Results for "Vermont"

Article: Live Review

The Fred Hersch Trio at FlynnSpace

by Doug Collette
March 6, 2015

The Fred Hersch Trio FlynnSpace Burlington, Vermont February 27, 2015 Even when FlynnSpace is completely sold out, as it was February 27th for The Fred Hersch Trio, this downstairs venue never feels crowded. The audience is usually seated, as it was for this frigid Friday night, on three sides of a ...

Article: Album Review

Grateful Dead: Dick's Picks Volume 12

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by Doug Collette
February 21, 2015

Comprised of recordings in Providence RI and Boston MA from June of 1974, fairly early on in the Grateful Dead's use of their now legendary “Wall of Sound," Dick's Picks Vol. 12 documents a point in the iconic band's evolution where the pendulum of improvisation was swinging back toward more open-ended playing after the more structured ...

Article: Live Review

The Julian Lage Trio at Richmond Congregational Church

by Doug Collette
February 19, 2015

The Julian Lage Trio Congregational Church Richmond, Vermont February 15, 2015 Striding from the vestibule to the stage of this tiny house of worship, The Julian Lage Trio were afforded a hearty round of applause, which was just a precursor to further acclamation in the form of whoops and hollers that ...

Article: Extended Analysis

The Basement Tapes Raw: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11

by Doug Collette
February 7, 2015

Shorn of the overdubs and remixes that adorned the selected collection of tracks released in 1975 under the supervision of Robbie Robertson, the quick succession of thirty-eight cuts comprising The Basement Tapes Raw: The Bootleg Series Vol. 11 juxtaposes traditional songs, contemporary roots material and originals of greater or less significance to achieve a masterful recreation ...

Article: Interview

Warren Haynes: The Timeline of Sco-Mule and Beyond

by Doug Collette
January 30, 2015

By all accounts, Warren Haynes is known to be an upbeat forward-thinking individual. In this recent conversation however, he is borderline ebullient. And why not? Last October he aided immeasurably in bringing the forty-five year career of the Allman Brothers Band to a spectacular close. By the time of that historic appearance at New York's Beacon ...

Article: Film Review

Eric Clapton: Planes Trains and Eric

by Doug Collette
January 17, 2015

Eric Clapton Planes Trainsand Eric Eagle Vision 2014 Planes Trains and Eric represents a great concept brought to fruition. To follow Eric Clapton on tour and glean insight into the experience(s) on and off the stage is illuminating by definition, especially insofar that this man, the archetypal guitar hero, has the ...

Article: Film Review

Bob Marley: Uprising Live!

by Doug Collette
January 17, 2015

Bob Marley Uprising Live! Eagle Vision 2014 Given Bob Marley's status as a cultural icon, it only makes sense that it's impossible not to engage in the truisms of 'what if' and/or 'if only' watching Uprising Live! By the time of his untimely death from cancer in May of 1981, the ...

Article: Live Review

Soule Monde at Higher Ground, South Burlington, Vermont

by Doug Collette
January 3, 2015

Soule Monde Higher Ground Ballroom South Burlington, VT December 27, 2014 Since they began playing as a duo a few years ago as Soule Monde, drummer Russ Lawton and keyboardist Ray Paczkowski have refined the chemistry they discovered as perennials in the Trey Anastasio Band. Opening slots like the ones this ...

Article: Live Review

Soulive at Higher Ground, South Burlington, Vermont

by Doug Collette
December 16, 2014

Soulive Higher Ground Ballroom South Burlington, Vermont December 13, 2014 Strikingly reminiscent of the Lettuce show October 25 2014, Soulive's extended single set at Higher Ground this night took flight during a blazing solo by guitarist Eric Krasno. It wasn't the only such instance that occurred during the two-hours plus the ...

Article: Album Review

Lloyd Cole: Standards

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by Doug Collette
November 9, 2014

Lloyd Cole and his band the Commotions were one of the few bright spots of rock and roll in the Eighties, his fetching melodies and sly lyrics woven in and out of understated musicianship via semi-detached vocals. Since then, Cole's often moved into realms that belie his arch persona, such as Sinatra-styled orchestration, but Standards carries ...