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Watch Carlos Santana, Bob Weir in a Preview of Tonight's Jerry Garcia 70th Birthday Tribute Webcast

08/03/2012 at 12:00 pm

Ebet Roberts/RedfernsA preview of the webcast event marking Jerry Garcia's 70th birthday taking place tonight at Bob Weir's state-of-the-art TRI Studios in San Rafael, California, has been posted at RollingStone.com.  "Move Me Brightly" will feature a variety of performances, a special video interview with Carlos Santana, the reading of a poem written in Jerry's honor by David Crosby and appearances by a number of the late Garcia's fam read more ≫


Anita Baker Prepping New Album for Fall

08/03/2012 at 9:00 am

Blue Note RecordsAnita Baker is gearing up to deliver a new album on October 23.  The set is titled Only Forever, and will be the R&B singer's first release since 2005's Christmas Fantasy, and before that, 2004's My Everything. 

The new album will feature 10 tracks that, according to EMI, embody "the same classic music that [Anita] is known for, but with a modern twist."  More information on Only Forever will be revealed on Baker's official website, AnitaBaker.com.

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Grateful Dead's Spring 1990 Tour Showcased in Expansive Limited-Edition Box Set

08/03/2012 at 6:00 am

Rhino/Dead.netA limited-edition 18-disc box set documenting The Grateful Dead's spring 1990 North American tour will be released on September 1. 

Spring 1990 will feature audio from six complete concerts that the band played during the three-week trek, which took place from mid March to early April of that year.  Only 9,000 copies of the package will be sold, each one numbered, and the set is available now for pre-order at Dead.net for $199.98. read more ≫


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