Jerry Garcia News

Arthur Adams has had a musical career that would make even the hardest blues cynic smile. Beginning as a solo artist in the '60s and '70s, Adams quickly made a name for himself as both an exceedingly talented songwriter as well as a riveting performer. His list of collaborators includes such luminaries as B.B. King, Bonnie Raitt (on her Grammy award-winning album Nick Of Time), Nina Simone, Keb' Mo', Dr. John, Grateful Dead's Jerry Garcia, and many others. In recent years, he has teamed with Los Angeles indie label Cleopatra Records for reissues of his early albums as well as 2017's Look What The Blues Has Done For Me and a special guest appearance this year on the new Mitch Ryder album Detroit Breakout! And on July 19, Adams will release his newest effort Here To Make You Feel Good, which will be available on CD and digital everywhere!

Get ready to LOL this Father's Day! Join rising comedian and single father Jerry Garcia in all-new English language stand-up comedy special Jerry Garcia: It's Not My Weekend, premiering Friday, June 14th at 9:30pm ET/PT on HBO Latino®, and simultaneously across all of the channel's platforms including  HBO NOW®, HBO GO®, HBO On Demand® and partners' streaming platforms.   

The New York Guitar Festival and Arts Brookfield will present “Memphis Minnie: In Search of the Hoodoo Lady,” a free, outdoor concert celebrating the life and music of influential blues guitarist Memphis Minnie. The Saturday, June 1st, 7pm event will be held at Brookfield Place's Waterfront Plaza in lower Manhattan. 

With the recent success of partnerships with BabyMetal, Andy Black and Skillet, Z2 Comics continues to solidify their place as the premier creator of music-affiliated graphic novels. The company has entered in to their largest partnership to date creating a graphic novel for the iconic Grateful Dead. Grateful Dead Origins takes an in depth and personal look at the formation of one of the most important American rock bands of all time, exploring the early days of Jerry Garcia, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Pigpen, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart. The story of the band's transformation from a bar band performing as the Warlocks to becoming the creators of their own sound and forefathers for the jamband culture is depicted in the original story written by Chris Miskiewicz and illustrated by Noah Van Sciver. The graphic novel will be scheduled for release in early 2020. 

To celebrate the release of beloved songwriter, guitarist and singer JJ Cale's Stay Around, Because Music will release an exclusive 7' vinyl for Record Store Day on April 13. The B-side features “Worrying Off Your Mind,” a bonus track from 2009's Roll On.

Today Dave Harrington has announced a word tour with that includes dates in Moscow, Berlin, Oslo, Paris, London, San Fransisco, New York and Los Angeles. Tickets for all shows go on sale this Friday, April 5.

Ensemble for the Romantic Century (Eve Wolf, Executive Artistic Director) continues the 2018 - '19 season, ERC's 18th, with its final offering of the season, Hans Christian Andersen: Tales Real & Imagined by Eve Wolf. 

Through the years generations of Bluegrass lovers have flocked to legend Del McCoury for an exciting musical ride through the decades, beginning in the 1960s. SOPAC is proud to present multi-award-winner Del McCoury, along with multi-instrument virtuoso David Grisman, on March 20 at 7:30 p.m. Still going strong, these extraordinary musicians continue to explore, improvise and bring their proven talents to the stage to create a great concert experience.

 Congratulations to The Travelin' McCourys on their GRAMMY win for “Best Bluegrass Album,” announced today in Los Angeles, CA. The band's eponymous debut album was released on May 25th of last year after decades of playing-- the GRAMMY award pointing to both the band's work ethic and their innovative style of bluegrass which honors the genre's tradition and drives it forward. In the acceptance speech Rob McCoury thanked Del and Jean McCoury, saying “without them, none of this would have happened.” And it's true; few, if any, have blazed a musical path for their children the way Del has. Taking the torch, the Travelin' McCourys have proven that not only are they worthy; they're comfortable blazing a trail of their own. Earlier this month, Ronnie and Del McCoury spoke to Billboard about the nomination, the origins of the band, and more.

Milford Arts Council, The MAC presents a two-day indoor blues and bluegrass festival called The Souped Up Blues Grass Bash on January 12 and 13. It's an indoor weekend music festival that'll warm your heart, and a fantastic way to forget about a cold January weekend in the dead of winter!

Milford Arts Council, The MAC presents a two-day indoor blues and bluegrass festival called The Souped Up Blues Grass Bash on January 12 and 13. It's an indoor weekend music festival that'll warm your heart, and a fantastic way to forget about a cold January weekend in the dead of winter!

Some of the greatest musical moments happen only once, in a live setting, and if you're not there to experience them at the time, they're lost to history. But every now and then, a buried treasure is discovered that brings a lost moment back to life and thrills music fans. Such is the case with this recently unearthed live recording of the all-star bluegrass band the Good Old Boys playing at Margarita's Cantina, a Santa Cruz club, in February of 1975. 

MerleFest, presented by Window World, is proud to announce the initial lineup for MerleFest 2019, which will be held April 25-28. The annual homecoming of musicians and music fans returns to the campus of Wilkes Community College in Wilkesboro, North Carolina, in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The complete lineup for MerleFest 2019 will be announced over the next few months. Today's lineup announcement includes Wynonna & The Big Noise, Keb' Mo', The Earls of Leicester, Sam Bush, Tyler Childers, Peter Rowan and The Free Mexican Air Force, and many more. The 2019 Late Night Jam on Saturday, April 27th will start at 10:30 p.m. and run well past midnight, hosted by Chatham County Line. This very popular after-hours hootenanny in the Walker Center gathers many performers from the festival for impromptu artistic collaborations and one-of-a-kind superstar jams that have become legendary in the festival's history. Ticket sales for both the festival and Late Night Jam begin at 10 a.m. EST on Nov. 13th.

Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) presents the November Panel:General Manager and Attorney, and the Early Development of New Work on Thursday, November 15, 2018 at 7:30pm (networking at 7pm) at The Actors' Temple, 339 West 47th Street, New York, NY 10036. This panel is free for TRU members;$12.50 for non-members in advance ($15 at door).Please reserve using the bright red reservation box at https://truonline.org/events/general-manager-and-attorney/ or e-mail TRUStaff1@gmail.com.

On 'Caroline's Wings,' Seattle's Advertisement turn to both honesty and facetiousness as forms of catharsis, and they make no effort to hide their growing ambition. The single unveils a curiosity for vast, textured arrangements, a bitingly self-aware and wildly alive sense of humor, growing obsessions with the sounds of Now Again Records, Amon Duul, the Dead, and playful, surreal musings on the ridiculous character of love and nightlife.

Berkshire Theatre Group welcomes Melvin Seals and JGB (Jerry Garcia Band): How Sweet It Is Fall Tour 2018 at the Colonial Theatre on Thursday,October 11 at 7:30pm. Tickets are $39.

Jesus Sepulveda and fellow Latino comedians Jerry Garcia and Jose Sarduy bring the laughs to the Scherr Forum on Friday, October 26, 2018 at 7:30 pm.

Laila Ali, Bobby Bones, Jessie James Decker, Randy Jackson, Soledad O'Brien, Alli Webb and Carnie Wilson Comprise the Celebrity Judge Panel of The 2019 Miss America

The following acts are performing at City Winery Chicago (1200 W. Randolph St) throughout the month. All City Winery Chicago events are open to all ages and start at 8:00 p.m., unless noted.  Tickets can be purchased by calling 312-733-WINE (9463) or by visiting www.citywinery.com/chicago.

An exciting 2018 is underway for The Bluegrass Situation, the multifaceted and ever-evolving media company, co-founded by actor and banjo player Ed Helms, that has been redefining roots culture since 2012. Today, the movement better known as BGS is pleased to announce the addition of three new podcasts to their in-demand podcast network through which listeners tune in from around the globe to hear fresh discourse on all things roots. Plus, BGS reveals details on their third annual Shout & Shine Showcase to be held Monday, Sept. 24 at the North Carolina Museum of History. Continue reading to hear everything that BGS has been up to and what's still to come in 2018, including exciting tribute concerts, presenting shows at Red Rocks Amphitheater, curating festival stage lineups on two continents, launching BGS-UK, and so much more.