Stereogum — For the past eight years, the Roots have brought their Roots Picnic festival to their Philadelphia hometown. And for the first time ever, as Billboard reports, the group will expand the festival to New York, the city where they now work as the Tonigh... more info

Rolling Stone — It was as simple as this, according to Bob Weir: "We all liked the look in each other's eyes. What eventually rattled out was this band." The Grateful Dead singer-guitarist was speaking on the eve of his second road trip – 24 dates in U.... more info

Mercury News, California — Dead and Company, featuring John Mayer, Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann and other players, performed a free show at the Fillmore in San Francisco. more info

Consequence of Sound — The bassist of Lukas Graham really got into last night's performance at the Billboard Music Awards. more info

Popdose — In the first half of the Aughts, '70s AM Radio called "modern" pop music and wanted it back. more info

Guardian Music — The legendary band may have bid a farewell last July, but their co-founder has never been busier – and he doesn’t even need the moneyIt’s the night before the year’s first rehearsal with John Mayer, and Bob Weir is strummi... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — METALLICA frontman James Hetfield and ex-VAN HALEN singer Sammy Hagar held their Acoustic-4-A-Cure concert on Sunday night (May 15) at The Fillmore in San Francisco. The event saw Hetfield perform an acoustic version of "Motorbreath", a song that fir... more info

Stereogum — It’s weird to see various old Grateful Dead members promoting things on late-night TV; it’s not a format that would seem very well-suited to what they do. Earlier this year, for instance, the Grateful Dead quasi-reunion Dead & Company — which f... more info

Consequence of Sound — Grateful Dead members and John Mayer delivered four-song performance amid a plume of pot smoke. more info

Mjsbigblog — Trent Harmon covers Sam Smith, Vince Gill, John Mayer and more in his regular Thursday night mini-concert. Watch it here. The post Trent Harmon Covers Sam Smith, Vince Gill (VIDEO) appeared first on mjsbigblog. more info