In modern music, it seems studio perfection is increasingly favoured over genuine alchemy. It is now common for artists to be spending anywhere between three…
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The Grateful Dead
Neal Cassady is one of the most fascinating and mysterious figures in American history. An intellectual and a bigamist, a drug-taker and a spiritual visionary,…
If you were to name 5 composers who changed the path of music or realised music’s potential, Karlheinz Stockhausen would be one of them. He…
Occasionally an artist comes along that impacts music and imprints the collective psyche of the time in a way that can only be called unique….
A graphic novel detailing the early years of The Grateful Dead is coming out in early 2020, distributed via Z2 comics.
Written by Chris Miskiewicz…
As society nervously shifted towards a new decade the times they were a changing. The counterculture was at it’s zenith, drugs were become more wildly…
5 months after the release of their psychedelic masterwork Aoxomoxoa, The Grateful Dead were $180,000 in debt to Warner Bros thanks to the album’s extensive production…
Neuroscience recently revealed that listening to relaxing music can relieve anxiety by up to 65 percent. From the mellow-suave of jazz to the vast toll…
On a night in 1974, sound engineer Stan ‘Bear’ Owsley stood alone in an empty theatre – the former Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. Rumoured…
It’s starting to look like Woodstock 50 won’t go ahead. However, while we won’t be celebrating the anniversary of the iconic event with a festival,…
Early cinema speakers were less than impressive, but if there’s someone you can thank for improving your motion picture experience, it’s James B. Lansing (A…
Christmas for wax lovers is just around the bend and the bells are surely ringing.
Record Store Day is fast approaching and on April 13th…
Deadheads, this one’s all yours. A career-spanning photo book detailing the life and times of The Grateful Dead is on it’s way, heralded as a…
