Horning’s Hideout in beautifully forested North Plains, Oregon kept its tradition this year, hosting the 16th Annual Northwest String Summit on July 13th through the 16th. The long-time festival boasts an eclectic gathering with several event stages, a wide variety of string-instrument bands and features camping, vendor booths, a children’s village, yoga and mindfulness sessions… Continue reading Northwest String Summit 2017 | Review
Join the Jerry Garcia Family in celebration of Jerry’s 75th birthday! The celebration will be led by Bob Weir and The Campfire Band and also features the Jerry Garcia 75th Birthday Band, an all-star band featuring original Jerry Garcia Band members Melvin Seals, Jackie LaBranch, and Gloria Jones plus Oteil Burbridge, Kamasi Washington, Tom Hamilton… Continue reading Jerry Garcia 75th Birthday Show this Friday
Got a damn good case of the mexicali blues? Have no fear, Dead & Company are here with the remedy. If you haven’t heard the news, they’re heading down to Riviera Maya, Mexico for a 3-night run. So mark your calendars for the August 3, 2017 (1PM ET) Playing In the Sand pre-sale and tell… Continue reading Dead & Company heading to Mexico in '18
“When Bob Weir has asked me to provide copies of Grateful Dead songs to give to his bandmates to learn and rehearse, he almost always requests Summer ’89, and I’ve often drawn upon the RFK shows for this purpose. It’s really that good!” – David Lemieux With Bob to back us up, we’ve picked a… Continue reading Introuducing RFK Stadium, July 12 & 13, '89
Happy 75th, Jerry! Join us as we celebrate The Days Between with a 9-song playlist featuring some of Jerry’s most magical live moments and one from the studio too. We’ll also be rolling out track-by-track commentary by Grateful Dead scribe Jesse Jarnow so you can follow along throughout the week. Tune in here. »
New York/New England-based group Low Pagoda released their new album Low Pagoda and the Unseen Ministers of Love last week––a sixteen-track excursion through psychedelic peaks and grooves reminiscent of ’60s rock, jazz, soul, funk, folk, kraut rock and world music. This is the third full-length, self-released album by Low Pagoda––preceded by New Mountain Universe and Low Pagoda and the Mother Earth––and it… Continue reading Low Pagoda Releases Third Album
Multi-platinum-selling Irish band The Coronas are preparing to bring their fifth album, TRUST THE WIRE, to North America this fall with a September 1 album release supported by a November tour. The previously-announced tour now begins a day earlier–on November 4 at Toronto’s Drake Hotel-after the first announced show there sold out in a few… Continue reading The Coronas to release new album on 9/1
Seattle’s own, Polyrhythmics, have announced their latest album, ‘Caldera,’ is set for a September 22 release. A video for the first single “Spider Wolf” is out now, while the track is also available on all digital music outlets. Rich with bold brass and hypnotic percussion, Polyrhythmics’ new collection showcases the instrumental nine-piece band’s impossibly tight grooves… Continue reading Polyrhythmics To Release 'Caldera' on 9/22
The late Jerry Garcia would have turned 75 on August 1st and 22 years after his passing on August 9, 1995, his cultural impact has yet to reach its apex. Nationwide celebrations, concerts, commemorations and archival releases continue to honor his one-of-a-kind legacy throughout the year. The Jerry Garcia 75th Birthday Acoustic Band has just… Continue reading Jerry Garcia 75th Birthday Celebrations
It’s hard to believe that two years have passed since the gargantuan Grateful Dead: Fare Thee Well five-show run in Santa Clara, California, and Chicago, Illinois. The surviving core four members of Grateful Dead were joined by Bruce Hornsby, Trey Anastasio and Jeff Chimenti for stadium shows that gathered tens of millions in profit and… Continue reading Circles Around The Sun | 7/29/17 | Review
