Music Review

Free Somehow (2008)

EW's GRADE
B-

Details Release Date: Feb 12, 2008; Lead Performance: Widespread Panic; Genre: Rock

The jam band's 10th studio album, Free Somehow, is the first to feature guitarist Jimmy Herring, whose résumé includes stints with the Allman Brothers Band and the Other Ones. Herring's fluid performances are as tight as an extra-small Phish T-shirt on a fat roadie, even if some tracks make for better six-string showcases than others. Opener ''Boom Boom Boom'' and ''Flicker'' are pretty anonymous rockers, but the breezy funk of ''Angels on High'' is a peach good enough to eat.
DOWNLOAD THIS: ''Angels on High''

Originally posted Feb 08, 2008 Published in issue #978 Feb 15, 2008 Order article reprints

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