December 2011

Watch Phish Live from New York's Madison Square Garden at LivePhish.com. Order a four night pass for $55 or buy single night passes for $14.99 each and $19.99 for New Year's Eve.

Grateful Web's Aaron Dietrich had a few minutes today to speak to Head for the Hills' bassist, Matt Loewen.  Check out the interview below. Hope you enjoy!  Thanks a lot to Matt for his time and to Sean for setting this up. Head for the Hills is a great young progressive acoustic band -- go check them out when they're in your neck-of-the-woods!

A Grand Introduction

What a great way to kick into our 2nd set in the nation's capitol: Dark Star was proud to welcome Senator Al Franken to the stage of the 9:30 Club on Friday December 2. Adding humor and history, the Senator introduced the band with allusions to the intro he gave to the Dead at Radio City Music Hall in 1980. Maybe you were there in New York and remember...but if not, you can watch last Friday's introduction here.

Random Rab will close out an amazing year of live performances with a holiday gift for all to share: the release of his fourth album, Visurreal.

One of the most apparent struggles for the “core four” surviving members of the late Grateful Dead is how to follow up a musical career without going about continuing the music of their previous band. And as we all know, calling Grateful Dead a “band” is simply a misstatement. It was a way of life.

While the majority of the country prepares for winter and snow, global-rock instrumentalists Toubab Krewe are getting ready to spend the first few weeks of 2012 in a warmer climate. Toubab Krewe will start a 5-city Florida run on January 4th in Gainesville, and work their ‘dirty south meets African traditions’ all the way to Key West.