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Music has always been a medium for artists to express their admiration, fascination, and sometimes even criticism of royalty. From kings and queens to emperors and sultans, musicians have found inspiration in the regal figures that have played a significant role in shaping history. As a result, there is a vast collection of songs that

Photo Credit: Bob Minkin Last night, Nov. 17, Bobby Weir & Friends celebrated the 50th anniversary of the legendary non-profit music venue Sweetwater

Photo Credit: Hana Gustafson Over the weekend, Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros pulled through the great Pacific Northwest region of the United States in

Last night Bobby Weir & Wolf Bros kicked off their fall tour at the Palace Theater in Waterbury, Conn. The ensemble comprised of Bobby Weir, Jay Lane,

A 50th-Anniversary Edition of Cat Stevens’ Teaser and the Firecat Last year’s holiday season witnessed the release of massive 50th-anniversary editions of Cat Stevens’s Mona Bone Jakon and Tea for the Tillerman, both of which originally appeared in 1970. Now comes an equally hefty box set to mark the golden anniversary of Teaser and the Firecat, the 1971 follow-up to those LPs. Even more popular than Tillerman, the multi-platinum Teaser made it all the way to number two on the U.S. charts ...

Joe Russo’s Almost Dead kicked off their three night run at the Wellmont Theater in Montclair, NJ last Thursday to a packed house on a warm fall evening. This run was rescheduled from just over a year ago as a result of the covid-19 pandemic. Despite an injury to Tom Hamilton, the band delivered their unique take on the Grateful Dead without a hitch and made many new fans in the process.

The Grateful Dead launched their storied "Formerly The Warlocks" run at Hampton Coliseum run on this date in 1989.

Copy shortlink: You didnt expect Bob Dylans first streamed concert to be like any other acts, did you? "Shadow Kingdom" — which premiered Sunday afternoon, of all times — is an intimate, artful performance, filmed in black-and-white in a tiny, smokey club. The musicians wore COVID masks (except for Dylan) and the audience members did not because they were actors, who were smoking, drinking and occasionally dancing. This wasnt a livestream. Thats not Dylan. Billed as ...

Bob Dylan Performs Streaming Show Out Of Santa Monica Bob Dylan has returned to live performance for fans globally via streaming with his first show since 2019. The one-off streaming event, titled ‘Shadow Kingdom’, saw Dylan setlist covering his predominately early years, in contrast to his usually ‘current album focused’ shows. In some cases Dylan dug deep. The rare ‘Oh Mercy’ track ‘What Was It You Wanted’ had not been plated since 1995. Dylan had not performed the ‘John Wes...

  Echoing the 60s psychedelic happenings around Stanford University, Bert Keely has woven two remarkable careers - as a pioneering Silicon Valley computer engineer and a wonderfully versatile guitarist. During the dotcom boom, the band he co-created - the Flying Other Brothers - made some phenomenal music, worth a new listen and now collected in the new limited-edition box set Circle Back! A 20-year retrospective featuring the Flying Other Brothers, Circle Back! includes three full-length al...