Dark Star Orchestra Stories

This Week’s Shows | October 9 – October 16

The Lone Bellow @ Thalia Hall 10/9 & 10/10Folk-rock trio The Lone Bellow recently released the excellent record Walk Into A Storm, which solidified their harmony-laden sound. With a live show that surpasses the emotional energy and technical ability of their studio songwriting, these intimate dates will become a must-see for fans and newcomers alike.Iron &...

Roll Tape! Should “Record Everything” Replace “Keep Your Publishing” As A Band’s Golden Rule?

By: Steven Jurgensmeyer, Founder/Editor at AllMusicBooks.comIt was a trend started forever ago, in jazz dens, bluegrass festivals and folk haunts. Fans would recordsecretly and not so secretlytheir favorite musicians of the day, who plied their trade set after set, night after night. The Grateful Dead famously took that notion to the Nth...

These Official Wanee 2017 Videos Are Incredible

The Southern USA is the place to be this weekend.  With Sweetwater 420 Fest in Atlanta and Wanee in Florida, jam acts are making the festival rounds.Wanee has seen several of our favorites on the same days, and they've not been shy about doing a little collaboration.The official YouTube channel of the fest (...

Recap / Photos / Video: Dark Star Orchestra @ The Vic 1/31/14

Dark Star Orchestra set the flux capacitor back to 1983 for the sold out crowd at Chicago's Vic Theater on Friday, but then used the time travel juice from a pair of special guests to reach back ten more years during an extended encore.The Grateful Dead's May 15th performance at Greek Theater in Berkeley served...