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    <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Infamous Stringdusters with Nicki Bluhm &amp; the Gramblers, Top Hat, Missoula MT- 1/26]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/shows/2012/02/10/infamous-stringdusters-with-nicki-bluhm-the-gramblers-top-hat-missoula-mt-1-26</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Photo by Matt Riley...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Rubblebucket, Bowery Ballroom, NYC - 1/28]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/shows/2012/02/09/rubblebucket-bowery-ballroom-nyc-1-28</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Rubblebucket started as a dream by University of Vermont students Alex Toth and Kalmia Traver, and now, five years after the pair graduated and relocated to Brooklyn, their band Rubblebucket is emerging as one of the live music sceneâs most exciting young bands.  Making a name for themselves in th...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mavis Staples,  Koerner Hall, Toronto, ON - 1/29]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/shows/2012/02/09/mavis-staples-koerner-hall-toronto-on-1-29</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Photo by Andrew Dubinsky

	&#8220;When you moan, the devil don&#8217;t know what you&#8217;re talkin&#8217; about!&#8221; Mavis Staples told a packed house Sunday night at Koerner Hall. This bewitching charge, passed down from her grandmother, was just one of many conversational asides offered throughout a sociable 90-minut...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Jaimoe's Jasssz  Band withThe Jamie McLean Band, Gramercy Ballroom, NYC - 1/29]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/shows/2012/02/08/jaimoe-s-jasssz-band-withthe-jamie-mclean-band-gramercy-ballroom-nyc-1-29</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Photo by Rob Chapman

	Jaimoe&#8217;s Jasssz  Band and The Jamie McLean band brought a good crowd to the Gramercy Ballroom on this evening, starting the show around 7:30pm and going past 11pm.   Just a few weeks earlier The Jamie McLean Band recorded a live CD and DVD at the Gibson Guitar Studios in NY...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Paul McCartney : Kisses On The Bottom ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/cds/2012/02/08/paul-mccartney-kisses-on-the-bottom</link>
      <description><![CDATA[MPL/Hear Music-Concord Music Group

	For his 14th proper studio album under his own name, Paul McCartney dives into the Great American Songbook, pulling from a selection of favorite songs that he used to hear his father Jim, a former jazz bandleader in the 1920s, play on the piano in the parlor o...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Jay Gonzalez: Mess Of Happiness]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/cds/2012/02/08/jay-gonzalez-mess-of-happiness</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Middle Brow Music

	The ring-tailed pisser is, if Jay Gonzalezâ Mess Of Happiness had existed in (pick a decade): the 1960s â¦ or â70s â¦ or (God help âem) the â80s â¦ or the â90s, even â¦ any or all of them â¦ there are tunes on this album that would have commandeered the top of...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Darrell Scott: Long Ride Home]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/cds/2012/02/08/darrell-scott-long-ride-home</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Full Light Records

	âGive âem flowers while they can still smell âem.â

	I apologize if the delivery sounds irreverent, but the statement is one thatâs stuck with me ever since an older guy shared it a long time ago. The point is simple: donât wait for the eulogy to tell somebody ho...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Roil: Frost Frost ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/cds/2012/02/07/roil-frost-frost</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Bo&#8217; Weavil Recordings

	Frost Frost is the second LP from Roil, a trio of heavyweights from Australia&#8217;s improvised music movement that includes James Waples of the Mick Nock Trio, The Splinter Orchestra&#8217;s Mike Majkowski and Chris Abrahams of The Necks. Frost Frost, available as a limited edit...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bustle In Your Hedgerow, Brooklyn Bowl, NYC - 1/26]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/shows/2012/02/03/bustle-in-your-hedgerow-brooklyn-bowl-nyc-1-26</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Marco Benevento and Joe Russo first played Led Zeppelin songs together as friends in middle school, and theyâre not bored with them yet.  The pair started forging their magical musical chemistry over basement jamming to Zeppelin all those years ago, and to this day, still honor their early musical...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Martin Sexton,  The Wilma Theater, Missoula, MT - 1/26]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/shows/2012/02/03/martin-sexton-the-wilma-theater-missoula-mt-1-26</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Photo by Hixon Family Studios (Jacob Hixon)

	Two days following the release of his latest album, a five song EP called Fall Like Rain, Martin Sexton&#8217;s solo tour carried him to the college town of Missoula, MT. Here he took the stage after opener Adam Gontier&#8217;s rather soft and quiet set of...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ruthie Foster: Let It Burn]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/cds/2012/02/01/ruthie-foster-let-it-burn</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Blue Corn Music

	If you had somehow managed to miss crossing paths with Ruthie Fosterâs music in the past â including her 2009 Grammy-nominated The Truth According To Ruthie Foster from 2009 â chances are good that 2011 changed all that, thanks to Warren Haynes. By the second cut on Hayn...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mike Doughty: The Question Jar Show]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/cds/2012/02/01/mike-doughty-the-question-jar-show</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Snack Bar/Megaforce

	What you have here is a 22-song live album compiled from singer/guitarist Mike Doughtyâs 2009 tour dubbed The Question Jar Show. At each performance, audience members were encouraged to jot down questions for Doughty on pieces of paper and place them in a big jar that sa...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Jamie McLean Band: Sunday Morning EP]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/cds/2012/02/01/jamie-mclean-band-sunday-morning-ep</link>
      <description><![CDATA[As the Jamie McLean Bandâs Year of the EP continues, the second of four planned releases levels its shot across the bluesy bow of their rock & roll cruise. The result is inspired, if not uncharted- serving as a wholly inviting dive into the azure of McLeanâs musical past times.

	_Sunday Mornin...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[C Joynes : Congo]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/cds/2012/02/01/c-joynes-congo</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Bo&#8217; Weavil Recordings

	UK guitarist C Joynes is one of the most underrated figures to emerge from the new school of Takoma style finger picking. But the wholly unique way by which he approaches the intricacy of his instrument on his third release on Bo&#8217; Weavil should definitely have admirers o...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Tea Leaf Green, Lincoln Hall, Chicago, IL  - 1/20]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/shows/2012/01/30/tea-leaf-green-lincoln-hall-chicago-il-1-20</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Photo by Norman Sands

	Heading up the stairs, you might have thought the weather outside made its way through the roof. Lincoln Hall had an array of snowflakes hanging from the ceiling as eight inches of the powder fell on the city of Chicago. The snow storm made life difficult for Tea Leaf Gree...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Hampton Reggae Festival, Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA - 1/21]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/shows/2012/01/30/hampton-reggae-festival-hampton-coliseum-hampton-va-1-21</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Kenyatta Hill

	It was a frigid day for a reggae festival (the rain didnât help), but January 21, 2012 lit a fire inside of the legendary Hampton Coliseum, its outside lights glowing in red, green, and gold. The first ever Hampton Reggae Festival pulled together local and international acts for...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Chicago Bluegrass and Blues Festival, Auditorium Theatre, Chicago, IL - 1/21]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/shows/2012/01/25/chicago-bluegrass-and-blues-festival-auditorium-theatre-chicago-il-1-21</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Photo by Norman Sands

	Now in its fourth year, the Chicago Bluegrass and Blues Festival is an event that keeps expanding, like a gaseous nebulae in the vacuum of space. The event kicked off with a three night run of the String Cheese Incident at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago&#8217;s Uptown neighbourh...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Keller Williams: Bass]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/cds/2012/01/25/keller-williams-bass</link>
      <description><![CDATA[SCI Fidelity

	With a desire to collaborate more often Keller Williams has hooked up with a couple of fellow Virginia musicians on his 17th album. Rather than continue his hyperactive one-man band approach, he focuses solely on vocals and bass duties with the Transmittersâ Jay Starling (keyboar...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Soulajar: Pipe Dream]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/cds/2012/01/25/soulajar-pipe-dream</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Aum Studio Music

	Hailing from Bakersfield, CA, Soulajarâs sound on their album Pipe Dream is a world-and-a-half away from that of hometown hero and country music legend Buck Owens. Thereâs no twang to be found here â just funk and groove and soul, wet with enough sweat to make it greasy...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Brad Mehldau : The Art of the Trio Recordings: 1996-2001 ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/cds/2012/01/25/brad-mehldau-the-art-of-the-trio-recordings-1996-2001</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Nonesuch

	Few jazz acts in the last 20 years have mastered the art of the piano trio format quite like Brad Mehldau. Since introducing himself to us in 1995, the 41-year-old Connecticut-bred ivory man has established himself as a bandleader, a soloist and a trusted sideman, collaborating with ev...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Rhyton: Rhyton]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/cds/2012/01/25/rhyton-rhyton</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Thrill Jockey Records

	The opening seconds of âStone Coloredâ â the psychedelic curry-and-sweat fest that initiates Rhytonâs self-titled debut album â are sensuous enough to capture your attention, yet ominous enough to make you flinch. Look/donât look; listen/donât listen. Go ahea...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mickey Hart Band, Highline Ballroom, NYC - 1/8]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/shows/2012/01/24/mickey-hart-band-highline-ballroom-nyc-1-8</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Photo by Vernon Webb

	There was a general sense of excitement in the air as Mickey Hart brought his band back to New York City after a stop at the Brooklyn Bowl not too long ago, however this time the line up was slightly different. Joining Mickey on his sonic voyage this time around was Ian Her...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Jerry Joseph and The Jackmormons, Dante's, Portland, OR - 12/31]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/shows/2012/01/18/jerry-joseph-and-the-jackmormons-dante-s-portland-or-12-31</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Once again, Jerry Joseph returned home with the Jackmormons consisting of; Jerry, Junior Ruppel, Steve Drizos, and my favorite angel, Jenny Conlee-Drizos, for their annual NYE run. There were four shows played at four different venues over the weekend. Unfortunately I missed the first, but surely ar...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gov't Mule, Beacon Theatre, NYC - 12/31]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/shows/2012/01/18/gov-t-mule-beacon-theatre-nyc-12-31</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Photo by Dino Perrucci...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Assembly of Dust, Mercury Lounge, NYC - 12/30]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/shows/2012/01/18/assembly-of-dust-mercury-lounge-nyc-12-30</link>
      <description><![CDATA[I am, admittedly, a little new to the jamband scene. After seeing my first Phish show in the summer of 2010, my 20 year old self realized that there was more to music than the top forty pop nonsense. Since then, I have been trying to take in as much as I can by osmosis; catching as many shows as tim...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[CAN: Tago Mago: 40th Anniversary Edition ]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/cds/2012/01/18/can-tago-mago-40th-anniversary-edition</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Mute

	In May of 1970 the members of the Cologne rock outfit CAN recruited Kobe, Japan born street performer Damo Suzuki to replace their first singer Malcolm Mooney, who had departed from their ranks following a nervous breakdown under the advice of his psychiatrist. With Damo in the mix, the co...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Habit: Lincoln Has Won]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/cds/2012/01/18/the-habit-lincoln-has-won</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Reel to Reel Records

	Ahh, if only â¦

	âWar is done!â The Habit bellows in the opening track on their debut album Lincoln Has Won. Keyboardist/vocalist Siobhan Glennon leads the way through the verses, with her male bandmates joining in on the choruses, sounding both joyous and as beat...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The McLovins, Arch St. Tavern, Hartford, CT - 12/31]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/shows/2012/01/17/the-mclovins-arch-st-tavern-hartford-ct-12-31</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The McLovins used New Yearâs Eve 2011 to debut their new guitarist line-up.  The new members were introduced during the bandâs inaugural New Years Eve show as part of the Nectars Concert Series at Arch St. Tavern in Hartford, CT. Barely 24 hours after their emotional last show with founding guit...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Charlie Chamberlain: Old And New]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/cds/2012/01/17/charlie-chamberlain-old-and-new</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Creative Commons

	The quick description might make you flinch and cringe when you hear it for the first time: samples of old-time bluegrass vocal recordings, remixed with a blend of newly-recorded acoustic instruments paired with electronic beats and synthesized sounds.

	Having a hard time get...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Rolling Stones: The Illustrated Biography]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/books/2012/01/12/rolling-stones-the-illustrated-biography</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Transatlantic Press

	Rolling Stones: The Illustrated Biography is a coffee table book containing 200 photos from the archives of British tabloid The Daily Mail, spanning the bandâs career from the release of their first UK single in 1963 through the 2005-07 âBigger Bangâ tour. Origina...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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