Marco Benevento Stories

Interview | Marco Benevento On Songwriting, Lyrics, Live Performance & Collaborations

Marco Benevento - Live Performance - You Cant Edit Your MistakesBy @312mrg Photos: Rickie Kostiner & Adam McCall Cue dramatic deep buttery movie theater preview voice... In a world of so many live music acts that draw the attention, focus and dissection of a rabid fanbase, that world always seems to course correct and...

Review / Photos / Video: Joe Russo's Almost Dead @ Concord Music Hall

In the 19 years since Jerry left us, the benchmark for primo, psychedelic, improv-heavy, Grateful Dead interpretations had been held by the Phil Lesh Quintet.  While other of Phil's ensembles, including Furthur, have reached for those deep lysergic spaces, none have done it with the consistency or audacity of the Q.So it was ironic...

Setlist / Stream / Download: Joe Russo's Almost Dead, Night Two @ Concord 9/20/14

Truly exceptional show for the second night.  Here's the setlist, but we'll have plenty more to come.JRAD Chicago Night 2Set 1Cold Rain And Snow>BerthaOne More Saturday NightAltheaPlayin' In The Band *>Unbroken ChainSet 2Help On The Way>Slipknot! **>Franklin's TowerWeather Report Suite - Prelude / Pt 1^>Weather Report Suite...

Setlist / Stream / Download / Video: Joe Russo's Almost Dead, Night One @ Concord 9/19/14

JRAD painted a psychedelic masterpiece in front of the crowd at Concord Music Hall last night. Quick turnaround on a bunch of media (thanks, Jeff), so dive right in.See you tonight!JRAD Chicago 9.19.14Set 1Beat It On Down The Line ^ (SM)Friend Of The Devil (TH) >Cumberland Blues (All) >Viola Lee Blues (...

Win Tickets! Joe Russo's Almost Dead 9/19-20 @ Concord Music Hall

This weekend, we come as close as can be to a pair of "must see" shows on The Barn's calendar:Top notch musicians, who we love as solo acts, as well as supporting players in other bands, coming together as a supergroupThis band's first shows out of the NortheastAll Grateful Dead material (yes, please and...

Who Will Be The First Musician On The Scene To Play This? The Roli Seaboard

One way for constantly gigging musicians to change the way they sound: change up their axes. But most equipment switches are subtle here's something that may be a bit more radical.The Roli Seaboard takes a traditional keyboard, eliminates the indvidual keys, and allows the user to manipulate the sound via a soft, continuous surface....

Stream / Download: Bustle In Your Hedgerow (Sabbath, Beatles, MJ & ABB Edition) @ Brooklyn Bowl 8/31/13

When we last saw Bustle In Your Hedgerow around Chicago, they were playing a Taste Of Randolph After Show that made a true believer of some hardcore Zep heads. Of course, anyone with ears knows these guys can't be defined by the Zeppelin catalog. And anyone who knows about their careers understands that are capable...

Review / Photos / Setlist: Bustle In Your Hedgerow @ Bottom Lounge 6/14/13

The music of Led Zeppelin occupies a rarified air. With a songbook asbeloved as any seminal rock band, and an outsized mythology that seems to revereits members to the point of forgiving their generalaloofness, they find themselves in a comfortable zone -- able to maintain mystique and prestige aming their diehard fanslong after the initialdiscovery...

These Are My Jams, Volume Six

This is the sixth edition of the The Barns These Are My Jams series. To see what this is all about, check out Volume One and for more jams, check out Volume Two, Volume Three,Volume Four, and Volume Five.1. I've parsed it every which way, and this song title, "Megachills" sounds alternately cool or...

These Are Your Jams, Volume One

I am an unabashed fan of the This Is My Jam music sharing / discovery site. So much so that I've been pretty regular about selecting a "jam" and have even used this blog to collect and publish periodic summaries of my favorites (there are currently five volumes: one,two, three,four, and five).This post...