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    <pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:37:58 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Grateful Dead: Road Trips, vol. 3, no. 2: Austin 11-15-71]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/cds/2010/03/15/grateful-dead-road-trips-vol-3-no-2-austin-11-15-71</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Ahhâ¦ another transitional era for the Grateful Dead. Indeed, this was an early and critical turn away from the San Francisco rock bandâs heavy psychedelic period. 1971 marked a continued focus on songcraft, begun in 1970 with the twin studio masterpieces American Beauty and _Workingmanâs Dea...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Chieftains featuring Ry Cooder: San Patricio]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/cds/2010/03/15/the-chieftains-featuring-ry-cooder-san-patricio</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Hear Music/Concord 

 

  

 

	The Chieftainsâ latest comes out at an advantageous time on the calendar, shortly before St. Patrickâs Day. But the Celtic music veterans arenât simply taking advantage of what is actually a somber occasion in the groupâs homeland of Ireland. Like the...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Gary Lucas/Dean Bowman: Chase The Devil]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/cds/2010/03/15/gary-lucas-dean-bowman-chase-the-devil</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Knitting Factory 

 

 

	Spiritual music can mean anything from Bach to Amy Grant depending on who you ask.  But although some of us can listen to it all week, all of it serves as accompaniment to that Sunday morning mood when one counts oneâs blessings, remembers those who have departed a...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Dave Holland Octet : Pathways]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/cds/2010/03/15/dave-holland-octet-pathways</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Dare 2 

 

 

	Pathways marks the recording debut of the Dave Holland Octet, a new lineup for the 63-year old British jazz bassist. The seven tracks are a superb demonstration of that configuration in full eclectic flight. The landmark bassist, who cut his improv teeth during the electric...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Wolf People : Tidings]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/cds/2010/03/15/wolf-people-tidings</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Jagjaguwar

	Hey &#8211; who knew? While everyone else was messing around with space stations and developing a remote control that would reach to Mars (just in case the TV channels there sucked, I guess), the folks over in England have built their own real, working TIME MACHINE. 

	Yep â tha...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Jimi Hendrix: Valleys of Neptune]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/cds/2010/03/08/jimi-hendrix-valleys-of-neptune</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Experience Hendrix LLC/Legacy Recordings  

	First of all, I think itâs important that you understand something: sooner or later, there isnât going to be any more ânewâ Jimi Hendrix music to dole out. The man is dead &#8211; 40 years dead this coming September, in fact. We can miss him; we ca...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Big Light: Animals in Bloom]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/cds/2010/03/08/big-light-animals-in-bloom</link>
      <description><![CDATA[reapandsow records

	Hailing from the San Francisco Bay Area, and featuring ALOâs Steve Adams on bass, Big Light makes quite a promising noise on their debut. Mixing a sound that links garage bands, New York Dolls, Wilco, Australiaâs psychedelic popsters The Church, Blur/Oasis, and the Stones...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Clogs: The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/cds/2010/03/08/clogs-the-creatures-in-the-garden-of-lady-walton</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Brassland  

	A lot of my music these days comes from what could be called museum blogs.  They collect types of releases that made sense a while back â Sgt. Pepper imitations, jazz/funk and the like â although a lot of them seem a bit nutty a decade or four down the road.    

	With a rele...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Whigs: In the Dark]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/cds/2010/03/08/the-whigs-in-the-dark</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ATO

	You gotta love the Whigs. Theyâre like The Little Train That Not Only Could, But Would â And Takes The Door Off The Goddamn Hinges In The Process. They may only be a three-piecer, but they do a lot with those three-pieces on their latest release, In The Dark.   

	Go ahead &#8211; pick a t...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Bela Fleck: The Africa Project, The Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, MI - 2/17]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/shows/2010/03/03/bela-fleck-the-africa-project-the-hill-auditorium-ann-arbor-mi-2-17</link>
      <description><![CDATA[As Malian ngoni player Bassekou Kouyate said simply, âBela play American banjoâ¦I play African banjo.â  As Bela Fleck started the first of two sets of his Africa Project tour, with some solo material, he took the stage alone with that American banjo.  The entire two-set, roughly two hour show w...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Sound Tribe Sector 9, Fox Theater, Oakland, CA - 2/13]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/shows/2010/03/02/sound-tribe-sector-9-fox-theater-oakland-ca-2-13</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Photos by Kelsey Winterkorn...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[BLVD / Mimosa, The Independent, San Francisco - 2/20]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/shows/2010/03/01/blvd-mimosa-the-independent-san-francisco-2-20</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Photo by Kelsey Winterkorn...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Black Crowes - Cabin Fever]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/dvds/2010/03/01/the-black-crowes-cabin-fever</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Silver Arrow

	âThe music sounds just like it feels.â  So reads the caption on the disc&#8217;s inner sleeve, over a photo of the wintery, rustic beauty of the road leading to the Levon Helm Studios. While watching the Crowes perform these songs to an intimate audience in the same room where the le...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Who, The Mods and The Quadrophenia Connection]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/dvds/2010/03/01/the-who-the-mods-and-the-quadrophenia-connection</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Sexy Intellectual

	Are you so music obsessed that the Classic Album Series DVDs are obligatory viewing? Yeah, me too. Those type of programs, which dissect a classic release (i.e. The Whoâs Whoâs Next ) and go into deep detail with the musicians and production team on its creation, never...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Widespread Panic: Porch Songs, v. 3: 7/22/01]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/cds/2010/03/01/widespread-panic-porch-songs-v-3-7-22-01</link>
      <description><![CDATA[LiveWidespreadPanic

	One can hear the laughter on stage after a boisterous âBlackout Bluesâ as Panic decides what to play next. A rare âE on Gâ wins, and the band strolls together through its brief instrumental passage on the third volume in the Porch Song series, recorded July 22nd,...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Great American Taxi: Reckless Habits]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/cds/2010/03/01/great-american-taxi-reckless-habits</link>
      <description><![CDATA[self-released

	Great American Taxiâs sophomore studio effort, Reckless Habits, finds the band barrel-assing it down the Headneck Highway as only righteous cosmic cowboys can. If their 2007 debut Streets of Gold laid the groundwork for the Taxiâs self-proclaimed âAmericana Without B...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Jack Rose: Luck In the Valley]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/cds/2010/03/01/jack-rose-luck-in-the-valley</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Thrill Jockey 

 

 

	Shit, man. 

 

 

	In a 24-hour period, I have discovered, had my heart broken by, and am now sitting here missing the late Jack Rose. 

 

 

	Rose, by all accounts, was one of those musicians too good to be real: a 12-string zenmaster in a flannel shirt; a...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Ten Ton Chicken: Efitol]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/cds/2010/03/01/ten-ton-chicken-efitol</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Yoronkels 

 

 

	All musicians ultimately function under a single, pressing objective: get listeners to pay attention. Some will accomplish this by appealing to emotions through sensitive ballads, others inspire awe through virtuosic displays, and yet others will try to pique interest by in...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[White Hills: White Hills]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/cds/2010/03/01/white-hills-white-hills</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Thrill Jockey

	The New York trio White Hills neither seduce nor ignore the listener over the seven tracks of their eponymous release. Instead, the songs curl up and rage, lunging outwards towards whacked-out space, primal and dangerous. Or, alternately, sensitive and oh-so-weird....]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Greyboy Allstars,  The Fillmore, SF - 1/30]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/shows/2010/02/24/the-greyboy-allstars-the-fillmore-sf-1-30</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Photo by Kelsey Winterkorn...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Delta Nove, The Aruba Hotel, Las Vegas, NV - 2/5]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/shows/2010/02/22/delta-nove-the-aruba-hotel-las-vegas-nv-2-5</link>
      <description><![CDATA[New Orleans may hold the title of Americaâs Mardi Gras Headquarters, but another city in recent years has something else to say on the subject.  Las Vegas, no stranger to a good party any time of year, and specifically the Las Vegas Jam Band Society have invited up Southern California world funket...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Little Feat - Skin It Back]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/dvds/2010/02/22/little-feat-skin-it-back</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Eagle Rock Entertainment

	Featuring the full July 23, 1977 concert from Essen, Germany, along with a good amount of bonus rehearsal footage, Skin it Back is an uprecedented look at Little Feat at the peak of their live power. Absolutely essential viewing is a gross understatement. Here we are,...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Blues Traveler - Thinnest of Air]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/dvds/2010/02/22/blues-traveler-thinnest-of-air</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Music Link Productions

	From the Film Vaults: [DVD Editorâs Note: From time to time, we will feature a DVD release from the past, and give it a fresh perspective. In this edition, we look at an old favorite of ours from the Wetlands Preserve era and beyond.]

	Performed six and a half yea...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[The Story of Jazz]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/dvds/2010/02/22/the-story-of-jazz</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Medici Arts

	Matthew Seigâs The Story of Jazz, assembled in 1995, faces the impossible task of documenting the history of jazz in a paltry 98 minutes.  After all, even Ken Burnsâ 2001 sprawling opus on the subject wasnât able to completely tell the story.  Wisely, Seig chooses to delve i...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Galactic: Ya-Ka-May]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/cds/2010/02/22/galactic-ya-ka-may</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Anti 

	Galacticâs eighth album, Ya-Ka-May, pulses with track after track of dirty dancing, acid-jazz-tinged hip-hop and soul, slam full of the zip and pluck of their native New Orleans.  To put it as clearly as possible, Ya-Ka-May will shake that filthy ass until all the stank has done gon...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Johnny Cash: American VI: Ain't No Grave]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/cds/2010/02/22/johnny-cash-american-vi-ain-t-no-grave</link>
      <description><![CDATA[American Recordings/Lost Highway

	Thereâs soul music and then thereâs music of the soul. American VI: Ainât No Grave, the latest collection of unreleased Johnny Cash studio recordings, is the latter.   

	Johnny Cashâs voice has long had a way of soaking deep into your core â itâs...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Grateful Dead: Road Trips, vol. 3, no. 1: Oakland 12-28-79]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/cds/2010/02/22/grateful-dead-road-trips-vol-3-no-1-oakland-12-28-79</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The reason the latest edition of the Dead&#8217;s Road Trips series exists is as good as any: a 50-minute suite of &#8220;Terrapin Station > Playing in the Band > Uncle John&#8217;s Band.&#8221; &#8220;Terrapin,&#8221; for the most part acts as a prelude. It is its usual magnificent self, building to an appropriately mystical climax...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[ALO: Man of the World]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/cds/2010/02/22/alo-man-of-the-world</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Brushfire     

	On Man of the World, ALO deals with discovering oneâs identity, longing and emotional distress. And, the subject matter fits well with the natural need to carve out a distinctive place in the music world. Together, it results in the quartet riding a creative high on much of i...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Various: Dub Like An Antelope: Legends of Reggae Celebrate Phish]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/cds/2010/02/22/various-dub-like-an-antelope-legends-of-reggae-celebrate-phish</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Red Hillz 

	We were somewhere in the kitchen on the edge of dinner when the music began to take hold.

	Iâm not going to lie to you: when I first heard about Dub Like an Antelope: Legends of Reggae Celebrate Phish, I figured it had the potential of being a real ring-tailed stinker. (After b...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Roots of Creation, Paradise Rock Club, Boston - 1/29]]></title>
      <link>http://www.jambands.com/reviews/shows/2010/02/16/roots-of-creation-paradise-rock-club-boston-1-29</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Roots of Creation served-up the perfect escape from the workweek grind, warming up the Paradise Rock Club with a lethal dosage of smash-and-grab reggae. âWeâre Roots of Creation, Letâs get this party started,â bandleader Brett Wilson called out with a hand on the mic and a fist in the air. T...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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