TRIBUTE BRINGS OUT THE BLUES IN THE GRATEFUL DEAD
The diversity and malleability of the music of the Grateful Dead have long made it ripe for tribute albums of all stripes, from bluegrass to rock to jazz to a cappella takes on a catalog that has bee...
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OTEIL BURBRIDGE AND LAMAR WILLIAMS JR: FROM THE ISOLATION OF ICELAND COMES THE COMMUNION OF ‘THE OFFERING’
If you imagine the history of improvisational rock n' roll as a river whose source is the Grateful Dead and the Allman Brothers Band, and its mouth as young guns like Billy Strings, it flows through m...
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KRISTINA MARINOVA BUILDING BRIDGES BETWEEN CLASSICAL AND THE GRATEFUL DEAD
Ask classically trained pianist Kristina Marinova what inspired her to make an album of Grateful Dead songs, and you'll get a deep answer. "There is something really special about the band," says M...
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RISING GUITARIST BELLA RAYNE: ‘I NEVER COULD HAVE IMAGINED THAT I’D BE DOING ANY OF THIS RIGHT NOW’
Not too long ago, Bella Rayne was telling her Deadhead parents, "I'll never like the Grateful Dead and you can't make me like it." Now the 18-year-old Northern California guitarist can be found perfor...
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WARREN HAYNES TALKS NEW SOLO ALBUM and SOULSHINE HURRICANE BENEFIT AT MSG: ‘THERE’S A LOT GOING ON’
In the run-up to his annual New Year's Eve run with Gov't Mule at the Beacon Theatre, Warren Haynes had carved out time to release and promote his first solo album in nearly a decade, "Million Voices ...
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FRUIT BATS’ ERIC JOHNSON IS HOMEWARD BOUND ON NEW ALBUM
For Eric Johnson, the singer, songwriter and guitarist behind the long-time indie rock project Fruit Bats, home is a relative idea. On a literal level, after many years spent in many places, it's Los ...
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WE NEED NEPO BABIES. HERE’S WHY.
The pejorative label “Nepo baby” came into sharper focus late last year thanks to an exhaustive New York magazine package that traced the advantageous lineage of entertainers with the academic zeal of...
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DAN KLUG FINDS THE FUNDAMENTAL SOUND OF THE DEAD WITH LO-FI COVERS ALBUM
For Dan Klug's project The Fundamental Sound, it's all about simplicity. On his newly released album, "Lofi Grateful Dead," he played just drums, bass and a Wurlitzer electric piano and kept the produ...
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PROLIFIC DAVID GANS TALKS DAILY LIVESTREAM, UPCOMING GRATEFUL DEAD BOOK AND POST-GARCIA DEAD BANDS
Playing livestreams can be an obstacle for musicians accustomed to immediate, in-person feedback. For David Gans, the singer-songwriter-guitarist, author and radio host, it's been less of a challenge....
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NEVER TRUST A PRANKSTER: KEN BABBS SHARES HIS PSYCHEDELIC ADVENTURES WITH KEN KESEY AND THE DEAD IN ‘CRONIES’
The beatniks and hippies made indelible marks on American life. But what about the unnamed cohort in between, those too young to be contemporaries of Kerouac but too old to be driving the Summer of Lo...
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