With a powerful partnership, the possibilities for Hot Tuna, it seems, are endless.
Scott McLennan
Music Preview: Tribute to Jerry Garcia — An Homage to his Musical Spirit
“They created an alternative to the pop music model, and it’s been very powerful. It’s a whole world unto itself.”
Rock Concert Review: Steve Miller Band with Marty Stuart and His Fabulous Superlatives
The most accurate name for this summer’s Steve Miller/Marty Stuart tour would be “When Two Music Geeks Collide.”
Music Review: Dead & Company — Rethinking the Grateful Dead Legacy
Avoiding pat formulas and enlisting unexpected aides de camp are probably the only ways that Bob Weir and his fellow founding Grateful Dead mates can avoid turning into a stale nostalgia act.
Coming Attractions: May 19 through June 4 — What Will Light Your Fire
Arts Fuse critics select the best in film, dance, visual art, theater, music, and author events for the coming weeks.
Concert Review: Nick Mason’s Saucerful of Secrets — The Early Brilliance of Pink Floyd
Drummer Nick Mason and his four non-Floyd bandmates turned Boston’s Orpheum Theater into a psychedelic palace.
Rock Interview: The Flesh Eaters Redux
The Flesh Eaters have returned with renewed vitality, after it hit some troughs and sputtered to a near stop.
Rock CD Review: Tedeschi Trucks Band Provides “Signs” of the Time
This studio outing emphasizes superb ensemble playing; the result in a beguiling album in which just about every note shines.
Rock Preview: Lettuce — Stirring up a “Witches Stew” at the House of Blues
“I want our music to be genre-less. Actually I want it to be genre-more.”
Rock Feature: Celebrating “The Wall” — Pink Floyd’s Version
“Five hundred years from now, people will come to that album the way that people come to Wagner and Beethoven. This is a classical piece from our era.”