Country Joe McDonald had one of the most iconic moments at Woodstock — or any music festival, for that matter — leading the sea of hippies in the Vietnam protest ...

Concept albums are not a new phenomenon in the music industry. It has been around for decades, popularized by legendary ...

Dennis will have to live with this—and that’s a terrible thing to have to live with.” Astonishingly, the album and ...

Not every album is went to be a favourite amongst fans, but the trajectory of these albums went from the nadir of the ...

Over the course of their 25-year career, Umphrey’s McGee’s praises have been sung by countless critics and musicians. But few have been as dear to the Indiana improv-rock group’s heart as those of ...

SANTA CRUZ — Around the same time The Grateful Dead were developing a fervent following that embarked on pilgrimages to their many epic live shows, several other movements were happening ...

When word arrived that the Grateful Dead’s founding guitarist Bob Weir had died at 78 years old on Jan. 10, one of America’s most dedicated musical fan bases, the so-called “Deadheads,” went into ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. — When the jazz trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard invited his friend, the musician-producer Don Was, to headline a night at a jazz series Blanchard was curating for the Detroit ...

Gillian Welch & David Rawlings are known for their own songs — like the 10 on their wonderful 2024 album Woodland — but this spring they’ll be going on a short tour where they’ll play the songs of The ...

If you are new to the Grateful Dead and want to begin at the beginning, this list is for you. As the 1960s wound down, bands unwittingly created a garage rock scene by playing noisy versions of blues ...

Dark Star Orchestra has been performing Grateful Dead music for close to 30 years and 3,300 shows. Often, shows are recreations of entire concert set lists the original group performed. Deadheads are ...