Last night, on Columbus Day, the surviving members of the Grateful Dead reunited on stage at the Bryce Jordan Center in State College, PA for the first time since August 19, 2004. The reason for the reunion was to help stir up voter outreach in Pennsylvania, which is a "battleground" state. ...view article
The New Riders of the Purple Sage’s new album is a beautiful symphony of sounds. As a matter of fact, 7 songs were written by David Nelson and Robert Hunter, so it is pretty obvious their collaboration will bring a unique style. The album begins with both energetic and honest riffs, ...view article
The special recipe of the Grateful Dead was that there were 5 (at times) members of the band with very different musical backgrounds. Jerry had a bluegrass background that came through in his guitar stylings. Currently, John Mayer and Bob Weir both possess the slow blues styling and they are lacking ...view article
ATMOSPHERE, OZOMATLI ADDED TO MINNESOTA'S LARGEST ROCK FESTIVAL; 10,000 LAKES FESTIVAL HOSTS DAVE MATTHEWS BAND, TWO NIGHTS OF WIDESPREAD PANIC, & WILCO ALONG WITH SIXTY OTHER PERFORMERS
Tickets Available Now at www.10KLF.com for Midwest's Premier Music & Camping Festival Held July 22-25 at Soo ...view article
With DSO's lead guitarist John Kadlecik fresh off three debut dates of Furthur, the new band anchored by Bob Weir and Phil Lesh, Dark Star Orchestra has announced their 2010 New Year's run of shows. The NYE mini-tour kicks off with shows at The Norva in Norfolk, VA on December 28 and The National in ...view article
Umphrey's McGee launches a one-of-a-kind pre-order campaign for their highly anticipated new studio release, Mantis (January 20, 2009 / SCI Fidelity Records). The pre-order, which offers an MP3 download of the album in addition to the traditional compact disc, also ...view article
In a message from Donna Jean and the Tricksters, we have found that Jeff Matson (lead guitar/vocals) has unfortunately suffered a collapsed lung and therefor, the band will not be able to play Gratefulfest at Nelson Ledges as scheduled for the July 4th weekend.
Jeff is expected to fully recover very ...view article
On Saturday, February 28th, 2009, Jack Black and Sam Bush joined Charlie Haden and Friends for the Grand Ole Opry at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, TN. Below you can view a video clip of this fun, yet amazing collaboration.
The group played "Old Joe Clark", a traditional ...view article
Earlier this afternoon, Kristy Manning, Trey's sister, passed away after a courageous battle with cancer. She was one of Phish's first fans and biggest supporters. In recent years, Kristy helped form and lead Trey's non-profit endeavor, The Seven Below Arts Initiative.
Bill Kreutzmann, Grateful Dead drummer for the band's entire thirty year career, rings in the New Year in the state he calls home - Hawaii. On December 29th and 31st, Kreutzmann is joined on stage in Maui by Austin bluesman Papa Mali, James "Hutch" Hutchinson (bass guitar/Bonnie Raitt Band), and Matt ...view article