, Lotus, Garage A Trois, Mastersounds

Submitted by phletch on Mon, 2010-05-03 09:34
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The details for the ninth edition of the highly successful Jam Cruise have just been announced. The 2011 version will see the boats headed to Roatan, Honduras and Casa Maya, Mexico with the cruise taking place January 4th-9th. Joining in on the fun this year include SHA favorites Garage A Trois, Lotus, The New Mastersounds, Robert Randolph, as well as a strong Grateful Dead contingent in the form of both Bob Weir's Scaring The Children as well as the Rhythym Devils.

The full initial lineup is listed below. Any cabins leftover from the presale will go on sale to the general public June 2nd at 12pm EST. For more details head over to the official site.

  • Bob Weir, Rob Wasserman, & Jay Lane are Scaring the Children 
  • Rhythm Devils feat. Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart
  • Robert Randolph & The Family Band
  • Galactic
  • The Greyboy Allstars
  • God Street Wine
  • Stockholm Syndrome
  • Lotus
  • JoJo's Mardi Gras Band
  • ALO
  • Ivan Neville's Dumpstaphunk
  • Easy Star All-Stars
  • Lettuce
  • Garage A Trois
  • The New Mastersounds
  • Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars
  • Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears
  • Anders Osborne Feat. sets with Stanton Moore & Robert Walter and with George Porter, Jr & Johnny Vidacovich
  • Big Sam's Funky Nation
  • Cornmeal
  • Some Cat From Japan feat. Ron Johnson, Will Bernard, Scott Metzger, Eric Bolivar & Nigel Hall performing a tribute to Jimi Hendrix
  • Greensky Bluegrass
  • Big Gigantic
  • Zach Deputy
  • The Pimps Of Joytime
  • Maceo Parker Super Jam

Special Guests:

  • Leo Nocentelli
  • Fred Wesley
  • Col. Bruce Hampton
  • Jennifer Hartswick
  • Big Chief Monk Boudreaux

High Sierra Lineup Additions, There's An Act For That

Submitted by phletch on Tue, 2010-03-09 13:09
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The High Sierra Music Festival announced their initial lineup shortly after the much publicized iPad announcement.  You may remember the clever little iPad parody video they used for that announcement.  Well it seems like the people with High Sierra are really getting a kick out of it because they essentially used the same bit for their first batch of lineup additions.  There's an act for that!

The latest additions were teased last Friday with a youtube clip of Willie Nelson and Ray Charles doing Georgia On My Mind.  Fitting then that Widespread Panic and The Black Crowes lead the list of additions.

Widespread Panic
The Black Crowes
Lotus
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
The Mother Hips
Jerry Joseph & The Jackmormons
The Radiators
The Pimps of Joytime
Truth & Salvage Co.
Coryell, Auger, Sample Trio
New Fangled Wasteland
Orgone
Chris Chandler & Paul Benoit
Living Folklore

These bands will be joining Super Hella Awesome favorites The Avett Brothers, Dr. Dog, The Slip, Surprise Me Mr Davis and many more.  For the complete lineup visit the official site.

Nateva Festival Announces Headliners, Some More Acts

Submitted by phletch on Fri, 2010-02-19 19:24
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The lineup for the inaugural Naveta Festival is slowly starting to take shape.  The festival  announced The Flaming Lips as a headliner as soon as the festival's existence was announced, but now we have some other headliners, as well as a better understanding of the theme.

The Nateva Music & Camping Festival is a 3-day, multi stage outdoor camping event to be held July 2nd, 3rd & 4th at the beautiful 100 acre Oxford Fairgrounds – 2 hours and 25 minutes from Boston and 45 minutes from Portland, Maine. As New England’s premier Jam based music festival, we look forward to bringing you world class artists in the true Jam Band tradition – as well as a sweet mix of Country, Folk, Reggae, Classic Rock and Indie Artists too.

Their headliners certainly drive home the jam band emphasis.  While the previously announced headliner The Flaming Lips will hold down the Saturday spot, the rest of the nights have a nice mix of the entire jam band spectrum.  Furthur has been announced as the headliner for the 4th of July, while moe. will handle the Friday evening duties.  Even though the website information consistently state the dates as July 2-4 they have announced the up and comping Lotus as the Thursday headliner for "those weekend campers that wish to come early".  No word yet on if there will be other bands playing on Thursday.

Other additions to the lineup include The Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Band, Zappa Plays Zappa, Keller Williams, and Moonalice.  We'll update you with lineup additions as they come.  Tickets are on sale now through the Nateva Festival website.

All Good 2010 Lineup Is Here!

Submitted by phletch on Tue, 2010-02-16 11:57
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Looks like it's festival lineup announcement day.  Now we have this year's initial lineup for the All Good festival set to return to Martha's Mountaintop in Masontown, West Virginia July 8-11.  Those fans who weren't finding enough jam in the Bonnaroo lineup will be hard pressed to complain about this initial list as it features Widespread Panic, Furthur, Umphrey's McGee, Lotus, and many more.

Head on over to the official All Good site for ticketing info and more details.  We'll update you with the artist additions as they come.

Lotus: Hammerstrike

Submitted by phletch on Wed, 2008-10-15 12:05
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Album: 
Hammerstrike
Band: 
Lotus
Release Date: 
Oct 14 2008

Lotus has been a band I have been trying to catch for a long time now, but they don't exactly frequent the left side of the country. One thing that will change that is a new album and subsequent tour. Before I check out their show on Oct 16 I thought I would check out some of their material, let's jump right into their new album Hammerstrike

1. Behind Midwest Storefronts - Nice subtle opener, very spacey. Not what I was expecting for a band that has been given the ominous Jamtronica label. More of this and we are going to be a good team.
2. Age of Inexperience - Aside from the great song title, this is actually quite radio friendly. I wasn't expecting much of that on this album. Nice groove, more indie rock sounding than anything else. Fun guitar on this track. I'm guessing the second half of this track is similar to what you can expect at most of their shows, as of now that is not a complaint.

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