In High on a Mountain: An Oral History of Jamgrass in Colorado, music writer Nick Hutchinson explores the origins of jamgrass in the ...

“ Instead of just being fans of the band, Deadheads have become fans of the Dead’s music… and who you like to hear playing it seems to be...

She’s a quicksilver girl A lover of the world She spreads her wings And she’s free — Steve Miller, 1968 Reminiscent at times of the...

Originating in New England in 1971, Max Creek holds old-school jamband cred as being one of the original purveyors of the genre. Over the...

Stephen Inglis manages to find open space in the sometimes crowded field of Grateful Dead tributes. On Cut the Dead Some Slack, the...

Way down upon Seminole Square . . . Twenty-two years had passed since I was last at Skipper’s Smokehouse, so it was a long overdue treat...

MiZ, A Year Ago Today A Year Ago Today is a pleasant surprise from singer-songwriter Mike Mizwinski and his skilled band MiZ. The...

Steve Kimock came into wider public view when Jerry Garcia referred to him (in a 1988 Guitar Player Magazine interview) as his favorite...

The Disreputable Few Ain’t Who I was Colonel Records Over the years Los Angeles musicians Mark Tremalgia (guitar), Randy Ray Mitchell...

The Sound Field The Bucket List With a carefully crafted batch of songs and superlative musicianship, this CD reflects the soulful...

It’s been almost 50 years since Country Joe McDonald asked a generation of young people at Woodstock what they were fighting for in...

This 1980 Jerry Garcia Band version of “Mission in the Rain,” recorded at Kean College, is a worthy example of both Jerry at his vocal...

Among Deadheads, Kingfish is cultishly revered as Bob Weir’s finest side project and arguably one of his best musical endeavors outside...

When listening to Ocean of Storms, the experimental sounds of John Cage (or Phil Lesh and Ned Lagin) come to mind, as do some of the...

Emerging from Colorado back in 2005, Great American Taxi fused the Leftover Salmon-soaked vibe of Vince Herman with some of Boulder’s...

On assignment for Relix magazine in March of 2004, Nick Hutchinson had the pleasure of sitting down with guitarist and singer Bob Weir at...

In honor of Jerry Garcia, in what would have been his 76th spin around the sun this year, here’s a sprinkling of some of his acoustic...

It’s not hard to enjoy a beautiful summer night at Red Rocks — and when you add Warren Haynes with Jerry Garcia’s old “Tiger” guitar...

Kimock 2015 (Steve Kimock and his son John Morgan Kimock. Photo by Michelle Pattee.) TipJar: I remember hearing that you were one of...

Is your latest recording the Violet Project the first official release for Highway50? No it’s our second release. Our first was a 16-song...