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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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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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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JUSTIN MAZER CONFRONTS DEMONS ON ‘THE DREAM KILLER SUITE’
For his third solo album of the year, guitarist Justin Mazer decided to go all-in on progressive rock: a multi-part conceptual work that in its framework looks to the giants of the genre for inspirati...
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JERRY GARCIA & THE GRATEFUL DEAD: AN APPRECIATION
My earliest memories of the Grateful Dead are me being confused as to why people loved them so much. I didn't understand why, when I walked into a record store in Old Forge, Pa., on Aug. 9, 1995, the ...
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PEACH FESTIVAL 2018: PHIL LESH, UMPHREY’S MCGEE, MICHAEL FRANTI and MORE
Photos by Sam Watson The seventh annual Peach Music Festival on Montage Mountain in Scranton, PA, wrapped up last weekend with an exciting blend of classic rock royalty like Grateful Dead and Allma...
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HOLLY BOWLING FINDS THE KEYS TO THE GRATEFUL DEAD
You’d be hard pressed to find anyone who knows the music of the Grateful Dead and Phish, inside and out, better than Holly Bowling. And that includes the members of those iconic bands themselves. T...
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UNBROKEN CHAIN: GRAHAME LESH CONTINUES FAMILY LEGACY WITH MIDNIGHT NORTH
When many Grateful Dead fans talk about the band and their fellow Deadheads, they use the word "family." For Grahame Lesh, though, it goes a bit deeper than that. Lesh, the son of the Dead bass...
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