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Trampled By Turtles' EPK Exclusive, Plus Conversations With Owl City's Adam Young, moe.'s Chuck Garvey, and Wounded Warriors

Mike Ragogna | Posted 04.22.2012

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Mike Ragogna

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Business Is Booming For The Grateful Dead

www.rollingstone.com | Posted 01.20.2012

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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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Jerry Garcia Documentary Planned

www.rollingstone.com | Posted 01.07.2012

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The late Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia will be the subject of a forthcoming feature-length documentary. Filmmaker Malcolm Leo, who has previous...

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WATCH: The Grateful Dead Stars In New Video Game

Aaron Sankin | Posted 12.20.2011

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The only thing that goes better with smoking weed than playing video games is listening to the Grateful Dead. However, other than blasting Dick's Pick...

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From Woody Guthrie to Little Nut Tree: Chatting With Rob Wasserman and Dan Zanes

Mike Ragogna | Posted 11.18.2011

Read More: Arlo Guthrie, Carol Channing, Charles Mingus, Rob Wasserman, Pete Seeger, G.E. Smith, Dan Zanes, Neil Young, Edie Brickell, Joan Osbourne, Bobby McFerrin, The Blind Boys, Sierra Leone Refugee Allstars, Madeleine Peyroux, Van Dyke Parks, Elvis Costello, Philip Glass, Bruce Hornsby, Matthew Broderick, Lou Reed, Woody Guthri, Chris Whitley, Tom Morello, Suzanne Vega, Studs Terkel, Wilco, Bob Dylan, Robert Johnson, Angelique Kidjo, Sheryl Crow, Del Fuegos, Nora Guthrie, The Grateful Dead, Michael Franti, Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell, Sharon Jones, Ani DiFranco, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

On Woody Guthrie: "in a short life he saw so much, but he was really present and there with people. I think he's just really vital, not just in his vision, but as a spokesman for America."

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PHOTOS: Dead Heads Paint The Park Tie-Dye For Jerry Garcia

Robin Wilkey | Posted 10.08.2011

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On Sunday, Dead heads took over McLaren Park for the 9th annual Jerry Day to honor the late Jerry Garcia, founder and frontman of the Grateful Dead. ...

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Gathering of the Vibes Music Festival Moves the Grateful Dead Tribe Forward

David Meerman Scott | Posted 10.04.2011

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David Meerman Scott

In 1996, Ken Hays formed Gathering of the Vibes, a place for Grateful Dead fans to come together, rock out to live music by bands in the Dead's jam band tradition, and keep the spirit of Jerry Garcia alive.

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Deadhead Takes Deer Hoof To The Head At Concert

Posted 09.27.2011

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After all these years, the scene in the parking lot outside a Grateful Dead concert is still a wild place. Just before entering Philadelphia's Mann...

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Heady Nuggs, Gummyskulls and a Box O' Dylan: Conversations With The Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne, Plus Jon Polk

Mike Ragogna | Posted 06.14.2011

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Mike Ragogna

Wayne: Sometimes, people think, "Wayne, that's such a quirky song," but I don't think it is. To me, if you were around me, you would think, "Oh yeah, you guys are sort of like that."

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There's a Fire on the Mountain

Mickey Hart | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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New Tunes On Monday: Conversations with Jimmy Eat World's Jim Adkins plus Pete Yorn

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Ragogna

Jimmy Eat World's new album crosses so many genres that will earn the band new fans from other formats.

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

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

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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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Paradise & Little Vigils: Conversations with Judy Collins and That Guy Mark Erelli

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Ragogna

Collins discusses her new album, which includes a song about 9/11 and a duet recorded with Joan Baez, and what it's like to have the President of the United States name his child after your record.

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Augustana & Beyond: A Conversation with Counting Crows' Adam Duritz

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Ragogna

The last time the Counting Crows Traveling Circus & Medicine Show toured, lead singer Adam Duritz says he "was taking steroids so heavily to keep my voice together that I almost lost a leg."

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Listening Booth 1970: A Conversation With Marc Cohn

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Ragogna

Listening Booth: 1970 is a concept album that compiles Marc Cohn's favorite -- and many would feel greatest -- songs from that year.

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Brilliant Dreams: Conversations with Indigo Girls and Sugarland's Kristian Bush

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Ragogna

The Indigo Girls' new live album Staring Down The Brilliant Dream is presented like a book. Is that supposed to imply the album's like a journal?

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De-Evolution and Indie Revolution: Conversations With Devo's Mark Mothersbaugh and OK Go's Damian Kulash, Plus Comic-Con Gets Loopz-y

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Ragogna

There is this cool little gizmo called a "Loopz" that creates sounds and beats depending on the user's physical interaction with it. An entity calling themselves The Loopz Band will be performing at Comic-Con.

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"Welcome to the Future": A Forward Looking Playlist for my High School Reunion

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Wild

When you're 40something, you're probably better off trying to live in the present tense and not in the past -- even at your high school reunion.

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Grateful Dead: A Look Back At History

nytimes.com | LARRY ROHTER | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Grateful Dead performed the last of their more than 2,300 concerts in 1995 and thus belong increasingly to history, not the present. Two related e...

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HuffPost Exclusives: R.E.M. and Cory Chisel, Plus Bruce Hornsby Interview, Big Star Box, Paolo Nutini Live, This Week's New Albums, and more...

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Ragogna

R.E.M. will be releasing Live At The Olympia, a 39-song, two CD set containing "working rehearsals" from 2007. I was lent a track that captures the band's energy and insightful views.

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In Honor Of Woodstock, The Best Rock Documentaries and Concert Films By Farr

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Farr

I've found that if you're equipped with a decent home theatre and quality speakers, it's hard to go wrong with a rock concert film.

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Thank God It's Thursday: Oklahoma's College of Rock with Scott Booker, Raphael Saadiq's New Video, Rhino's Digital 45s, More Woodstock, The Bee Gees, and Kimya Dawson

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Ragogna

Built on the whole School of Rock phenomenon, the University of Central Oklahoma has a new music division that teaches all aspects of popular music such as performance, production and business affairs.

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New Tunes On Monday: Wilco, The Mars Volta, Don Henley and Christina Courtin

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mike Ragogna

The songs on Wilco's self-titled album are laden with fat, beefy hooks although there isn't the usual amount of boundary pushing here.

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Facebook Reunites Deadheads at Madison Square Garden

Tommy Rosen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tommy Rosen

Thanks to Facebook, fellow Deadheads who were lost to us forever, all of a sudden, are there right in front of our faces with wives and husbands and children and jobs.

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Obama Meets With The Grateful Dead In The Oval Office

Washington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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The surviving (and formerly feuding) members of the Grateful Dead had a secret impromptu meeting Monday evening with the man they credit with reunitin...

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