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Bobby Weir Confirms Run of New Years Shows in Fort Lauderdale
by Josh Sharpe - October 03, 2024 Bobby Weir will be performing six nights in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, celebrating New Years and the Year of the Snake. December 27, 28, 30 and 31 will see Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros featuring The Wolfpack performing at Broward Center for the Performing Arts. Bobby Weir with Wolf Bros Trio will perform a...
Bobby Weir Curates Second Annual Dead Ahead Festival 2025
by Josh Sharpe - September 17, 2024 Bobby Weir will be curating the second annual Dead Ahead Festival with Playa Luna Presents. Set to take place January 9-13, 2025, a legendary lineup of musicians will take the stage at Moon Palace Resort in Riviera Cancún, Mexico....
Bay Area Group Cardboard People Releases 'Falling Awake' Single
by Josh Sharpe - August 13, 2024 Bay Area group Cardboard People shares “falling awake” alongside the announcement of their concept album, Tigress Lane due October 25 featuring collaborations with Del the Funky Homosapien, Caitlin Cobb-Vialet, and Ellie Stokes....
40th Anniversary Edition of Thomas Dolby's 'The Flat Earth' Coming This Month
by Josh Sharpe - June 17, 2024 In celebration of 40 years of The Flat Earth, BMG is releasing an expanded, 40th Anniversary Edition of the album. As well as the complete tracklisting from the original record, the special release of the anniversary edition includes live tracks, rare mixes and alternate versions of songs from the i...
Marc Ribot Teams Up With Finnish Psychedelic Folk Duo Tuomo & Markus For New Song
by Stephi Wild - April 01, 2024 Fresh from their multiple shows at SXSW 2024, Finnish indie folk artists Tuomo & Markus share theirnew single, 'Waiting Room' (Grandpop Records), featuring legendary guitarist/artist/political activist Marc Ribot (Tom Waits, Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Black Keys, T Bone Burnett) and Nordic jazz t...
Bobby Weir, Mickey Hart & More Join Playa Luna's Dead Ahead
by Michael Major - September 11, 2023 The event will celebrate the Grateful Dead songbook featuring two nights of curated collaborations themed “Dead Ahead” with Bobby Weir, Mickey Hart, Jeff Chimenti, Oteil Burbridge, Don Was & Jay Lane featuring Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Rick Mitarotonda, Margo Price and very special guest Sturgil...
Goose and LP Giobbi Unite for New Cross-Collaboration
by Michael Major - August 15, 2023 Goose reimagines LP Giobbi’s “All I Need” – from her acclaimed 2023 debut album, Light Places (and not to be confused with their own song of the same name) – and delivers an instant dance-rock classic, putting their signature spin on the ethereal electronic original, with singer/guitarist Rick Mitar...
GRATEFUL DEAD MEET-UP 2023 Coming to Theaters
by Michael Major - May 04, 2023 Featuring the Dead’s Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart, and with Bruce Hornsby and Vince Welnick on keys, the Soldier Field show was filled with fan favorites, including “Shakedown Street,” “Brown-Eyed Women,” “Playing In The Band,” “Terrapin Station,” “Dark Star,” and ...
Global Music Collective The Scooches Release New Single 'Stop This Climate Change' For Earth Day
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 21, 2023 Global music sensation The Scooches have released a vital new single entitled 'Stop This Climate Change,' a poetic and uplifting call to action fraught with cataclysmic imagery, yet infused with the desire for change....
Dave McMurray Returns with 'Grateful Deadication 2' Grateful Dead Tribute Album
by Michael Major - April 05, 2023 The follow-up to his acclaimed 2021 tribute album which once again finds the saxophonist reimagining the songs of the Grateful Dead with his gritty and soulful Detroit sound joined by guests including Oteil Burbridge, Bob James, Jamey Johnson, Greg Leisz, and Don Was. Watch the video for “Scarlet Be...
Sara Bareilles to Perform Benefit Concert at the Capitol Theatre In Port Chester, NY Tomorrow
by Michael Major - October 05, 2022 The full length concert is exclusively performed by Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles, who recently completed an eight-week engagement of the fantasy musical, “Into The Woods” on Broadway. Sara’s self-described “piano based pop soul” and powerful lyrics give voice to the diffic...
New Riders of the Purple Sage Announce 'Lyceum '72' Live Album From Grateful Dead Tour
by Michael Major - August 08, 2022 Recorded on a 16-track machine by noted Dead engineers Betty Cantor, Janet Furman, Bob Matthews, Rosie (McGee), and Wizard (the team which also recorded the Dead’s classic Europe ’72 performances), these tapes were mixed by current Grateful Dead engineer Jeffrey Norman and mastered by Grammy®-winner...
Zero Announces 'Naught Again' High-Fidelity Double Vinyl Release
by Michael Major - July 25, 2022 Released on CD and digital earlier this year, the record consists of performances newly mixed by Emmy-nominated producer/engineer Brian Risner from the original multi-track tapes recorded by Dan Healy (Grateful Dead) in 1992 at The Great American Music Hall in San Francisco. Plus, check out upcoming...
Brian Woodbury to Release 'Rhapsody & Filigree' the 4th and Final Volume of the 'Anthems & Antithets' Series
by Michael Major - June 27, 2022 Woodbury has released eleven albums, including the current 4-volume Anthems & Antithets. He creates music videos for his songs, most recently “Gimme Some of That Old Time Prog,” a spot-on sendup of prog rock. His songs have been sung by Nathan Lane, Lisa Loeb, Terre Roche & David Yazbek. ...
Jim Irsay Collection Acquires Janis Joplin 'Me and Bobby McGee' Acoustic Guitar
by Michael Major - June 22, 2022 Joplin eventually would record the song in Los Angeles a few days before her October 1970 death. Released as a single a few months later, it went on to become her signature song and only number one hit. After her death, her J-45 was given to close friend and collaborator Bob Neuwirth, who taught her...
Courtney Jaye Releases New Album 'Hymns and Hallelucinations'
by Michael Major - May 23, 2022 Tropicali Records and acclaimed Kaua’i/Los Angeles-based songwriter Courtney Jaye are pleased to announce the release of Hymns and Hallelucinations, the highly anticipated and ambitious new LP with accompanying full-length album visual/'video trip.'...
Courtney Jaye Releases 'Part Three: The Death' From Upcoming LP & Short Film
by Michael Major - April 20, 2022 Tropicali Records and acclaimed Kaua’i/Los Angeles-based songwriter Courtney Jaye are pleased to present Part Three: The Death, the third installment of Jaye’s highly anticipated short film and full-length album, Hymns and Hallelucinations, a new body of work that culminates in a short film. Watch t...
Zero Announces "Naught Again" Live Album
by Marissa Tomeo - April 01, 2022 Zero Announce Naught Again Live Album Featuring Unissued 1992 Performances at San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall. The lead single, “End Of The World Blues,” is available now. The Double-CD/Digital will be out on May 20, and the double-vinyl is out on October 14 via Omnivore Recordings. The al...
Courtney Jaye Releases 'Part Two: The Journey' From Upcoming Album
by Michael Major - March 29, 2022 Tropicali Records and acclaimed Kaua’i/Los Angeles-based songwriter Courtney Jaye are pleased to present Part Two: The Journey, the second installment of Jaye’s highly anticipated short film and full-length album, Hymns and Hallelucinations. Watch the music video for the new track now!...
Camp Greensky Unveils 2022 Lineup
by Michael Major - March 25, 2022 Performers include Little Feat, Sammy Rae & The Friends, Steve Kimock, flatpicking phenom Jon Stickley, Jerry Garcia collaborator Peter Rowan, a rare reunion of Colorado's Wayword Sons ft Benny 'Burle' Galloway, Pacific Northwest up and comers TK & the Holy Know-Nothings, as well as a handful of Mic...
Courtney Jaye Announces 'Hymns And Hallelucinations' Album
by Michael Major - March 07, 2022 Tropicali Records and acclaimed Kaua’i/Los Angeles-based songwriter Courtney Jaye are pleased to announce Hymns and Hallelucinations, the highly anticipated and ambitious new album with accompanying full-length album visual. Listen to then ew singles and watch the new short film now!...
Scott Fisher Shares New Album '93 Miles'
by Michael Major - October 26, 2021 Scott Fisher has shared his new album 93 Million Miles, out via 1 A.M. Music. The album’s release follows on the heels of catchy, groove-filled singles “Victor or the Vanquished” and “The Right Way.” Listen to the new album now!...
Scott Fisher Announces New Album, Shares 'The Right Way'
by Michael Major - August 27, 2021 The his first release since 2019, Fisher wrote his new album throughout the pandemic. '93 Million Miles' features six original songs, plus covers of Bob Dylan, the Grateful Dead, and more....
Grateful Dead & Rhino Partner With The Coda Collection to Present A Series of Exclusive Archival Content
by Michael Major - August 25, 2021 The Grateful Dead and Rhino have partnered with The Coda Collection to present professionally filmed live performances from the iconic band. Starting with the Grateful Dead's summer tour in 1989, The Coda Collection will stream a series of exclusive content from 1989-1991....
Dave McMurray Releases New Album 'Grateful Deadication'
by Sarah Jae Leiber - July 16, 2021 Grateful Deadication was announced last month with the video for a transcendent version of Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter’s “Loser,” featuring Grateful Dead co-founder Bob Weir, alongside Bettye LaVette and Weir’s Wolf Bros bandmates Don Was, Jay Lane, Jeff Chimenti, and Greg Leisz.... |