Bob Weir Rides Into the Sunset for the Last Time
The Grateful Dead co-founder Bob Weir’s passing away at age 78 is a significant loss for the music world, but his immense legacy will live on.
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Dead & Company Go Big for the Grateful Dead Tribute GD60
GD60’s celebration of 60 years of the Grateful Dead’s music features a cross-generational approach with sensational guest spots.
Terrapin Roadshow Takes the Gang to the Golden Road
Terrapin Roadshow taps into the “x-factor” that was a hallmark of Phil Lesh & Friends’ shows, searching for the sound and demonstrating how well they’ve learned.
Phish Rock for the Resistance in San Francisco and Hollywood
Extended jams like the 30-minute “Tweezer” feel like Phish and the audience are on a collective ride to a utopian sonic landscape of peace and harmony.
Goose’s Attempt to Solve the Studio Album Puzzle Is Superb
On Everything Must Go, Goose celebrate the past, unlock new possibilities, and deliver one of the best studio albums by a jam band to date.
Billy Strings Takes Over Berkeley’s Greek Theater
Guitar virtuoso Billy Strings has been on quite a roll over the past few years, winning widespread acclaim for his energetic live performances.
Phil Lesh & Friends Keep Terrapin Vibe Alive at Sunday Daydream
The beach park provides balmy breezes making the setting feel like a genuine paradise and even more so with Phil Lesh still crushing it like a man half his age.
Phish Sacrifice Ambience For Clarity on Live ‘Spectrum’ Box Set
With its antiseptic sound, The Spectrum ’97 box set can’t adequately substitute for what it was like to be there at a 1990s Phish show.
Billy & the Kids Bring “Daze of the Dead” to Halloween Fiesta
Billy & the Kids don’t aim to reproduce Grateful Dead’s sound, with the players pushing the envelope in tone and attack to give the band a more modern sound.
Goose Get Loose at the Fox in Oakland
Goose are one of those bands that must be seen in the live setting to “get” what they’re all about and feel the full impact of their high-level tone science.
Phish Torch the Greek Theater in Triumphant Return to Berkeley
Phish’s dazzling sonic alchemy in the improvisational second set shows why the Vermont tone scientists remain at the cutting edge of what live music can be.
Bob Weir & Wolf Bros Walk the Golden Road at the Guild Theater
There’s a historic vibe in the air of going down the “Golden Road” to the origins of the Grateful Dead in Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros Trio’s show in San Francisco.