The dash on a gravestone represents that bittersweet span from birth to when we leave this plane of existence. What we leave behind becomes memories—and even those fade. We brush against immortality only when our contributions inspire people to remember. No one alive today heard Mozart perform a piano sonata, yet his sonatas are played… Continue reading Still Dancing in the Days Between
Sometimes the joy is in the journey. After much advance fanfare and ballyhoo, the Grateful Dead‘s 60th anniversary celebration (GD60) was upon us, and on August 1, while the destination was a large-scale concert in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park by Dead & Company and Billy Strings, the journey to get there was a literal… Continue reading A Walk in the (Golden Gate) Park on Aug. 1, From Shakedown Street to Dead & Co
I’ve found a soothing balm of sound in this collaboration—an urban pulse with heart. Hunter and Feingold move between sketches and longer conversations, honoring the past with sly nods while keeping the feel decidedly present. The shortest pieces—little bursts of perfection—leave me wanting more. Now I want to see them live and watch that interplay… Continue reading Hunter & Feingold – “Different Strokes for Different Folks” (Album Review)
“She lost her sparkle, you know she isn’t the same.” That well-known lyric from the Grateful Dead song “Truckin’” was on my mind this weekend. “She” might refer to America’s most iconic band. “She” might be a Deadhead who was born before Jerry Garcia took his first breath – or a Deadhead who never… Continue reading She Still Sparkles: Deadheads Take Over San Francisco
A cavalcade of accomplished, like-minded musicians with connections to Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, and/or Lesh’s Terrapin Crossroads nightclub appeared in San Francisco on July 31 for The Heart of Town, a four-hour, all-killer-no-filler tribute to Garcia, “GD60,” and the spirit of San Francisco. Presented in cooperation with the San Francisco Giants inside of the massive… Continue reading Stephen Stills, Peter Rowan, Bill Nershi, and Prankster vibe highlight ‘The Heart of Town’ in San Francisco
Mid-July, The String Cheese Incident made their institutional return to their home base in Colorado and played back-to-back solid shows to capacity crowds at the world-famous Red Rocks Amphitheatre. This year marked their 19th year to perform at the location many refer to as ‘the best venue on earth,’ delivering their forty-eighth and forty-ninth gigs… Continue reading The String Cheese Incident + The Wood Brothers | Red Rocks Amphitheatre | 7/18/2025
Tedeschi Trucks Band is as much a musical movement as they are a band. They are a large group of gifted musicians that travel around the country together as a family, bandmates and friends. The dozen musicians who make up this powerful force of musical joy are all well-seasoned road warriors. They spend countless hours… Continue reading Tedeschi Trucks Band Torch Red Rocks on Jerry's Birthday
These days, it can often times be a daunting task for those of us who are fans under the ever expanding umbrella of the genre known as country music to sift through the seemingly endless mire of tired, overplayed & shallow subjects like red solo cups, truck tailgates and bikini clad girls on a river… Continue reading Horizons Shows Daniel Donato at Full Gallop
Jam‑rock titans Phish returned to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center for the twenty‑fourth time in their career on July 25, 2025, kicking off a three‑night run at the storied venue. The band has decades of jam‑filled history at the lush, tree‑covered site they first played nearly thirty‑three years ago, and they did not disappoint. Their… Continue reading Phish Opens SPAC Run with Inventive Jams and Classic Energy
Phish made their debut at the iconic Forest Hills Stadium in Forest Hills, NY, on Tuesday, July 22, 2025. The legendary tennis-stadium-turned–concert venue is smaller than the average Phish stop and boasted the best concert fare we’ve seen so far. The foursome from Vermont delivered a vibrant show that included a fiery, twenty-eight-minute “Carini” in… Continue reading Phish Aces Forest Hills Debut with a Grand Slam Carini
