CD Reviews

Widespread Panic
Free Somehow
(Widespread Records)

Widespread Panic is an anomaly as far as rock bands go. ... Read more of this Exclusive! CASHVILLE411 review.

With the thunderous opening timpani roll of sun-soaked strut “Boom Boom Boom,” Widespread Panic begins its new album on a familiar — albeit, sonically fresh — foot. ... Read more at Paste Magazine.

These Athens, Georgia, guys have long been a Jam Nation favorite, consistently selling out shows without ever scoring Phish-level fame. Their tenth studio album rocks steadily, piling up grimy riffs, soul-power horns and snatches of eerie psychedelia. ... Read more at Rolling Stone.

Widespread Panic's status as the grizzled veteran of the post-Grateful Dead jam-band era has been cemented with two decades of rigorous touring. ... Read more at The Dallas Morning News.

Few Widespread Panic fans are likely to pick the band's last two studio albums (Ball or Earth to America) as their favorite release, and even fewer Spreadheads will probably suggest Free Somehow, as a top pick (those nods are usually reserved for Everyday or 'Til the Medicine Takes). ... Read more at Glide Magazine.