Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Lockn' Festival (more by Jessica Giovanetti) The Grateful Dead celebrated their 50th anniversary this year with their "Fare Thee Well" shows in Chicago and Santa Clara that they recorded and released on CD/DVD, picked up a Grammy nomination fo... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Paris Review interviewed author Karl Ove Knaussgard. Amazon is developing a scripted series about the Grateful Dead. 83 year-end "best books of 2015" lists were added to the Largehearted Boy master aggregation yesterday (bringing the total number... more info

Stereogum — The Grateful Dead seemingly wrapped up their 50 years of existence with a series of farewell shows earlier this year, but it looks like their legacy could live on in the form of a limited TV mini-series. Deadline reports that Amazon is developing a b... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Taylor Swift, Garth Brooks and Billy Joel were the hottest concert attractions in 2015, according to ticket broker StubHub, and despite the death of its lead guitarist and singer 20 years ago, the reunited Grateful Dead found interest in the band’s... more info

Mercury News, California — Holiday shopping? Here are some gift ideas for the music fans on your list. more info

Stereogum — The National have been planning a Grateful Dead tribute compilation for years now, and next year, it’ll finally be out in the world. We already knew that Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon would be participating in some way, but now we know exactly what he... more info

Mercury News, California — Almost improbably, the turf underneath San Jose's City Hall near Fifth and Santa Clara streets suddenly has emerged as a battleground of history. more info

Mercury News, California — The legendary band forever associated with San Francisco had already been gigging in the South Bay and Peninsula as The Warlocks until it discovered that name was taken. On Dec. 4, 1965, the group played at an 'Acid Test,' in an old Victorian house w... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Adele's 25 is the week's most celebrated new album. Natalie Prass's Side By Side EP and Shovels & Rope's covers collection Busted Jukebox: Volume 1 are my favorite new releases. The Grateful Dead's Fare Thee Well is a 2-CD... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher photo by Monika Rivard The prolific Marco Benevento has been at it for over a decade, playing with The Grateful Dead's Phil Lesh, Phish's Trey Anastasio, Joe Russo and more. He's also a solo artist, and his... more info