features

58 DR. DOG

Although they’ve been making music together for a decade, success seems to have crept up on the members of Pennsylvania’s Dr.Dog. Over the past few years, the band has grown a fanbase that includes an impressive collection of famous fans, including Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, Lou Reed and Jim James of My Morning Jacket. Jeff Miller checks in with the band in Los Angeles and explains why.

52 THE ROOTS

Since the early 1990s, hip-hop’s house band, greatest band—and, really, maybe it’s only band—has honed an ever-evolving brand of
message music, absorbing myriad influences into an edgy and alternative hip-hop amalgam that stands as a constant challenge to what a hip-hop group is “supposed” to sound like. Bill Murphy visits the band in the studio, where The Roots riff on the D.C. go-go scene, Fela Kuti and much more.

64 THE JAMMYS

Over seven installments, The Jammys established itself as a forum for once-in-a-life

departments

14 DEAR RELIX
Letters to the Editor

17 SCENE AND HEARD
Mindful music from around the globe: The Beat and Soundcheck

27 GLOBAL BEAT
Seun Kuti

29 MY PAGE
Chad Stokes of State Radio and Dispatch

30 SOAPBOX
Lonn Friend on romancing the muse

32 REARVIEW MIRROR
The Jam

34 THE LIST
21 Best Jammys Moments

36 THE CORE
Sean Kelly of The Samples

39 DEADICATED
The final five nights of the Warfield under Bill Graham Presents with Phil and Friends

42 ON THE VERGE
Five artists you should know about

45 SPOTLIGHT
The New Mastersounds

49 INTERVIEW
Larry Campbell

71 REVIEWS
Reviews of new albums and reissues, plus interviews with Alejandro Escovedo and George Mitchell

86 PARKING LOT
Free classifieds from around the globe

90 FINAL THOUGHTS
Trey Anastasio on Phish’s 20-year career