★★★★★
LoS Jamgrass? All-American string music? By whatever definition, Colorado's energetic acoustic/electric goodtime band Leftover Salmon quickly attracted a large and loyal following when singers and multi-instrumentalists Vince Herman and Drew Emmitt organized the group with banjo virtuoso Mark Vann more than two decades ago...
- www.jambands.com
2012-08-20
★★★★★
LoS Jamgrass? All-American string music? By whatever definition, Colorado's energetic acousticelectric goodtime band Leftover Salmon quickly attracted a large and loyal following when singers and multiinstrumentalists Vince Herman and Drew Emmitt organized the group with banjo virtuoso Mark Vann more than two decades ago...
- www.relix.com
2012-06-18
★★★★★
Aquatic Hitchhiker, the first release of new studio material from Colorado-based jamband vets Leftover Salmon in eight plus years, kicks off promisingly with the Little Feat/Dr. John style swamp funk of "Gulf of Mexico." The opening lyrics, "Way down in Mississippi by the Gulf of Mexico," sets the tone for the album...
- www.glidemagazine.com
2012-05-24
★★★★★
"Leftover Salmon" sure doesn't sound like a country/folk band, but these guys are one of the more interesting bands floating around in the back of the musical refrigerator. There's urgency in their music, coupled with solid writing that is neither histrionic nor sappy. The material covers life, travel and even a bit of love, as you might expect. But it's their musical arrangements that really stand out...
- www.ink19.com
2009-07-20
★★★★★
Just when you think you can guess what's coming from Cracker, frontman David Lowery sprints off in a different direction. This ten-song collection gives Cracker hits (if there ever were such a thing) new life as bluegrass-colored aural trinkets...
- www.rollingstone.com
2009-06-08
★★★★★
What a difference just a couple of years can make. Back in 1999, Leftover Salmon sounded ready to assume its rightful place in a progressive bluegrass stream overflowing with a new generation of jam bands. Perhaps they were finally settling down...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
Among the better second generation of jam bands, Leftover Salmon has made their odorous and fishy name playing energetic live sets that highlight their "polyethnic Cajun slamgrass" aesthetic. This first live album goes a long way toward explaining the band's popularity with a growing fan base. Skillfully hopping from genre to genre, often within a single song, the band plays with the muscle that a lot of noodling jam bands lack...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
★★★★★
"Mention that the title is a reference to an Ecstasy high," muttered Bart the Stoner upon learning that a review was in the works for Bridges to Bert, dating from 1993 and the earliest item in the discography of Leftover Salmon. Hopefully, drug references will not be the most enduring legacy of an eclectic outfit that promoted its set list as "poly-ethnic slamgrass...
- music.aol.com
2008-08-28
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