From the monthly archives:

December 2006

Free Downloads On Dead.net

December 6, 2006

I was a little nervous when I heard that Rhino records was going to replace Grateful Dead Productions.  I had a feeling that they were going to try and squeeze every little penny of profit out of one of the most important musical archives of all time.  This still remains to be seen, but I [...]

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Years In Your Ears

December 5, 2006

There is an excellent documentary  called Years In Your Ears out about one of the best bands of the jam band era, Leftover Salmon.  The documentary features tons of live footage and interviews with Yonder Mountain String Band, String Cheese Incident, Sam Bush, Peter Rowan, Béla Fleck, John Cowan and tons of other musicians that [...]

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34th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Lineup Announced!

December 4, 2006

The Telluride Bluegrass Festival 2007 lineup was announced last friday! Looks like its gonna be another amazing festival. Some of the acts that I’m really looking forward to (in addition to all the usual greats) are Jackie Greene, Sparrow Quartet, Avett Brothers, The Infamous Stringdusters, and Chick Korea with Bela Fleck. Check it out! Here [...]

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Nels Andrews

December 1, 2006

I just stumbled upon a singer songwriter named Nels Andrews and have been listening to his album Sunday Shoes quite frequently. He is an amazing singer/songwriter from New Mexico. Nels has an acoustic Americana sound and while I hate comparing musicians he sort of reminds me of a cross between Tom Waits, Ryan Adams and [...]

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