For 15 years, the No Good Redwood Ramblers have been tossing around their own special brand of stomping folk and bluegrass for the assembled people of the county. However, all good things must come to an end and I am told this gig at Humbrews tonight at 9 p.m. is likely the band’s last, as […]
No Good Redwood Ramblers
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Alive and Kicking
I’ve been thinking about the stage a lot lately, and live music in general. The last time I played a live show (before this year) was Sept. 11, 2017, when I played guitar for a krautrock-influenced jazz group that my friends and I threw together to open for my buddy Mike Dillon’s band. It was […]
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Shake, Rattle & Roll
Did you already forget about Sunday night’s earthquake? If you don’t have your emergency supplies prepped and packed, stop reading and take care of that, pronto. Ready? Good. Now let’s talk about the supplies you’ll need to get through the next week. First, plenty of water. You’ll appreciate the hydration. (Don’t raid the earthquake kit!) […]
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From the Hum: Mike Dillon frees minds at the Jam, other fun stuff!
Tonight offers a show sure to please fans of good music and excellent entertainment when Mike Dillon brings his high-octane performance and unorthodox percussion rig to the Jambalaya. After emerging in the late 1980s as the first vibraphonist and vocalist to lead a rock/funk band, Dillon went on to work with artists as diverse as […]
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Early Christmas
Hope you enjoyed last week’s bit of a break, dear readers, because we’re barreling down full bore into the holidays now and your things-to-do-places-to-go-people-to-see list isn’t getting any shorter. The good news is there’s a lot of good news, at least when the news is about the fine, fine selection of musical geniuses vying for […]