 | Live at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival by New Monsoon
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $7.00 Anyone who likes world music, bluegrass, or rock in the vein of Santana, the Allman Brothers, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, or The Grateful Dead cannot go wrong with this incredible band. Tablas, banjos, and more conventional rock instrumentation unite in the perfect sonic storm. My favorite band on this list.
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 | Elko by Railroad Earth
Buy new: $18.99 / Used from: $10.00 To call them bluegrass would ignore the numerous sophisticated layers that can be found in Railroad Earth's sound.
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 | Frances the Mute by The Mars Volta
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $2.00 This band is an excellent pick for fans of progressive rock. Imagine if King Crimson was performing a split squad with Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin with Santana and Frank Zappa as guests having just listened to a bunch of punk, jazz, and experimental rock. You are still not even close to describing this band.
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 | Vinyl Killer by Drums & Tuba
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $0.59 Funky, psychedelic, progressive tuba rock. Definitely awesome.
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 | Live at the Wetlands (Dig) by Robert Randolph & Family Band
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $4.79 Imagine if Jimi Hendrix or Stevie Ray Vaughn were taught to play funk on a pedal steel in a church. You still don't have a very accurate description of Robert Randolph.
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 | Unclassified by Robert Randolph & The Family Band
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $1.08 More Robert Randolph.
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 | Songlines by The Derek Trucks Band
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $6.99 Perhaps the best slide guitarist since Duane Allman.
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 | Soulive by Soulive
Buy used from: $3.35 These guys bring the FUNK!
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 | Out Louder by Medeski Scofield Martin & Wood
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $6.50 Funky organ trio Medeski Scofield Martin and Wood perform on a collaboration album with jazz guitar great John Scofield.
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 | Husky by Skerik's Syncopated Taint Septet
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $8.72 Skerik is another musician who continues to prove that jazz is not dead.
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 | Outre Mer by Garage A Trois
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $3.94 An incredible band, featuring Skerik on saxophone, Charlie Hunter on an 8-string bass/guitar hybrid, Mike Dillon on vibes, and Stanton Moore on drums.
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 | A Live One by Phish
Buy used from: $2.24 Phish were one of the finest live bands of the 90's (I view anything after the 90's as modern enough for this list).
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 | A Picture of Nectar by Phish
Buy used from: $2.79 A fantastic album by Phish.
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 | Safety in Numbers by Umphrey's McGee
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $7.76 These guys sound somewhat like a fusion of Phish and King Crimson.
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 | Live Art by Béla Fleck & the Flecktones
Buy new: $16.99 / Used from: $5.23 The most talented "jazz" band on the planet, led by an incredible banjo player, as well as the incredible bassist Victor Wooten. A must listen!
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 | Tales From the Acoustic Planet by Béla Fleck
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $2.95 Bela plays with great musicians ranging from Chick Corea to Jerry Douglas.
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 | Bela Fleck & The Flecktones by Béla Fleck & The Flecktones
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $4.00 More great Flecktones.
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 | Outbound by Béla Fleck & the Flecktones
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $1.30 Still more Flecktones.
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 | Dream by Keller Williams
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $4.77 Keller is an incredible singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. On this album, he collaborates with numerous other fantastic musicians, including Bela Fleck, and Bob Weir of Grateful Dead fame.
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 | Jam in the Dam
Buy new: $24.98 / Used from: $13.50 This album showcases live performances in Amsterdam by progressive rock jammers Umphrey's Mcgee, incredible one man band Keller Williams, the awesome livetronica improvisational dance rock of the Disco Biscuits, and the hard rock meets techno jams of Particle.
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 | Laps in Seven by Sam Bush
Buy new: $16.99 / Used from: $6.24 The latest album by mandolin genius Sam Bush.
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 | Ice Caps: Peaks of Telluride by Sam Bush
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $4.95 Sam Bush performs live with the other greats of bluegrass including Bela Fleck and the extraordinary dobro player Jerry Douglas.
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 | Not All Who Wander Are Lost by Chris Thile
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $5.95 Chris Thile pushes the boundaries of the mandolin. This album is his equivalent of Bela's, Tales from the Acoustic Planet.
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