For so long the icons of the counterculture, the Grateful Dead seemed like they'd always run far afield from the popular tastes of Top-40 radio. And it didn't seem like it bothered them one bit. Until ...

People have been listing their ten favorite Grateful Dead songs on Bluesky, following a post from @inthefade, and The Mountain Goats‘ John Darnielle joined in. His list includes “Jack Straw,” “He’s ...

Photo: Dean Budnick On Sunday night, Dec. 8, President Joe Biden hosted the 47th Annual Kennedy Center Honors at the John F.

At the same time, the Dead—especially Garcia and his longtime friend and lyricist Robert Hunter—began writing songs steeped in country, folk music, and Old West Americana tall tales.

Indeed Mssrs Weir, Kreutzmann and Hart were in attendance to receive their awards. Bassist Phil Lesh, who died in October ...

Jim Marshall San Francisco publisher Chronicle Books has announced the forthcoming release of a new page-turner for fans and ...

Joe Biden held his final Kennedy Center Honors last night, paying tribute to the Grateful Dead, Bonnie Raitt, and Francis ...

Here’s a look back at how the Dead went rootsy and never turned back. As the ’60s gave way to the ’70s, the Grateful Dead had ... they were going to build a song-oriented album.

It was 1975, and the Grateful Dead was as creatively restless as always — though the LSD probably had something to do with it. They were preparing to record a live album in this hall, and the band ...