Hambone Sparklewell, Author at MUSICFESTNEWS

Guitarist/wizard Oz Noy has joined up with drum legend Dennis Chambers and upside down lefty bass legend Jimmy Haslip to brew up a modern variety … Continued

Little Feat is on the road again, on the Waiting For Columbus tour.    Get a ticket.  Bring your friends.  Be ready for a lot … Continued

First, some context. Between 1965 and 1995, The Grateful Dead played 2314 concerts, more or less. For better or worse, as the band gained some … Continued

Tedeschi Trucks Band opened their Fireside tour at Daily’s Place in Jacksonville, Florida, last Friday, June 11, presenting a smaller band without horns: just bass, … Continued

[Video courtesy of Matt Davis] Don’t let Joe Marcinek  fool you.  He’s modest and gracious, but he is a dangerous man. And when a dangerous … Continued

Start with sacred steel wizard Roosevelt Collier, schooled in the holy Pentecostal gospel music that began in Florida churches in the 1930s and has now … Continued

In the cold of winter, we all need warm wooden music to gather around.  So this flammable album is offered. Tony Rice needs some help … Continued

You’d think that, after 28 years of making magical music, that perhaps the five members of Donna the Buffalo would be tired of bringing their … Continued

John McLaughlin‘s band, The 4th Dimension, performed at the Florida Theatre in Jacksonville on Friday, November 25, marking the legendary guitarist’s farewell tour of the United … Continued

Over more than 25 years, this upstate New York band has built a powerful steam engine of Appalachian Zydeco Reggae Bluegrass dance music, in which … Continued