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The Alchemystics at Bishop's Lounge
August 14, 2010
Northampton, MA
When I was at the Strange Creek Music festival in Greenfield last May, I started polling folks while we were vending to see who folks were into of those bands appearing at the festival. Many bands were mentioned, but it seemed like the Alchemystics were the band that everyone was into. It was not so surprising as this six piece unit hails from the woods south of Greenfield, with folks living in Northampton and Amherst and even Wendell of all places!
Girls Guns and Glory
The Elevens, Northampton, MA 
August 17, 2010
Well, it'd been about six years or more since I'd been to the Elevens in Northampton, MA. . But while I was walking around town a few days earlier, I notice that one of my new favorite bands, Girls Guns and Glory, were going to be playing on Tuesday night there. I figured, what the heck, they could probably use a few warm bodies in the room Tuesday night. So I grabbed my mother in law Lynn, and we cruised down I-91 from northern MA to catch the show. The room is a basic rock room, could probably fit about 250 people, but they wouldn't need it that night, as on a Tuesday in the summer in a college town, well, it's not a huge night, really. That would change soon enough, though.
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The Big Up
August 7
Ghent NY
featuring Roots of Creation, Raq, Headtronics, and more.
So we have been hoping to go to the Big Up for all three days, bring the kids, do some vending, but life got in the way and we ended up not being able to make it for the whole of the event. I was especially bummed that we couldn’t get there on Thursday because I reallly wanted to see UV Hippo there along with the Breakfast.
Artist review: Mike Miz and his  band play with Blues Traveler at the Sherman Theater in Stroudsburg, PA.
As July was dwindling toward August, our friend Mike Mizwinski took the stage with his band, Miz, at the Sherman Theater in Stroudsburg PA to open for Blues Traveler. We asked him to give us some perspective on what it was like to play that show, to meet up with a band that he saw when he was younger, and to let our readers get a feel for his experiences.
RUSH
Saratoga Performing Arts Center, NY 
July 23, 2010
April 1, 1983, it was five days before my thirteenth birthday. My best friend, Evan Bernstein, bought us a pair of tickets to see Rush on the Signals tour, a gift for my impending Bar Mitzvah. The show was in New Haven at the Coliseum (I think!) and we caught a ride with his older sister and her friends, and it was my first indoctrination to probably the biggest cult band of them all. I borrowed my brother’s copy of Moving Pictures and pretty much wore it out on my Caldor’s record player.
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Ultraviolet Hippopotamus and Midnight Spaghetti
Johnny D's Boston MA
August 4, 2010
We weaved our way through rush hour traffic from central Mass toward the hub of New England, Boston. There was a delay or two, but not bad for Beantown for sure. We easily grabbed a parking spot right near the club, and sauntered our way into what has recently been my musical mecca in Boston, Johnny D's. Rich with history and the preferred tour stop for jazz, blues, and funk musicians for decades, Johnny D's sports great sound, excellent food, and on this night, great tunes.
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Phish June 17, 2010
Comcast Centre, Hartford, CT
So, it had been almost eleven years since I had seen Phish. I was a big Phish phan back in the day, having seen them for the first time back in winter of 1989 at the Student Union Ballroom at UMASS (Widespread Panic opened that show, that’s how long ago that was!!) and saw them nearly 70 times between then and the end of 1996 when I formed my own band and stopped going to see other shows all that much.
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April 29 2010 
Iron Horse
Northampton, MA
By David Boatwright
Reader Submission
Countless musicians strive their whole working lives to "make it" in the industry, seeking the seemingly distant rewards like Platinum or Gold albums, Grammy awards, big bucks or just enough income to stay out of the "day job" rat race and be able to concentrate on music. Mick Taylor's a guy who's ship came in at the young age of 20, when the Rolling Stones tapped him to replace ailing founder Brian Jones at the peak of their 1960's popularity.
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Cabinet
Route 63 Roadhouse
Miller's Falls, MA
May 21, 2010
So I stroll out into my driveway, getting ready to go to the Route 63 Roadhouse in Miller’s Falls, MA last Friday night to see Cabinet, when I was treated to the band having a bit of a warm up jam amidst the gravel and dirt of our rural driveway. My kids came out and dragged lawn chairs, and we had an impromptu driveway jam that was a fitting prelude to the band’s show that night.
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Fareed Haque and the Flat Earth Ensemble
March 25, 2010
the Beehive, Boston, MA
My buddy Patrick picked me up in his new Dodge pickup, and we raced down route 2 into Boston and Jamaica Plain, then caught the Orange line into the center of town and strolled into the Beehive. I’d never been there before, and we descended the stairs into the lounge. The place was filled with after hours working folks- mainly professionals in suits and designer clothes, meeting and greeting, and making their plans for the evening. There was a trio onstage, playing a mix of jazz and ethnic music, which was a good prelude to the evening’s main event, Fareed Haque and the Flat Earth Ensemble.
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Ultraviolet Hippopotamus
Bell's Brewery
Kalamazoo, MI March 12, 2010
Ultraviolet Hippopotamus returned from being out on the road for weeks, having gone all the way to Colorado and back again, by returning to one of their homes away from home, Bell's Brewery in Kalamazoo, MI.
Furthur
February 19, 2010
Mullins Center at UMass Amherst
I was really excited about this show for a few reasons, this was the closest that Furthur would be coming to my home in northern MA, and having gone to UMASS a couple of decades ago, it felt like a really personal show for me. I met up with my Dad (his 10th show between the Dead and post Jerry bands) and my brother (who introduced me to the Dead over 20 years ago and who probably has nearly 100 shows to his credit in that time) and we ate a fine dinner in downtown Amherst. From there, it was a short drive over to campus, a stroll among the old buildings where I used to go to classes, and into the Mullins Center- which was built since I had left school.
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Furthur
February 18, 2010
Verizon Arena
Manchester, NH
After our initial report, we have a more comprehensive review . Check it out here.
Garaj Mahal
February 13, 2010
E String
Henderson / Las Vegas, NV
written by Greg Serensits, Las Vegas Jam Band Society.
The Las Vegas Jamband Society hosted it’’s first show since celebrating our 10 year Anniversary last month with JGB & Moksha @ the Hard Rock Cafe’’ What a night that turned out to be ! We all collectively drove the " FURTHUR BUS" right down the Strip !! Not to forget to mention our Mardi Gras party w/ NOISE 3rd Anniv. featuring Delta Nove and special guests Shufflefoot and the High Rollerz last Superbowl weekend at the Aruba !! That was a little bit of fun - eh !? Who Dat ?
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