"I have a dream: in my dream ... Aretha Franklin, in her fabulus black-lipstick 'Jumpin' Jack Flash' outfit, leaps from her seat at Maxim's and, shouting 'Think!,' blasts Lacan, Derrida and Foucault like dishrags against the wall, then leads thousands of freed academic ...slaves in a victory parade down the Champs-Elysées."

--Camille Paglia, New York Times Book Review (May 5, 1991).

 

 
 
 
Much of the best music out there is never heard by the populaces. Probably a good thing for the purposes of authenticity, but sad just the same. Still, our lives would not be complete without these musicians. Reviewer in parantheses.
  
 

 

NEW ENGLAND

NBFB: a band in transition, but a grooving, jazzy, funky good time (Jessa)

NOVUS DAE: a real hard energy, feel-good performance that leaves your neck stiff (Jessa)

PATIO KINGS: a flip rap r&b funk you have to feel more than once (Jessa)

BIPOLAR JUKEBOX: an off-the-wall piano based band that is not only infectious, but keeps short attention spans (Jessa)

 

EAST COAST

ASTROGRASS: badazz bluegrass for a new century (Jessa)

ENTER THE HAGGIS :
Roots in the Celtic tradition fused with rock-n-roll, bluegrass, Latin, and more, this band will get you up and grooving in no time!  Must see live, they rock! (Lishi D)

THE REBIRTH BRASS BAND: This all brass and percussion band with jumpin' tunes will get this party started in a hurry! (Lishi D)

 

SOUTH

JOHNNY THE SAINT (AND THE VELVET HAND): eclecti-reggae-rock that feels so good going down (Jessa)

 

CENTRAL

 

WEST COAST

 
 

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