A concert pays tribute to Willie Nelson, plus a reissue of Violent Femmes' debut and a new release from the mysterious Catbells.
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Music Reviews: Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir, Impressions with Jerry Butler, Orchestra Gold, and Howdy Glenn
The first solo album from the Grateful Dead's Bob Weir reappears with a bonus concert, plus Impressions with Jerry Butler, Orchestra Gold, and Howdy Glenn.
Read More »Music Review: Bob Weir Releases His Cowboy Album ‘Blue Mountain’
If 'Blue Mountain' represents a new, more prolific era for this music legend, Weir fans of all stripes have a lot to look forward to. Even if he takes another 16 years to complete another album, listeners can take comfort in the rich tones of this mature work. Now more than ever, the world needs the comforting, self-assured songs of Bob Weir.
Read More »Music Review: Holly Bowling – ‘Better Left Unsung’ (Solo Piano Tribute to the Grateful Dead)
On the surface, you might think that limiting the songs of a band that thrived on the interplay between various parts – most importantly the lead and rhythm guitars of Jerry Garcia and Bob Weir – wouldn't work, but you’d be mistaken. There is power and subtlety in these reinterpretations that I think Garcia would have admired, as his own personal tastes seemed to range to the more subdued and authentic soul of acoustic performances.
Read More »Grateful Dead 50th Anniversary Commemorated on Stage, on Screen, and on the Page
The Dead played their first documented concert at Magoo's Pizza Parlor on May 5, 1965.
Read More »Music Review: The Grateful Dead – Dick’s Picks Vol. 28
This release is a great opportunity to see what all the fuss was about and for fans to revisit the live concert experience.
Read More »Music Review: Grateful Dead – Dick’s Picks 27
Another chapter in The Grateful Dead's musical journey is reissued as a three CD set.
Read More »Music Review: Grateful Dead – Dick’s Picks 31 [4-CD Set]
It's a "wall of sound" from the Grateful Dead.
Read More »Music Review: Grateful Dead – Dick’s Picks 36: 9/21/72
The final release in the Dick's Picks series finds the Grateful Dead in fine form.
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