Ozzy Osbourne’s voice was the sound of the forbidden door creaking open—then slamming shut with a riff that rattled the windows. News that he slipped away this morning, surrounded by his family’s love, feels surreal to anyone who first learned the true weight of an electric guitar through Paranoid. I was one of those kids: growing up in Paramus, New Jersey, I played that record until the grooves shimmered silver.

In October 1974 the Grateful Dead took their mighty Wall of Sound off the road and stepped into an uncertain silence. Eleven months later they re‑emerged not in an arena, but in Bob Weir’s home studio in Mill Valley, armed with blank slates and curious hearts. The result was Blues for Allah, the most exploratory studio statement of the band’s storied career—a record that fused desert night moods, jazz‑leaning instrumental flights, and Robert Hunter’s mystic poetry into a single, swirling ecosystem.

Legendary rock band FOREIGNER will appear in a one-night-only benefit concert on Friday, September 5, 2025 at Tilles Center for the Performing Arts on the Long Island University Post campus in Brookville, NY. The concert will feature special acoustic renditions of FOREIGNER’s biggest hits such as “Cold As Ice,” “Juke Box Hero,” “Waiting for a Girl Like You,” “I Want to Know What Love Is,” “Hot Blooded” and more in a rare and intimate unplugged format. See some snippets HERE.

Dead & Company and IMAX are teaming up to beam the magic of Golden Gate Park directly to big screens across North America. On Sunday, August 3, the band’s third straight sold‑out show in their hometown will stream live to select IMAX theatres, giving fans everywhere a front‑row view of a night that caps 60 years of Grateful Dead music.

New Orleans never sleeps, but even the Crescent City does a double‑take when Roland Guerin suddenly shows up onstage. The globetrotting bassist, singer‑songwriter, and producer has just landed from Switzerland and will slip into George Porter Jr.’s storied Monday night slot at the Maple Leaf Bar on July 21. It’s a rare hometown sighting for the man whose bass lines have powered Dr. John’s tours (as music director) and anchored Allen Toussaint’s later concerts, and it promises to be one of the heaviest grooves of the summer.

Pop‑rock siren Malina Moye is heading to the United Kingdom to co‑headline the “Love You Bleed & Dirty Tour” with Grammy nominee Danielle Nicole. The tour will make stops in five cities, including Southampton, Manchester, Wolverhampton, Edinburgh, and, finally, London on January 8th, where Malina and Danielle will co‑headline the January Blues Festival.

The Fox Theatre will crackle with Appalachian fire on Thursday, October 16, 2025, when Arkansas’ progressive string quartet Arkansauce rolls into town with its signature blend of blistering newgrass and heart‑lifting harmonies. Doors open at 7:00 p.m., music starts at 8:00 p.m., and the evening features support sets from rising Colorado jam‑grass outfit River Spell and Louisville’s adventurous acoustic explorers Tonewood String Band.

Modern Irish troubadour, Podge Lane, wields both his alt-country stylings and weathered guitar case as he steps out onto new soil. Having packed that case with memories of home and an unyielding thirst for adventure, Podge is drawn to America to share his stories, announcing his fourth album and new single, ‘Heatwave’, out July 18th! 

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Downtown’s Yerba Buena Lane will blossom into a tie‑dyed playground of music, art, and community spirit when “A Grateful Gathering at Yerba Buena Lane” rolls out the welcome mat for Dead & Company concertgoers on Thursday, July 31.

Improvisational rock band Spafford will close out their 2025 fall tour with a special three-night run in Colorado this November, bringing their signature genre-bending jams to some of the state’s most intimate venues. The run kicks off on November 20 at The Lariat in Buena Vista, followed by a stop at The Summit in Denver on November 21, and wraps up on November 22 at the celebrated Caribou Room in Nederland.