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Plans filed in Marin for Phil Lesh's Terrapin Crossroads music barn

5277 days ago

Mercury News, California — As promised, original Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh commemorated the Aug. 1 birthday of his late bandmate, Jerry Garcia, by filing a use permit application to build his proposed Terrapin Crossroads music barn in Fairfax. more info

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An Interview With Gathering of the Vibes Founder Ken Hays

5296 days ago

Topix — It's May 13, a good two months out from the kickoff of this year's Gathering of the Vibes, at around 11 a.m. I'm on hold, waiting for Ken Hays, head Vibesman, to come to the phone, and the call-waiting music, naturally, is from a live Grateful Dead s... more info

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The Dark Star Orchestra Pours Light Into the Ashes of the Grateful Dead's Legacy.

5296 days ago

Topix — Even as the 16-year anniversary ofJerry Garcia's passing approaches this August, it's still a pretty good time to be a Deadhead. more info

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Quincy Mumford - Speak (album stream)

5298 days ago

Totally Fuzzy — 3 years, 300+ shows, and two award-winning albums to his credit, New Jersey-based singer/songwriter Quincy Mumford arrives at the release of his third album, "Speak" with a distinctive, polished musical style all his own. "More impressively, Mumfor... more info

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A new age for New Age music

5314 days ago

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Young bands including Animal Collective, Blues Control and others are incorporating sounds from the much disparaged genre.In late 2009, noise-pop group Animal Collective followed up its critics-poll-topping album "Merriweather Post Pavilion" with a s... more info

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Darkstar playing NYC after Pitchfork -- dates, live video, Warp

5317 days ago

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher UK Dubsteppy synth-pop trio Darkstar (no relation to Grateful Dead cover band Dark Star Orchestra) will be at quite a few festivals this summer. Most of them are in Europe but the band will head over to... more info

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Clarence Clemons, saxophonist for Bruce Springsteen, dies

5327 days ago

Guardian Music — Clemons, known as "the Big Man" for his 6ft 5in frame and his onstage presence, was an original member of the E Street BandClarence Clemons, the saxophonist who helped catapult Bruce Springsteen to fame, has died aged 69 following a stroke.Known as t... more info

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Joshua Light Show presents 'Fulldome' the Museum of Natural History (and other museum stuff)

5345 days ago

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis The Joshua Light Show is back in town this weekend, doing their old-school psychedelic visuals -- which provided hallucinatory effects for The Who, Jimi Hendrix, The Grateful Dead and others -- for the first time in a... more info

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Never mind the Blu-Tack: the rock poster goldrush

5353 days ago

Guardian Music — Would you pay six figures for a vintage rock poster? Dave Simpson on a booming market'If you buy a £10,000 watch, the day you walk out of the shop, it's worth £6,000," says Jeff Gold. "If you buy a £10,000 poster, it's a £10,000 poster. And, if y... more info

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Bob Weir makes history with the Marin Symphony's first Grateful Dead concert

5368 days ago

Mercury News, California — Classic rock and classical music came together Saturday night when the Marin Symphony teamed with the Grateful Dead s Bob Weir in what was surely the longest, strangest trip of a concert in the orchestra s 58-year history. more info

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