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Scarecrow Collection
www.scarecrowcollection.net
www.myspace.com/scarecrowcollection |
We are pleased to feature these rock solid jammers from the NJ area. These guys have been working their way up through the jamband circuit, playing venues like Gathering of the Vibes, Campcreek and Phanfest and touring around the Northeast's more reputable venues. This five piece band blends great songwriting with powerful grooves that will make you move. This year's Forestjam Spotlight for up and coming artist.
"The quintet posseses everything the jam scene lacks; soulful vocals, meaningful lyrics, accesible melodies and social conscience."
Bob Makin-Courier News
"They mix a myriad of musical elements in their blend-jazz,funk, bluegrass, rock and country. SC's debut album, hooked and shattered, perfectly captures it's melodic, groove based music. The music is crisp and clean without superfluous fills-everything fits just right." Mick Skidmore,RELIX magazine |
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The Gordon Stone Band
www.gordonstone.com
Fungus Amungus
www.myspace.com/thefungusband
Hot Day at the Zoo
www.hotdayatthezoo.com
www.myspace.com/hotdayatthezoo
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For over thirty years, on pedal steel and banjo, Gordon Stone has been writing his genre crossing music, recording five studio albums of his own material. Gordon was named "Best Instrumentalist" two years in a row and won an emmy for Jay Craven's VPT series "Windy Acres" soundtrack in 2005. He has recorded and performed with some of the country's most influential musicians in the bluegrass and jam world- Tony Trischka, Vassar Clemmens, Sam Bush, Peter Rowan, Phish, MIke Gordon, moe., Strangefolk, Max Creek to name only a few!
The music that comes from Gordon Stone's imagination is simply uplifting. This Vermont based world travelling trio combines bluegrass and jazz. with Latin, World Beat and funk in tunes ranging from laid back grooves to musical excursions.
With Gordon on pedal steel and banjo, backed by drums and bass, you'll hear everything from mesmerizing banjo exotica to kick up your boots barndance numbers to genre bending audio alchemy, with each new piece more sweet than the last.
The soulful sounds of Fungus Amungus have been spreading like wildfire throughout the jam/funk scene in the Northeast. These seven funky brothers hail from Providence,RI where they have been dropping the funk since 2002. From performing at festivals such as CampCreek and Wormtown's Garden of Eden to sharing the stage with the likes of Max Creek,The Spin Doctors, the Violent Femmes and the Bombsquad, Fungus Amungus has been setting the pace for live music in southern New England. For two consecutive years Fungus Amungus was named "Best Jam Band in New England" by the Providence Phoenix.
These guys are rockstars disguised as bluegrassers. Feels like bluegrass,sounds like Old Time and moves you like Rock n Roll...they call it "Zoograss"!
"Acoustic has never sounded so electric! At first Lowell 'bluegrass band' HDATZ looks like a bluegrass band....the fast paced, finger picking tunes start out sounding like bluegrass...but listen a wee bit longer and it is anything but."
Boston Globe Aug. 28,2006 |
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Roots Of Creation
www.rootsofcreation.com
www.myspace.com/rootsofcreation
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" Reggae-funk-rock that erupts onstage severing the artist-audience barrier while summoning fans to join them in an awakening."
Devin Madden-Relix Magazine
"America's contribution to Reggae music: The Jam-Reggae hybrid."
Brent Hagerman-Exclaim
These guys are currently on a blow out tour of the entire country and back again.... check out their website and send your long distance friends to see some of the hottest Reggae-Rock since Sublime.
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Terrapin Island
www.myspace.com/terrapinisland
FORESJAM 2008
Sandy Money |
Dark Star Orchestra look out! This talented five piece from Vermont sound like authentic Dead circa 1970's. Big emphasis on true to form sound, they perform mostly Grateful covers w/ sweet multi part harmonies to boot. Come shake it like Sugaree!
AUGUST 22,23 and 24
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www.myspace.com/sandymoney |
Somehere between Jack Johnson and Johnny Cash you'll find the music of Aldous Collins and his 6 piece outfit Sandy Money. Aldous has been performing consistently for a number of years now all over NH and the Eastern Mass/Boston area, honing his skills and building a large and dedicated fanbase - which is no surprise based on the well crafted songsmanship, high energy performance and high quality musicianship of Sandy Money. These guys deliver the goods! |
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Lichen |
Since their inception in 1981 Lichen has been throwing down their classic blend of jam rock in the southern NH area. These local legends recently opened a show for Bob Weir and will be opening for CSN this July at Meadowbrook in the NH Lakes region. This super talented four piece band has been doing the jamband thing for 27 years and they have the licks to prove it! Covers from the likes of the Allmans, Little Feat and of course the Dead as well as sweet originals. |
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www.lichen.net |
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Scalawag
www.myspace.com/scalawagmusic
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"For three months the band holed up in a south Manchester house and developed what became the Scalawag sound. They wanted to incorporate the rythyms of Sun records recordings, the musical simplicity of Woody Guthrie, the lyrical storytelling of an early Springsteen, the loose grooves of the Rolling Stones and the musicianship of the Band. When they emerged Scalawag was able to create a sound that was all of these yet unique unto itself."
Great and diverse grooves hailing from Manchester,NH |
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Stranger's Vibe
www.myspace.com/strangersvibe |
We hand picked these guys from a huge list of band submissions because we think they deserve some greater recognition. This four piece outfit hailing from Philadelphia PA. has great songwriting capabilities and solid musicianship that make for quite a treat. Phishy with a folk rock sensibility.
"Ride the Vibe baby!" |
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The Purdy Mouth Boys
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THE PURDY MOUTH BOYS hail from Keene, NH where they regularly crowd around one microphone and sing their hearts out, banging or sawing away at acoustic instruments. And they're all smiles kept gleaming by their official sponsor, Purdy Mouth Toothpaste. They've been bringing bluegrass music all over the county for the past two years appearing on NHPR's "Folk Show" and playing at funky little juke joints and fine establishments across the region. |
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Appalachian Still
www.myspace.com/appalachianstill
www.appalachianstill.com
Stick Mosley
www.myspace.com/stickmosley
WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING BAND SUBMISSIONS.
CONTACT: stickmosley@hotmail.com
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Great old timey Americana with a variety of influences, classic and contemporary. These guys are going full steam ahead with a great summer schedule including Sterling String Fling. They will bringing a great traditional vibe to our ALMOST ACOUSTIC SUNDAY!
Appalachian Roots music from Northhampton Mass.
Stick Mosley has been recently re-incarnated in an attempt to achieve sonic nirvana. Mosley began their musical journey in 2000 playing many of the more reputable venues and fests in the Southwest NH region and have gone on to develop their own sound which is somewhere between the New Riders of the Purple Sage, JJ Cale and deep outerspace.
They drawn on a wide variety of American Music to create danceable grooves and soaring crescendos designed to move you. |
