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Dave Matthews Band: Musically Speaking Dave Matthews Band know that the only way to keep things fresh is to engage in a unique musical conversation each time they step onstage. But in a world of smartphones, social media and general impatience, it is increasingly hard for bands to capture – and keep – an arena […]

The Who: 50 Years and Counting Formed in 1964, The Who instantly burst onto the burgeoning rock scene, thanks to their early hit single, “I Can’t Explain.” During the next decade, the quartet – an absurdly talented gang of musicians fueled by a cataclysmic rhythm section, a brilliant songwriting guitarist and an edgy but stoic […]

Grace Potter & The Nocturnals: Savage Dreamers When Grace Potter & The Nocturnals came together a decade ago, some early fans might have predicted that they’d be big, but no one could have called just how this group of St. Lawrence University students reached the mainstream. After road-dogging their way through festival gigs and jamband […]

Mumford & Sons: In these Bodies, We Will Live. In these Bodies, We Will Die. On the heels of the multi-platinum success of Sigh No More, British exports Mumford & Sons have become popular around the world. Their latest tour through a string of small U.S. towns, during which they threw four single-day festivals, sold […]

Chris Robinson: Transit of the Binary Star On the heels of a formidable run with The Black Crowes, Chris Robinson cobbled together a new band for his musical inclinations – the Chris Robinson Brotherhood. After logging more than a 100 shows last year, the quintet entered the studio and recorded enough material for two albums: […]

The Avett Brothers: Of Music and Men When we caught up with The Avett Brothers this past May in Canada, Scott and Seth Avett were cagey about the details of their forthcoming album for Rick Rubin’s American Recordings. They both admitted doing so was different for them – foreign even. But with the breakout success […]