Scott McLennan
At Agganis Arena, the guitarist led a genre-spanning set from tight harmonies to deep-space jams.
“Recomposed” finds music poised between imaginative possibility and the entrenched economics driving environmental harm.
A reconfigured band and evolving arrangements made Bob Dylan’s Boston set vital, strange, and rooted in “Rough and Rowdy Ways.”
Goose’s two-set blitz at Leader Bank Pavilion dovetailed improvisation with irresistibly catchy rock.
A storm-snarled weekend in Swanzey, New Hampshire delivers breakout acts, deep improvisation, and a snapshot of the modern jam ecosystem.
Claypool Gold tour turns Leader Bank Pavilion into a shifting laboratory of psychedelia, satire, and virtuosic groove.
The jam band’s most thematically focused album yet turns digital overload into anxious, shape-shifting rock.
At Indian Ranch, Little Feat balances nostalgia and renewal in a high-caliber stop on its “Last Farewell Tour.”
A decade after “Fever Daydream,” the band’s return transforms moody electronics into a surging, physical spectacle.
A long-shelved session reveals a master blending blues with global grooves and undimmed vitality.
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