Phish Kick Off Final Sphere Weekend with “Sloth” Encore, Widespread Panic Welcome Guests at Jazz Fest
Warren Haynes Details Symphonic Live LP, New Interview with Zack Feinberg
Relix Daily
May 01, 2026
May 1, 2026
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Phish returned to Las Vegas last night to kick off the third and final weekend in their second Sphere residency. With the seventh of nine shows at the technologically unexcelled arena, the band from Vermont continued to navigate the gleaming highlights and shadowy depths of their four-decade discography, happening on some electrifying improvisation and hypnotic visual sequences in the process.
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On Thursday afternoon, Widespread Panic put on their New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival set. The performance occurred after a shift in start times due to inclement weather in the region, which pushed the onset of their live delivery from late to mid-afternoon. During their stage time, the six-piece band welcomed assistance from Big Easy stalwarts, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band’s Roger Lewis and Gregory Davis, as well as keyboardist CR Gruver.
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Throughout his four decades at the forefront of Southern rock, Warren Haynes has inexhaustibly innovated on time-honored musical traditions. In a career full of bold moves, largely harmonizing the gritty traditionalism of blues and roots with the improvisatory fluency of jazz and jam, one of his most striking projects has been an embrace of orchestral performance. The singer, songwriter and guitarist’s rare symphonic shows situate his music in arrangements that work productive tensions to reach new heights of grandeur. Now, he’s set that effect to tape with Dreams & Songs, a new symphonic live album.
Before Janis Joplin had an album. Before Syd Barrett left Pink Floyd. Before Santana's debut existed. Before "Light My Fire" hit number one. These shows happened, and Bill Graham printed the paper to prove it. Twenty one lots drawn from a single private archive, posters, handbills, and tickets spanning the foundational years of San Francisco rock.
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Relix Staff Picks: The Black Keys, Taj Mahal, The Claypool Lennon Delirium, American Football and More
Every Friday, Relix surveys the wealth of new music released over the past seven days and selects standouts for the Relix Staff Picks playlist. Read on for the highlights from this week’s batch, presented by Qobuz: experience the difference with high-quality music streaming and human-curated selections from the platform that puts artists first.
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“Part of what held me up from doing this sooner was a lack of confidence as far as my singing—it took me continually putting myself out of my comfort zone and doing these shows to get more comfortable and that’s helped me became a little less blocked up and self-conscious with my songwriting,” The Revivalists co-founder and guitarist Zack Feinberg says, as he traces the origins of his nascent solo project and its accompanying debut album, Call It a Miracle, which collects original material he has been chipping away at for, in some cases, close to two decades. “There was the pandemic and, in 2021, I had twins, so that’s occupied a large space in my life. With the band going, I never carved out the time to do this, but a friend of mine in New Orleans kept encouraging me. I said, ‘I’m nervous,’ and he said, ‘That’s where the good shit is—that’s where the growth is.’”
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Last night, the Civic Theatre in New Orleans got a supersized dose of cosmic country by way of Daniel Donato’s siege of the entertainment complex. Coming off the success of Grahame Lesh & Friends’ Busted Down on Bourbon Street concerts, Donato carried a throughline from one gig to the next, by way of Grateful Dead debuts, among other first-time covers, and a bounty of prestigious guest assistance.
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On Thursday evening, Deep Dive, a destination concert vacation put on by Umphrey’s McGee, kicked off at Moon Place in Cancún. During the event’s opening night, the host band delivered an hour-long set, billed as an Acoustic Singalong. The batch of songs leaned heavily into covers and kicked up a heap of rarities, including tracks from years past that served as deep cuts and bust-outs, as well as a debut of 4 Non Blondes’ “What’s Up?”
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Banda AL9 Live From Relix
Banda AL9 for Live From Relix. Brazilian indie sensations Banda AL9 stopped by the Relix office for a Live From Relix session, delivering a set defined by their bold, modern indie sound. Watch the full session now on our YouTube channel, and don’t miss their newest release - a fresh take on The Rubinoos’ “I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend.”
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Last night, Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers served as the musical guests on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. The appearance marked a historic return for the bandleader, who had not agreed to a late-night televised slot in seven years. The single song performance came in support of Hornsby’s new studio album, Indigo Park, by way of the title track.
