Jan 10, 2014
Here's a follow up to our Best Of The First Half of 2013 post. Thanks again to @WeirScrewed for contributing the first part of this list (the six albums with the more detailed write-ups).I (Steve - @thebarnpresents) have added some additional selections, and some one-liners of my own, at the end of the post. You...
Dec 12, 2013
Was hoping to share this closer to Phish's actual 30th anniversary last week, but best laid plans.Anyway, these are a set of maps created by Seth Kadish and Jonn Rosen that circulated earlier this year but are a bit hard to track down. They essentially comparing Grateful Dead and Phish gigs over their similar 30...
Nov 26, 2013
Frequent site visitors may be sick of my Spotify cheerleading by now -- but for me it remains the best way to experience new music, create and share playlists, and hear the music I want whenever and wherever I'd like.It also happens to be an awesome repository for the music I've loved for years....
Nov 22, 2013
John Kadlecik is no stranger to the Martyrs stage. He played there weekly as a member of Dark Star Orchestra in the early days of that band. Back in town for two scheduled Chicago gigs, tonight's ambitious Top Of The Tower Jam and Saturday's solo show back at the North Side club, the...
Aug 16, 2013
Volume Two of The Barn'sNotes From The Jazz Underground feature showcases the show broadcast on August 9th -- the 18th anniversary of Jerry Garcia's passing and the ceremonial close of Jerry Week festivities. Host Paul Abella wears his Deadhead credentials on his sleeve and this show was his tribute to Jerry's legacy as a jazz...
Aug 15, 2013
Some good links for you:The five characteristics of a Chicago Music Snob. Lincoln Hall is pretty dope.The Curse Of Northerly Island continues. Backstreet Boys fans outraged at Live Nation's early curfew. Seriously.Whoa! Big mixup when Terrapin Flyer took a night off from their Wednesday night Abbey Pub residency and an Insane Clown...
Aug 15, 2013
In my recent essay reviewing the Chicago stop on the AmericanaramA tour, one of the things I was most impressed with was how Wilco is becoming more like the Dead. No, they're not much in the way of improvisational jamming, but they are beginning to craft setlists like them. It seems the band is pulling...
Jun 20, 2013
There are certain elements that make up a perfect summer movie: a great soundtrack, compelling protagonists, interesting locations, copious amounts of gratuitous nudity.Luckily, our friends at Rhino Entertainment and Fathom Events have just that formula in store this August, finally releasing a pristine copy of the 1972 film Sunshine Daydream for screening in theaters. The...
May 15, 2013
If you walked in to the Abbey Pub for Terrapin Flyer's Wednesday night jam on May 8th, you may have noticed something strange after the first couple of songs. If you stuck around for the second set, and were well-versed in Grateful Dead history, you surely would have put the pieces together and realized that...
Apr 16, 2013
Terrapin Flyer featuring Mark Karan, Melvin Seals and Tom ConstantenSaturday, April 13, 2013Martyrs - Chicago, ILSet One: China Cat Sunflower>I Know You Rider, Me & My Uncle, Second that Emotion, Friend of the Devil, Playin' In the Band>Golden Road, Death Don't Have No Mercy, Dancin' In the Streets*, DealSet Two: Feel Like...