Any honky-tonk band that works four sets without playing at least one song by Merle Haggard needs to be given a lesson in music history. “Workin’ Man Blues,” “Okie From Muskogee,” “I Think I’ll Just Sit Here and Drink” – the list of songs by The Hag that help define country music goes on and [...]

  An incredible treasure trove of Bob Dylan photos recently surfaced online. Here’s some of our favorite shots of Dylan with other famous musicians, taken over a period of 40 years.  

Another day, another Neil Young video. Awhile back, we brought you the music video for “Ramada Inn,” the first track to emerge from Neil Young and Crazy Horse’s double LP Psychedelic Pill. In the vein of Americana, the album Young and Crazy Horse dropped earlier this year, each Psychedelic Pill track will have it’s own [...]

It’s become a bit of a cliché among music fans who don’t consider themselves Deadheads to dismiss the band’s studio albums with the exception of 1970’s divine doubleheader, Workingman’s Dead and American Beauty. That’s a bit of an oversimplification, but there’s no doubting that there’s a certain magic about those two albums and the songs [...]

American Songwriter will be posting live updates from the Wakarusa music festival in Ozark, Arkansas Weir, Robinson, & Greene Acoustic Trio Wakarusa 5/31/12 After entering into the beautiful Wakarusa grounds, surrounded by Ozark Mountains of Arkansas, we quickly set up camp and made our way to the main stage just as the sun began to [...]

From his early days working in his Dad’s drum shop through his years with the Grateful Dead to his diverse work as a solo artist and ethnomusicologist, Mickey Hart has been fascinated with the inner workings of rhythm, melody and harmony. His latest album, Mysterium Tremendum, combines the lyric poetry of Robert Hunter, the rhythmic [...]

Mickey Hart Band Mysterium Tremendum (360 Productions) Rating: Grateful Dead drummer/percussionist Hart mirrors his band’s penchant for cheesy cover art, but that’s where the similarities end. There’s lots of cosmic speechifying in Hart’s liner notes that connects this group’s funky space/soul sound with the music of the universe (or something), yet the songs, about half [...]

Today, Shout! Factory releases All The Years Combine: The DVD Collection, a 14-disc boxed set of live Grateful Dead DVDs — it’s quite the stash, to say the least. In order to prep you for the many days of viewing pleasure that lay ahead of you, here’s the Dead performing a beautiful rendition of “Ripple” [...]

Win a copy of the new Grateful Dead DVD collection! The deluxe 14-DVD boxed set, All The Years Combine: The DVD Collection, is the ultimate collection of the Grateful Dead’s live-concert videos. To enter, click the button below and tell us your favorite Grateful Dead lyric. We’ll pick a winner on April 27.

Grateful Dead All The Years Combine – The DVD Collection (Shout! Factory) Rating: What’s the matter, Mr./Ms Deadhead? The recent release of every note played on the famed Europe ’72 tour (73 discs worth) was not enough? Well then it’s time to add another box to that ever expanding Dead live bookcase with this set [...]

The Grateful Dead played the Capitol Theatre 18 times in a one-year span from 1970-1971. Many fans think those shows were some of the best the band ever played. The 1,835-seat Port Chester, New York, venue was built in 1926 and was designed by Thomas Lamb, one of the preeminent architects of theaters and cinemas. [...]

Calling all Deadheads: Does your cover of “Loser” make you feel like a winner? Can your banjo turn “Truckin’” into bluegrass gold? Do your vocals on “Sugaree” ring with more passionate ease than Jerry Garcia’s? Okay, that last one was a stretch. He’s a legend. But if you have the chops to cover one of [...]