Z, Celine Dion, Carrie Underwood and more of our favorite songs about being thankful to celebrate Thanksgiving.

Three decades after the passing of Jerry Garcia, his beloved bandmate and lifelong friend in the Grateful Dead, Bob Weir, who turned 75 last month, has learned not to fear death. In fact, he says, “I ...

Basketball legend Bill Walton's death on Monday sparked instant tributes for the gregarious live he led on the court and at the mic. Outside of basketball, Walton was a major Deadhead. He was probably ...

The Dead set the stage for generations of jam bands. At the same time, folk, bluegrass, and country music made up the heart of their sound for years. As a result, many high-level country and bluegrass ...

Best of 2024: Formed in Palo Alto, California in 1965, the Grateful Dead are remembered for a great many things: for their counter-cultural tendencies and enthusiasm for mind-expanding drugs; for ...

The keepers of the Grateful Dead vault, overseen by chief archivist David Lemieux, must have been hard pressed to adequately commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of the iconic band's formation. After ...

Deadheads had a lot to be Grateful for this year. Throughout 2022, the music never stopped in the land of the Grateful Dead. Through both archival releases and new recordings, the band and its ...

In a town as musically rich as ours, the phrase “hardest working musician in Santa Cruz” is a big club. That said, Matt Hartle most definitely has a lifetime membership. A scholar of the Grateful Dead ...

A partial list of some music-themed books that came out in 2025 about such acts as the Beatles and the Cars, and memoirs by ...

“People who like the Grateful Dead are like people who like licorice,” said Jerry Garcia. “Not everybody likes licorice, but the people who like licorice really like licorice.” Along with recognizing ...

We hope you're ready for a big summer in the land of the Dead. Nearly 60 years since its inception, the Grateful Dead is very much alive in the public consciousness, thanks to the unfathomable impact ...