Trey Anastasio News

BEFORE MATISYAHU WAS "the Jewish reggae guy," Matthew Miller was a bona fide "Phan" - one of the legions who followed jam band Phish on tour during the '90s. At the band's reunion in Hampton, Va., this March, Matisyahu - who's since toured with Phish frontman Trey Anastasio - returned to the well.

Trey Anastasio, Mike Gordon and Jon Fishman of Phish, left to right, perform in their first concert in five years on March 6, 2009, in Hampton, Va.

Just as Phish doesn't do the same song twice in a festival, Phish has never done a festival twice in the same place.

On a hot fall afternoon, Phish warmed their fans' hearts with a mellow set of music and a side of doughnuts.

A good 24 hours before Phish hit the stage for their Halloween show -- the second of Festival 8's three-night stand at Indio, California's Empire Polo Field -- the rumors were flying fast and furious as fans tried to guess which full album the band might cover.

Jam Central Station 10.03.09: Phish Profiles Part 4: Trey Anastasio Posted by Jeff Modzelewski on 10.03.2009 After reviewing the rest of the band, it's time to take a look at the leader! Hey everyone.

Actress Angie Dickinson is 78. Singer Johnny Mathis is 74. Actor Barry Williams is 55.

T rey Anastasio, the much-idolized front man of Phish-the band loved and reviled in equal parts for its complex, meandering, genre-hopping jams and Dead Head-like fans-has rightly been labeled a rock-guitar deity for his intricate fingerwork and ability to weave together myriad styles.

Thirteen years later - Morrison is once again ready for Phish to swim through its majestic, rocky channels.

Thirteen years later - Morrison is once again ready for Phish to swim through its majestic, rocky channels.

Still down about Phish's breakup and disillusioned with the overproduction of their 2000 release Farmhouse? Suck it up and go see former Phish frontman Trey Anastasio at the Amphitheatre at Station Square next Tuesday.

For those of us who remember the dawn of Primus - the freakishly askew funk/rock/experimental power trio that first brought rubber-limbed bass virtuoso Les Claypool into the public eye - nothing seemed quite so unlikely as the prospect of this loopy little band and its delightfully demented svengali becoming fixtures in pop culture.

Whoever told you that babies and bongs don't mix has, apparently, never been to a Phish concert.

Bruce Springsteen joined Phish on stage at Bonnaroo last night as the band wrapped up the second of two performances at the Tennessee festival.

The Bonnaroo Festival rocked Tennessee this weekend, and while concertgoers did their best to stay dry in spite of the rain, Phish were on hand to heat things up.

After gracing the relatively-intimate environs of the Civic Center, jam-rock heroes Phish moved on to the 80,000 + madness of Bonnaroo.

As if the group's imminent reunion tour wasn't enough to get its fans psyched up, jam-band icons Phish [ tickets ] have just released the leadoff single from a recently completed new studio album, which will hit stores this summer.

Trey Anastasio, lead singer of Phish, performs with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and conductor Marin Alsop.

The Dropper sends us this story from HuffPo about Phish frontman Trey Anastasio testifying to Congress that going to Drug Court sure beats going to prison.