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  • There are some earthy grooves from down South and across the Atlantic, courtesy of the Civil Wars and the Boxer Rebellion, while the North Mississippi Allstars have a jam-band fire sparking their sound.

    Shawn Amos: PLAY > SKIP: This Week's New Music Shawn Amos 2011

  • With thousands watching under brilliant blue skies, Preservation Hall ran through a lively repertoire of standards and offered proof that the music pioneered in New Orleans a century ago was the clear progenitor of today's jam-band phenomenon.

    Jazz Fest lets the sun and the fun shine in after wet weekend 2010

  • Then next Saturday Feb. 18, the 6th Annual Nolafunk.com Mardi Gras Ball arrives with the combination of the irrepressible funster Kermit Ruffins and his BBQ Swingers, the uber-funky Bonerama brass band, and jam-band favorite Marco Benevento.

    A Young Lion, All Grown Up Will Friedwald 2012

  • There are some earthy grooves from down South and across the Atlantic, courtesy of the Civil Wars and the Boxer Rebellion, while the North Mississippi Allstars have a jam-band fire sparking their sound.

    Shawn Amos: PLAY > SKIP: This Week's New Music Shawn Amos 2011

  • There are some earthy grooves from down South and across the Atlantic, courtesy of the Civil Wars and the Boxer Rebellion, while the North Mississippi Allstars have a jam-band fire sparking their sound.

    Shawn Amos: PLAY > SKIP: This Week's New Music Shawn Amos 2011

  • My partner at the time was well versed in all things ‘jam-band’ hippie – he had a hoop and was known among certain circles to throw down with it.

    Hooping.org | Blog | Shakti Sunfire: Inside The Hoop 2009

  • Coachella once emphasized electronic-dance acts and British bands on the comeback trail, Bonnaroo was a sanctuary for neo-hippies and jam-band fans, and Lollapalooza a showcase for hard-rock acts.

    Moogfest's Difficult Dilemma Jim Fusilli 2010

  • Good Old War seems a natural for Deadheads and jam-band fans who favor the Grateful Dead's "American Beauty" period.

    Harmonious Times for Good Old War Jim Fusilli 2011

  • Mainstage headliners nod to the festival's evolution, from its early jam-band roots (Widespread Panic), emergence as a tastemaker (Arcade Fire, at left) and more recently as a draw for A-listers (Eminem).

    The Short List 2011

  • There are some earthy grooves from down South and across the Atlantic, courtesy of the Civil Wars and the Boxer Rebellion, while the North Mississippi Allstars have a jam-band fire sparking their sound.

    Shawn Amos: PLAY > SKIP: This Week's New Music Shawn Amos 2011

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