All Dead. All day. All night. That’s right folks. The long awaited, highly anticipated, Grateful Dead channel on Sirius launches today at 12 EST time on channel 32.

The channel will launch with an extremely rare concert broadcast of the Dead’s 1974 performance in Los Angeles, CA. Immediately following the concert Bob Weir will host an hour long show playing some of the bands best country songs.

If you’re not already a Sirius subscriber you can sign up for a free 3 days trial and listen online by signing up here.

Other concerts that will be aired in the following days include:

9/7 @ 9 pm ET: 8/16/91 Mountain View, CA
9/8 @ 3 am ET: 2/27/69 San Francisco, CA
9/8 @ noon ET: 11/2/79 Uniondale, NY
9/8 @ 9 pm ET: 9/22/93 New York, NY

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Blind Melon has announced on their website that they will be touring in the coming months. The band reformed in 2006 with new lead singer Travis Warren and plans on releasing a new album this year.

Check out this video of how Travis came to be their new lead singer and the bands journey to get back on the road.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-ggua1ufzU[/youtube]

Upcoming Tour Dates:

Oct 7 2007 Decibel at Club Hell Providence, Rhode Island
Oct 9 2007 Canal Room New York, New York
Oct 11 2007 The Grog Shop Cleveland, Ohio
Oct 13 2007 The Basement Columbus, Ohio
Oct 14 2007 Howard’s Club H Bowling Green, Ohio
Oct 16 2007 Double Door Chicago, Illinois
Oct 18 2007 The Canopy Urbana, Illinois
Oct 19 2007 Frankie’s Inner-City Toledo, Ohio
Oct 20 2007 Diesel Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Oct 22 2007 Harper’s Ferry Allston

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To grab this entire show in MP3 format click here.

Last Thursday “The Duo” came on at roughly 5pm to a sparse crowd in downtown Buffalo. I was expecting a bigger crowd for these guys considering how well Buffalo has received the other jam bands that have played this summer. As time went on The Square slowly filled in.

The Duo seemed to enjoy themselves regardless and put on a rocking set that they closed with an improvisational cover of Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit”

To download the torrent for the flac files of this show click here.

Setlist:

01. Best Reason To Buy The Sun 6:52
02. Sunny’s Song 5:01
03. Something For Rockets 6:12
04. Play, Pause, Stop 10:01
05. Becky 9:04
06. Soba 7:24
07. Echo Park 4:02
08. Welcome Red 7:33
09. My Pet Goat 10:15
10. Smells Like Teen Spirit 5:44

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(photos courtesy of “tripper-bvt”)

The 8th annual moedown Festival wrapped on Sunday in Turin, NY. I wasn’t able to make it but apparently there were quite a few good shows over the weekend. I will continue to update this thread with torrent and download information so be sure to check back for updates.Amos Lee 2007-09-02 moe.down 8Al & the Transamericans @ moe.down 8 8-31-07 (torrent)moe. Live at moe.down 8, Snow Ridge Ski Area on 2007-09-01 (The Archive)moe.9-2-06 moe down day 2, (torrent)Medeski Scofield Martin Wood 2007-09-02 moe.down 8 Snow Ridge Ski Area (torrent)Perry Farrell’s Satellite Party 2007-09-01 moe.down 8 Snow Ridge Ski Area (torrent)Strangefolk Live at moe.down 8, Snow Ridge Ski Area on 2007-09-02State Radio @ moe.down 8 9-1-07>State Radio @ moe.down 8 9-1-07 (torrent)The Roots @ moe.down 8 8-31-07State Radio09-01-07 moe.down 8 (The Archive MP3 & FLAC)

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To grab this entire set in MP3 format click here.

I’ve been listening to Matisyahu for the past couple of years after first hearing them on Sirius Satellite radio. These guys have been on tour now for a couple of years and have played a lot of great festivals including Bonnaroo and Austin City Limits Music Festival. I had a chance to see them last year and Lollapalooza and the killed it for about 60,000 people.

I just stumbled upon this awesome sound board recording on the Archive of them playing back in 2004. This is a must have if you dig reggae/roots/jam music. Matisyahu is currently wrapping up their summer tour and will be playing Farm Aid this weekend in NY.

To view setlist and full download information click here.

Check out a few samples below:

Chope ‘Em Down

Lord Raise Me Up:

Close My Eyes:

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