With his virtuoso slide guitar chops and uncanny ability to seamlessly fuse many diverse genres together to create his own style, Derek Trucks has been blowing audiences away since age 11, when he first appeared with the Allman Brothers Band.
Keller Williams has achieved success on his own terms, and has been wowing audiences for over a decade with his wholly original approach to solo performance.
Who knew that the next huge American band would include a violin and a saxophone, draw upon backgrounds in jazz, classical and metal, and call Charlottesville, Virginia its home?
On Saturday night, Programming Board provided a winning combination designed to appeal to the masses: Robert Randolph and the Family Band's soulful blend of blues, gospel, rock and country and Talib Kweli's intelligent, alternative hip-hop. After the organization passed on Wilco, one of today's best rock bands, in favor of the emo of Dashboard Confessional in the fall, it did much to redeem itself with the selection of Randolph and Kweli.
Last week, the bands Sound Tribe Sector 9 and Medeski, Martin and Wood both played shows at Higher Ground in South Burlington, Vt.
After over 12 years of constant touring, Moe* has established itself as one of today's hardest working rock bands. The band has built up an extremely dedicated fan base the old fashioned way: practicing and playing as much as possible.
When popular artists and record companies are complaining about declines in album and ticket sales and fans are complaining about rising prices, it is refreshing to see a band that just wants to be heard.
The Bad Plus brings an eclectic and contemporary blend of jazz and rhythm to the Hopkins Center