The Grateful Dead celebrated Independence Day Saturday night with a synchronized light show atop the Empire State Building in New York City that was broadcast live to the sold-out crowd at Chicago’s Soldier Field during the band’s encore performance of “U.S. Blues.” The LED tower lights glowed red, white and blue —… Source: RollingStone Link: Grateful […]

In 1968, only three years into their long, strange trip, the Grateful Dead came up with a radical idea for sharing their already singular, performing alchemy. Instead of taking their live experience to America city by city, they would bring the multitudes to the mountain. “We used to fantasize about… Source: RollingStone Link: The Grateful […]

Tweedy, a band featuring Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy alongside his son and drummer Spencer, appeared on CBS This Morning Saturday to perform a pair of songs off their debut LP Sukierae, “Wait for Love” and “Low Key,” as well as discuss the family medical emergency that inspired the album. On the program, Tweedy reveals that… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch […]

They came from the East, the West, the North and the South Side, pilgrims all: the stoned and the rehabbed, wistful greybeards and start-up dreamers, pungent trustafarians and parking-lot strivers, CEOs and short-sellers, doctors and lawyers, dealers and hustlers and Teva-strapped miracle-seekers, jackasses and zen masters, cowboys and card sharks,… Source: RollingStone Link: Grateful Dead's […]

One of the biggest exclusives on the newly launched Apple Music was the opening of The Pharmacy, a Beats 1 radio show hosted by Dr. Dre. At last, the Doctor has announced his office hours: The Pharmacy will debut July 4th at 6 p.m. EST. The hour-long program will broadcast new episodes on Beats… Source: RollingStone Link: Dr. Dre […]

Last night, the surviving “core four” members of the Grateful Dead began their three-night stand at Chicago’s Soldier Field after two earlier, quasi-warmup shows in Santa Clara, California, the weekend before. With it came the return not only of a certain sound — in last night’s case, the loose-and-nimble jamming… Source: RollingStone Link: The Dead […]

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Benedict XVI, emeritus pope and theologian, reflected on Saturday on classical music as an “encounter with the divine,” saying listening to Mozart helps him experience “very deeply the Lord’s presence.” Source: Yahoo Music Link: Benedict XVI is honored for keen devotion to church music

While Lil Wayne still waits to declare independence from Cash Money Records, the rapper has dropped a Fourth of July gift for fans: His long-awaited Free Weezy Album, now dubbed simply FWA. The mixtape comes a month after the rapper first announced that he was joining Jay Z’s streaming venture Tidal… Source: RollingStone Link: Lil Wayne […]

As the nation gears up to celebrate America's birthday, here are some Fourth of July highlights from around the country: Source: Yahoo Music Link: Hot dogs, hot music usher in July 4 weekend

The Libertines have shared the joyous music video for “Gunga Din,” the first single off their comeback LP Anthems for Doomed Youth, the British rockers first album in 11 years. In the video, we watch as the Libertines, led by Carl Barat and Pete Doherty, reconvene, get drunk and revel in… Source: RollingStone Link: Watch Libertines […]