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The 15 Greatest Muppet Musical Moments And Mashups
The Muppets are back in theaters today. Despite what is sure to be an all out media blitz, I’ll admit I just can’t get enough. The simple fact is that Muppets are ridiculously appealing to fans of...
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The Best Audio & Video From Chicago Bluegrass and Blues Festival
Chicago Bluegrass & Blues Festival delivered two solid weekends packed with highlights. Fortunately, the good times don’t have to end at the festival, as some of the strongest sets of the festival...
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Americana The Beautiful: Nine Bands Taking Acoustic Music To The Places You...
This feature has been updated (February 2012) since its original publication in April of 2010. I swapped out the ninth band and added some honorable mentions. The remainder of the text remains...
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Ten Reasons The Phish Fuck Your Face Show Was Brilliant (8/31/12)
Another year at Dick’s, another wild setlist “stunt” for Phish. Here are ten reasons why I think spelling F-U-C-K–Y-O-U-R–F-A-C-E with the first letter of each song was so inspired. 1. It is an...
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Ten Spanish Language Songs That Rock
With so much great music out there, I have a hard enough time keeping up with English speaking bands, not to mention all instrumental groups. But, every so often I get a feel for crossing the language...
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The 21 Greatest Halloween Concerts Of All Time
Any day with great music is like a holiday, but there are certain days on the calendar that make the live music experience even more celebratory. Even without music, the transformation that occurs in...
View ArticleNine Musical Additions That Transformed Already Great Bands
We all know that bigger isn’t always better… except when it is. The chemistry the develops between a tight knit band, performing over a long career isn’t easily replicated and can be jeopardized if...
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The Most Popular Content Of 2012
Here is a summary of the most popular content on The Barn Presents over the last year. These don't include the Furthur and Phish Rotation (or Announcement) Infographics which actually were more...
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Baker’s Dozen – 13 Favorite Albums Of 2012
The 2012 Baker’s Dozen by @WeirScrewed All in all, 2012 was a pretty decent year in music. Some new acts burst onto the scene and some veteran artists returned with new offerings. This list of...
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The Barn’s 2012 Year In Review
Are you annoyed when you see “Year In Review” type articles start popping up around the end of November? If so, I hope you’re not offended by a late-January 2012 summary… The Barn is offering a few...
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Five Reasons Why It’s A Great Time To Be A Panic Fan (Milwaukee 2013 In Review)
It was another fine fall weekend with Widespread Panic in Milwaukee. Indeed, these are great times to be a Panic fan, and these shows really drove that home, so I’m offering a list of reasons why,...
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The Barn’s Top Ten Things of 2013
As with last year, I’m not going to try to rank the best shows, songs or albums of the year (though some thoughts on albums are here and here). I want to use my year end list to capture the musical...
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Ten Chicago Jazz Artists To See in 2014
Guest Post by Paul Abella. Paul is a musician, radio host, pundit and early supporter of The Barn Presents. As a jazz guy who actively embraces and celebrates jambands like Grateful Dead and Phish,...
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The Best Jazz Venues In Chicago
Chicago is a world class jazz city. That means it has world class jazz venues. But that doesn’t mean they’re all created equal. Some are 100% dedicated to the form. Others program jazz as a part...
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Dead Is Jazz: The Grateful Dead’s Greatest Jazz Collaborations
Guest Post by Paul Abella. Paul is a musician, radio host, pundit and early supporter of The Barn Presents. As a jazz guy who actively embraces and celebrates jambands like Grateful Dead and Phish,...
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List: Fiddling Around With Widespread Panic, 6 Great Guest Fiddlers
It seems unlikely, but the sound of the fiddle just seems to fit right with Widespread Panic’s improv-heavy southern rock sound. Inspired by a few recent sit-ins, I put together this list of notable...
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Long Live Jambands: Three Types (and 16 Examples) Of Bands Keeping The Jam...
“Jambands are dead! Long live jambands!” That’s a bit of wordplay that my friends and I have been tossing around since sometime in the early 2000s. There is a roughly 15 year stretch — from “Touch...
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Brian’s Top Ten Albums of 2014
https://d262ilb51hltx0.cloudfront.net/fit/c/608/608/1*m9I815Mljq-k75BVUOleVg.jpeg By Brian Brinkman – @sufferingjuke It’s been a weird year for me with music. Between traveling through SE Asia &...
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