Jam in the Stream

Leftover Salmon’s Drew Emmitt chatted with Jam in the Stream editor Javier Serna this week in a wide-ranging interview. It included talk of the band’s upcoming LP, the influence bands such as Old & in The Way had on jam grass, why Emmitt switched up his touring mandolin, and a memory of the late Jeff Austin.

Karina Rykman’s Feb. 28 show at Minneapolis’ 7th Street Entry kicks off Jam in the Stream editor Javier Serna’s list of 12 memorable shows he caught in 2024. Read more about Rykman, an exciting up-and-coming bass player, and what made that show stand out.

Jam in the Stream write about TWINE's new weekly Wednesday residency at the Cabooze. But find out what other options there are around Minnesota this week.

King Gizzard played another insane show at Nashville's Ascend Amphitheater, covering many bases. They also had Jay Weinberg play drums on "Perihelion," in a rare sit-in, on a night fans hoped for a Billy Strings sit-in. Read about all the crazy things that happened at this wild show down south.

Buckethead, Dweezil Zappa and Ghost Funk Orchestra are among artists that play the Twin Cities early this week. Read about those shows and the rest of Jam in the Stream’s live music picks in Minnesota this week.

Jam in the Stream talked with Seth Applebaum of Ghost Funk Orchestra ahead of the band’s appearance at Minneapolis’ Green Room next Tuesday. The band has been up to a lot of cool things in the past year, including a new album inspired by the Apollo Missions, touring with Grace Potter, collaborating with jam keyboardist Marco Benevento and more.

A lot happened while Jam in the Stream’s editor was away, off the grid, for a month. Here’s a wrap-up of the biggest news regarding Phish and King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard during that time.

Monday night is not a normal Monday night.

It’s followed by the Fourth of July, so there’s two shows of interest happening in the Twin Cities.

First, Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade is at the Palace Theatre.

Then, Minneapolis jam band Twine will be playing an after-show at KJ’s Hideaway, a short walk away, right afterwards.

Tuesday is our nation’s birthday (hopefully, you have that day off). So everybody wins!

Jam in the Stream was on site for Phish’s Hollywood Bowl run at the end of their 2023 Spring Tour on the West Coast. This is the first of three show write-ups of those shows, this being of the third and final show of the run, on April 23, 2023.

King Gizz fans will be better able to understand and track the band’s setlists thanks to improvements made to kglw.net, the King Gizz fan site that was launched late last year. The site is now using Songfish, a software service was developed out of efforts to do the same thing at Phish.net.

Jam in the Stream weighs in not on the Goose show itself, per say, that rolled through Minnesota Sunday but the polarizing aspect that three up-and-coming bands have sparked the past few years. It’s OK to like, or not like, any or all of them. But it would be better if we all just remembered to be kind to one another.

Phish fans in Los Angeles early for the Hollywood Bowl run – and anyone into psychedelic rock – should head over to the El Rey Theatre on April 20 to catch Los Bitchos. The London-based quartet opened for King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard on their tour of Europe last month and won over many new fans.

Phish announced it would be webcasting its entire 8-show spring run, starting with Friday’s show at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle. A discounted HD pass for the entire run is $200. UPDATED: Instructions for getting the extra 25 percent discount for LivePhish+ subscribers.

Seamus Patrick Kobayashi O’Connor attempted to attend and live stream every show on King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard’s 17-show tour through Europe and the U.K. in March ‘23. He and Jam in the Stream editor Javier Serna met at King Gizz’s show in Stockholm. O’Connor explains his mission.

WARNING: This post is written by a Phish nerd, taking a closer look at the band’s recently announced summer tour schedule. That includes a few words on the band’s 7-night run at Madison Square Garden, where as many as 16 shows were rumored (to one-up Harry Styles’ 15 sellouts last summer, or so that wicked rumor went).

Read all about why I started this page, and what I intend to do with it — largely journalism focused on psychedelic music, and it’s intersection with art and nature.