Welcome to Jam Band 101! Professor (co-host) Melissa Chase breaks down what a jam band is and shares some of her favorite ...

“I remember we saw their name on the preliminary round lineup and assumed they were probably pretty good,” keyboardist Rob Marscher says of the first time he heard about his future band before a ...

One of the most unique sub-genres of rock ‘n’ roll is jam band music. While the sub-genre itself does not have one sole creator, the main band that helped introduce jam band music to the masses was ...

Listen to noodling tracks by Dave Matthews Band, Grateful Dead, Goose and more. By Marc Tracy It has become a joke among a few friends and colleagues that I am the newspaper’s jam band correspondent.

A lot can change in a year. For drummer Cotter Ellis (above right), a year was the difference between playing dive bars to opening for Dave Matthews Band at Madison Square Garden. This accelerated bop ...

The quartet earned the respect of its elders and scores of young fans by making their live sets, and themselves, super available. So why are some still not sold? The quartet earned the respect of its ...

After 35 years together, the jam band moe. still has moments onstage where they literally don’t know what they’re about to play. “There are times when this band goes completely off script— no ...

Audio Books is a column focused on the latest books about music. Every other month, Grant Sharples sits down with authors, journalists, and poets to discuss the latest music memoirs, biographies, ...