Because you dared dream this might happen one day… Because you went down to the Gypsy Woman and offered up your first-born to try to make it happen… Because there are enough passionate Dead Heads at Rhino/GD who thought it might be cool for this to happen… It’s happening! Coming in September is a gargantuan, beautifully designed EUROPE ’72 MEGA-BOX SET containing ALL 22 SHOWS of what is arguably the greatest tour the Grateful Dead ever played, on a whopping 60+ DISCS (over 70 hours of music!).

Marco Benevento will perform at this weekend's Winterfest On The Mountain up in Nederland, Colorado.  Other artists scheduled to appear include:  Wicked Messanger featuring Adam Aijala & Ben Kaufman of Yonder Mountain String Band, Billy Nershi, Springdale Quartet, Cornmeal, Charlie Hunter, Elephant Reviv

Scala & Kolacny Brothers, the other-worldly, all-female Belgian indie rock choir led by pianist/composer Steven Kolacny and his brother, conductor Stijn Kolacny, will play the 2011 Coachella festival in April, with a slot on the festival's first day, Friday, the 15th.

My wife and I are both Deadheads. Neither of us gets out to shows as much as we used to now that we have a family, but a few years ago I bought her a Phil and Friends ticket for Christmas. She got to go to the show while I stayed home and watched the kids. I wasn’t up to snuff on the line-up as I’ve paid pretty scant attention to the Dead spin-offs for one reason or another.

I had never attended a live eTown radio show before, and didn’t know whether to expect a “Prairie Home Companion” type experience or a full-blown concert. What I found was the best of both worlds; insightful interviews intermixed with live music and an enthusiastic crowed.