Greetings, music enthusiasts! It's been a while since I last shared my thoughts on the latest tunes and live performances. Allow me to take you on a journey through the past year, during which I found myself immersed in the vibrant music scene of Harrisonburg, Virginia. Buckle up as we explore over 200 live shows, the impact of new experiences, and the reasons behind my hiatus from music reviews. Over the past year, I've had the incredible opportunity to dedicate myself fully to my passion for music. Harrisonburg, Virginia, became the backdrop for more than 200 shows, each ..read more

JBP.com is #14 of the Best Jam Band Blogs and Websites Exciting Jam Band News! Feedstop.com has crunched the numbers and placed jambandpurist.com as #14 in the best Jam Band blogs, chosen from thousands of blogs on the web and ranked by traffic, social media followers & freshness! We are so grateful and hopeful with this news and look forward to kicking things into high-gear as the summer rolls on! Thanks to all of you for reading and checking this website out, you make this work and if it wasn't for you, id have given up long ago! THANK YOU ALL! Link to Feedspot below: https://blog.feed ..read more

Just Another Wednesday Night With Kendall Street Company I haven’t seen Kendall Street company since LOCKN’ Music Festival, a couple of years ago. They opened up right before Umphrey’s McGee and I thought they did a great job keeping the audience's attention before such a big act. And that was a few years ago. They have since grown into a fullfledged touring band deserving of an entire review here at www.jambandpurist.com It was just another Wednesday night in Harrisonburg, Virginia; my hometown. Not a lot of music seems to come through here. When it does, I feel lucky to be able to see a sh ..read more

Check out Dan and The Fam's Newest Music Video "Stratus" I hope to join Richmond's newest Jam Sensation sometime soon onstage ..read more

It was my pleasure to host and jam out with Garst & Co at Base Camp in Massanutten Virginia. I hope to get out there and play more live shows! Thanks for all the support and more JBP Reviews coming soon ..read more

Considering All Sources (Acoustically and Electrically) It had been a few years since I had been to 5 Points Music Sanctuary in Roanoke, Virginia due to many reasons, all of them just not a good enough excuse. I arrived at 5 Points as the band Root Lock took the stage and their quiet yet refreshingly sound carries me up the stairs and into the renovated church venue. It’s felt marvelous to be back home at 5 Points and the warm inviting vibes it always gives me. It just so happened to be Root Lock's first show ever and I was pleasantly surprised with their sound and mix of covers. Just a drum ..read more

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Dopapod Releases Single "Grow" Dopapod has released a new song “Grow” and it immediately gives me those “Mucho” vibes. The songwriting is strong and the band is always tight. The lyrics are poignant and  I would love to review this new album once it is released. I have been seeing Dopapod for 8 years now and they never disappoint. While some bands in the jam scene cannot make an album to save their life, Dopapod is one of the few that can release a track like “Grow” and sound like their live performances. It’s always a pleasure to review and share their music with you here at www.jamban ..read more

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Introducing Crap Artist- The Real JR Williams Story (A Music Mockumentary) As a music fan and movie lover, I love it when these two worlds combine. Some of my favorite movies are, in fact, music mockumentaries: Spinal Tap, Electric Apricot, and Walk Hard come to mind. I can recite almost the entire script of the latter forward and backward. "It's still not finished yet, I'm hearing more aboriginal percussionists and I want an army of didgeridoos fifty thousand didgeridoos." Dewey Cox Music mockumentaries have become a great source of relief and I think the world needs more of them. It's my ..read more