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The Montana-based Kitchen Dwellers are in the midst of headlining their own spring tour, with Sicard Hollow. The band has dates out on the East Coast before hitting several stops in the Midwest, including Indianapolis, Kalamazoo, Mich., Chicago and Milwaukee.
The Kitchen Dwellers’ guitarist Max Davies answered some questions from Jam in the Stream amidst the band’s Spring ‘23 tour with Sicard Hollow, as the band headed for the east coast and Midwest.
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Ghost Funk Orchestra bandleader and guitarist Seth Applebaum chatted with Jam in the Stream editor Javier Serna ahead of the band’s first Minnesota gig at the Turf Club in Saint Paul.
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Goose’s light rig is one of many reasons fans have fallen in love with this band’s live experience.
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.
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Minneapolis jamgrass quartet Buffalo Galaxy will be playing four shows in Colorado this week.
Photo by Keely Zynda
Zach Tauer, banjoist for Minneapolis jamgrass quartet Buffalo Galaxy, chatted with Jam in the Stream ahead of the band run of four shows in Colorado in May, 2023. The interview covers other coming shows planned, including festival appearances, and the band’s upcoming single, music video, and LP.
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This week, a pair of artists announced pop-up shows independently of each other. String Cheese Incident is doing a free show at Chicago radio station 93xrt (details on acquiring tickets included in story) April 28. Also, Adam Greuel and the Space Burritos announced a pop-up show Linneman’s Riverwest Inn on Saturday, April 15.
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Los Bitchos has a unique sound, heavily influenced by cumbia. They’re playing in Los Angeles April 20, the day before Phish plays three nights at Hollywood Bowl.
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.
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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.
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Circles Around The Sun drummer Mark Levy said what he and bass player Dan Horne try to do, figuratively, is lay down a carpet for the band’s guitarist John Lee Shannon and keyboardist Adam MacDougal to dance on. Photo by Javier Serna
Drummer Mark Levy, of Circles Around The Sun, sat down with Jam in the Stream before the band’s March 15 show at the Turf Club in St. Paul. He discussed a range topics, including the way the body and mind react to listening to extended instrumentals, the way he has approached the role of beat keeper, and Billy String surprise sit in at a late-nite after party in February.
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Victor Wooten and his brothers Regi, Roy and Joseph, as well as Sonny T,. were welcomed at Bunkers, with Tuesday night regulars International Reggae All-Stars graciously sharing stage time. Photo by Javier Serna
Victor Wooten, who played two sets April 4 at the Dakota Jazz Club, couldn’t get enough of playing with his brothers. The four men made their way over to Bunkers after their two Dakota shows and let out some energy, joined by Sonny T.
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Mcbaise’s Seabass was his first LP. His two subsequent LPs may be better, but this one is still an amazing piece of work.
Check out Jam in the Stream’s first album review. It’s London-based Mcbaise’s debut 2014 album Seabass, which is somewhat of a postcard to the South of France, where the musician/illustrator grew up. Periodically, Jam in the Stream will review albums new and old from a variety of genres, from fusion jazz to psychedelic rock. Mcbaise, while known by some, comes up with some of the coolest songs too many people have never heard. Also, look out for an interview with Mcbaise later this month.
Read MoreThe Bob Pat Band celebrated the birthday of Bob Pat with a free show at 56 Brewing in Northeast Minneapolis Saturday April 1. The band kept the jams coming for two sets as the 56 Brewing concert hall filled in, many of Bob Pat’s friend showing up for the occasion.
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The extended Lotus family is coming together to help the family of percussionist Chuck Morris, who disappeared, along with his son, Charley. The two never returned from a kayaking trip they set out on March 16 in the Arkansas Ozarks. Photo courtesy of Lotus
Lotus postponed their April tour of the western U.S. and announced four shows to benefit the family of percussionist Chuck Morris. Morris, along with his 20-year-old son, Charley, disappeared March 16 on a kayaking trip on Beaver Lake (with a surface area of 44 square miles) in the Arkansas Ozarks.
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Lotus’ Chuck Morris and his son Charley disappeared after embarking on a kayak trip in the Arkansas Ozarks March 16. Photo courtesy of Lotus’ Facebook page
Chuck Morris was only prioritizing his family and the need to connect with the natural world when tragedy found him. That’s what makes it so hard to process.
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Serra Petale, Los Bitchos’ lead guitarist, took some time before the sold out Oslo show to do an interview with Jam in the Stream. Photo by Javier Serna
Serra Petale of Los Bitchos gave an interview to Jam in the Stream before opening up for King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard at the Sentrum Scene in Oslo, Norway March 8. Petale, a long-time fan of King Gizz, talked about the experience opening up for the Australian psych rock band, her own band’s roots in cumbia and how Los Bitchos wound up having an all-female core.
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The Krasno/Moore Project, with guitarist Eric Krasno and drummer Stanton Moore, is touring the U.S. right now. They cut an album covering female greats from Aretha Franklin to Billie Eilish.
They have dates still in Chicago, Denver, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
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Though the band brought the show to a soulful end, the show was front-loaded with a heavy onslaught of metal. Photo by Javier Serna
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard sensed the Prague crowd wanted it hot and heavy and they delivered a banger of a show, easing up with some funk, blues and soul late in the two-hour set. The three levels of the Lucerna Velky Sal, a theater used for high school prom and ballroom dancing competitions, were piping hot; a blast of hot air billowed out of the venue’s front door for at least 45 minutes after the show.
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Even with the northern lights obscured by clouds, there were some pretty skies up on the Canada border the last few days. My friend did catch this sundog one recent morning. Photo by Chad Campbell
Though he’s covered the outdoors for many of the last 22 years, the writer hasn’t had a column touching on the topic since 2004. With the launch of this blog in February, the option to write such a piece, however irregularly, opened back up. Here is the first such effort, though, warning, it rambles on and hits on a number of related topics including the northern lights, Lake of the Woods, and John Hartford covering John McLaughlin.
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Seamus Patrick Kobayashi O’Connor, 40, of Oak Park, Ill., has found the energy to hold his arm and phone up for hours at a time. Photo by Jakov Šafran.
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.
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The band’s artist and light man Jason Galea made full use of the Sentrum Scene as a canvas for his incredible projections. Photo by Sue Serna
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard took their 17-show tour of Europe to Oslo, Norway's Sentrum Scene, the perfect backdrop for the incredible visual element to their live shows. It turned out to be Jam in the Stream’s favorite show of the first five attended, though one show remains tonight in Prague.
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King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard played a set of mostly older songs in Stockholm, Sweden. Photo by Javier Serna
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard heated up a repurposed brewery on a cold, winter night in Stockholm, Sweden.
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