2004-07-13
Chicago-based jam-band Umphrey’s McGee make their national splash with “Anchor Drops”, their new disc available from Sci-Fidelity Records.No secret among Midwestern jam-fans, Umphrey’s Mcgee has broadened their audience through recent appearances at Bonnaroo, South by Southwest and the High Sierra Music Festival.
The six-man band brings a progressive-rock precision to a genre stereotypically dominated by extended Grateful Dead-style jams.
ROSIE FLORES & THE PINE VALLEY COSMONAUTS
GIRL OF THE CENTURY
LOW
Drums and Guns
BEN HARPER AND THE RELENTLESS SEVEN
Live From the Montreal International Jazz Festival
El Perro Del Mar
From The Valley To The Stars
ARK LIFE
THE DREAM OF YOU & ME
Connan Mockasin
Caramel
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