Mercury News, California — More than 50 years after the Grateful Dead and its extended family defied all the rules of the music industry, becoming one of the most successful and iconic rock acts on the planet anyway, four of the band's elders gathered in San Rafael one evening... more info

Chicago Tribune — Phish: The quartet, decade-long rulers of the jam-band universe created by the Grateful Dead, tour relentlessly, but they always seem to be at their best whenever they play the UIC Pavilion, their multi-night stands inevitably inspiring a level of re... more info

Guardian Music — (Sugar Hill Records) This album is subtitled Bluegrass Songs by Robert Hunter and Jim Lauderdale, and it's the input from Hunter that makes it special. He was, after all, the lyricist for the Grateful Dead, and responsible for co-writing their folk a... more info

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

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

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

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

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

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

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