Late last month, celebrated roots-rock band Dispatch announced the launch of an extraordinary, multi-part project that will be released in a series of specific phases. The journey begins with the chaos of Phase 1 and continues today with the release of the first track from Phase 2. The bittersweet “As Old As I” channels the heartache of missed opportunities and lost loved ones coming into sharp focus.

Crown, an imprint of the Random House Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, announced today that it has acquired a memoir from Brandi Carlile, the five-time Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter, performer, and producer. In this candid, heartfelt, and intimate story, titled BROKEN HORSES, to be published on April 6, 2021, Carlile opens up about a life shaped by music.

In tarot culture, the number three is often referred to as the “trinity of creation,” which is seen as an expression of the creative power of life itself, tapping into all the resources that manifest through creative actions and processes. It also stands for the duality of the power of two to create a whole — often represented by a triangle — which is one of the strongest structures available.

GW: You've released an impressive lineup of original music over the years. What made you decide to release a series of covers now?

Constantly seeking untapped musical terrain, New York-based guitarist and composer Oz Noy steps onto fertile ground with his new album, Snapdragon. The collection will be available this Friday,  November 20th on all digital platforms and through his label Abstract Logix,  pre-order link here.

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This will be the first time Rob Eaton & John Kadlecik have played together since John K left Dark Star Orchestra to play with Furthur in Fall 2009!

In the midst of governmental change and a year full of chaos around the world, personal struggles and perseverance have defined our society. Wicked Messenger’s delivery of “Reap and Sow” is a stark reminder to all of us that a light remains at the other end of the tunnel - no matter how hard life gets.

Susana Millman is petite, quiet, and a long-time member of the G.D. family, so when she got serious about photography and began shooting events backstage and away from shows….no one minded. As a result, her book Alive with the Dead / A Fly on the Wall with a Camera, self-published in 2016, was stuffed with shots from places most Dead photographers couldn’t go—Bob Weir’s wedding, a party at Mickey Hart’s house with Jerry, Governor Jerry Brown, and the Gyuto Monks, and lots more. Unsurprisingly, it was a huge hit, and traveling around the country meeting hundreds of ‘heads and selling it was enormously satisfying.

Just this fall, the singer, songwriter and guitarist Jay Carlis released his Robert Hunter and Jason Isbell inspired solo, Americana and folk debut, Here We Are.  The songs on the record touch on themes of change, technology and coming into middle age as both a father and a husband.

Today, singer/songwriter/feminist/activist/author DIY icon Ani DiFranco announces her twenty-second album Revolutionary Love, set for release January 29, 2021 on her Righteous Babe Records label.