A weekly audio postcard from the wide musical world of America’s best-loved band!
David Gans Reminder: every Wednesday morning we post a show from the Grateful Dead Hour archives on DeadNet. The last five weeks were the series of shows that aired after Jerry Garcia’s death in August 1995. Today, by popular request, I posted the next one in that series: gdh 366, an all-music show featurng the deepest jams … Read more
KRSN AM 1490 starts the GD Hour tonight (Wed 10/8) at 7:00 pm Mountain Time. They stream online, too – just click on the red radio! GD Hour station list
Week of October 6, 2008 Part 1 35:11 Grateful Dead, Road Trips vol 1 no 4: From Egypt with Love I NEED A MIRACLE Interview: Donna Jean Godchaux-Mackay Grateful Dead, Road Trips vol 1 no 4: From Egypt with Love I GOT MY MOJO WORKIN’-> THE OTHER ONE Part 2 20:44 Interview: Donna Jean Godchaux-Mackay … Read more
* KPFA is taking a break from fundraising this weekend, but we’d like to encourage you to still support us by pledging online. So why should you give your money to KPFA? Consider for a moment the impact that our programming has on activism locally, regionally, and even nationally, whether musicians — such as Free Peoples last Wednesday … Read more
David Crosby and Graham Nash will perform at Music for Democracy’s Be The Change Fundraiser on October 12th in New York City. Sunday, October 12, 2008. Artists’ reception 4:30 pm, music 5-7pm. St. Raphael’s Cathedral, 502 W 41st, New York City. Proceeds from this event will go to Music For Democracy’s BE THE CHANGE campaign … Read more
I don’t know why no one tells me about these things. Mickey Hart and Zakir Hussain’s wonderful Global Drum Project is on the road right now. Here’s a story about it on jambase, with the dates.
The legend of the Grateful Dead Egypt 1978 tapes was that “the piano was out of tune.” Here’s a piece of an interview I did with John Cutler recently in which he addresses that question. The full interview – including John’s tale of attempting to wire up the King’s Chamber to use as a reverb … Read more
Bluegrass legend (and that is exactly the word!) Dr Ralph Stanley endorses Barack Obama in this radio ad that’s airing in Virginia. “Howdy, friends. This is Ralph Stanley, and I think I know a little something about the families around here,” the spot runs. “Barack’ll cut taxes for everyday folks — not big business — … Read more
Check this out, from Fran Snyder of concertsinyourhome.com: I’ve been doing a lot of house concerts lately. They’re a lot more fun than some of the club gigs I’ve done, for many reasons. First and foremost, the purpose of the gathering is music, not beer sales or mating rituals (not that there’s anything wrong with … Read more