Mickey Hart

Concert Whereabouts (April 16 - April 22)

Ben E. Kessler | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: The Mean Season, Washed Out, Mickey Hart, D.C. Concerts, Alex Winston, D.C. Around Town, Bad Brains, D.C. Music, The Roots, Cheyenne Marie Mize, Best of D.C., Eleanor Friedberger, DC News
Ben E. Kessler

Back to nearly a full week of music in D.C. for me. Cheyenne Marie Mize at Black Cat, Möbius Strip and The Andalusians at Crooked Beat Records, Shpongle at the 9:30 Cluband and the list goes on...

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Artists on a Mission

George Heymont | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Joshua Dylan Mellars, Film, Mickey Hart, David Driver, MacArthur Fellowship, Carlos Santana, Michael Daube, Play Like a Lion, Way of Life, National Endowment for the Arts, Ali Akbar Khan, Alam Khan, Video, Arts News
George Heymont

Two hugely inspirational documentaries recently screened at the San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival (Third i) examine artists who have found themselves (quite unexpectedly) on a mission that may well keep them occupied for the rest of their lives.

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Business Is Booming For The Grateful Dead

www.rollingstone.com | Posted 01.20.2012

Read More: The Epic Tour, Bill Kreutzmann, The Grateful Dead, Sales, Mickey Hart, Profits, Jerry Garcia, Grateful Dead, Grateful-Dead-Game, Business, Music, Ron Pigpen McKernan, Phil Lesh, Fifty News

Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart admits his band has always been wary of plastering its name or likeness onto products. "People would bring us sugges...

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There's a Fire on the Mountain

Mickey Hart | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Artistic Thinking, Education, The Grateful Dead, Mickey Hart, Humanities, Math and Science, Arts, Grateful Dead, STEM Education, Mickey Hart Huffington Post, Education News
Mickey Hart

The rhythm of the conversation for how we should educate our children, which tends to focus on science, technology, engineering, and math, is missing a beat: STEM needs an A, for the Arts.

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From The Grateful Dead to Rhythm Devils: A Conversation with Mickey Hart

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill Kreutzmann, Dalai Lama, World Music, Drums in Space, Davy Knowles, Jerry Garcia, Tim Bluhm, Sikiru Adepoju, The Other Ones, Rhythm Devils, Drums, The Library of Congress, Dick Lavala, Percussion, Mickey Hart, The Grateful Dead, Global Drum, American Folk Life Center, Dick's Picks, The Dead, Robert Hunter, Planet Drum, Andy Hess, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann, who make up the Rhythm Devils, are on the road with a gaggle of friends.

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Thank God It's Thursday: Miles Davis, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Charles Mingus, Tito Puente and Babatunde Olatunji

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Babatunde Olatunji, Eugene Wright, Carlos Santana, Legacy Edition, Gil Evans, Paul Desmond, Horace Parlan, Joan Baez, Miles Davis, Michael Cuscuna, Mickey Hart, John Coltrane, Fidel Castro, Dave Brubeck, Charles Mingus, Gunther Schuller, Carnegie Hall, Dannie Richmond, Ornette Coleman, The King of Mambo, Manuel De Falla, Tito Puente, Sony, Jazz, Entertainment News, Duke Ellington, El Rey, Joaquín Rodrigo, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Joni Mitchell, Frank Sinatra, Joe Morello, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Mostly celebrating jazz's 1959 frontier, six classic albums have been re-imagined as Legacy Editions, expanding each of the originals by adding an extra disc.

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The Dead Return ... and the Kids They Dance and Shake Their Bones

Ari Bendersky | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart, Jerry Garcia, The Dead, Warren Haynes, Bob Weir, Grateful Dead, Phil Lesh, The Dead Tour, The Dead Chicago Concert, The Dead Rosemont, Chicago News
Ari Bendersky

Does anyone want to hear Phil Lesh pontificate about organ donation? Possibly, but most really just want to hear the Dead classics.

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Grateful Dead Alum To Tour

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Grateful Dead, Grateful Dead Tour, Music, The Dead, Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES — It looks like the old Dead are gettin' on. Surviving members of the Grateful Dead say they'll regroup for a 19-city tour, their f...

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