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Trey Anastasio: The 5th Round

By Geno Thackara
June 21, 2025
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Merely keeping up with Trey Anastasio's work in all its contexts would practically be a full-time job. It would be easy to miss the fact that his solo catalogue includes an instrumental big-band-funk album—nestled in between an eclectic guitar-rocker and a work for orchestra, naturally enough—but this stomping ten-piece combo is just too much fun to overlook.

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