This edition of Notes From The Jazz Underground was culled from the May 27th broadcast.If the theme of this playlist is "All Around the World", we'll cop to it being a fairly loose one.The first hour was dedicated to Latin jazz, with some amazing music from Chinchano -- a local band that needs...

This edition ofNotes From The Jazz Undergroundwas culled from the May 6thbroadcast.For me, this show is what drew me to this program to begin with, even with a little self promotion from host Paul Abella.Let's start with Grateful Dead. "King Solomon's Marbles" is a triumph and just hearing those opening notes clues you...

We're starting to learn more about what will godown for Grateful Dead Night (July 5th) at U.S. Cellular Field. The confirmed stuff is pretty cool, and the speculation is even cooler.As previously reported, Terrapin Flyer will be your live entertainment, featuring special guest muicisian Tom Constanten.The band will perform a setprior to...

Wrigley Field is getting Phish this summer, so the South Side is getting.... The Dead?Well, a onetime member of the Grateful Dead and Chicago's premier Grateful Dead tribute band, at least.Grateful Dead join Elvis, Star Wars and "Bark at the Park" on the 2016 promo list at U.S. Cellular. The game will take...

 Every spring in Grateful Dead land, the archivists dive into the vault and pull out another full concert to exhibit at movie theaters nationwide.May 11th is the date for the 2016 event, now in it's sixth year. This years Meet-Up is the complete show from Sullivan Stadium in Foxboro, MA 7/2/89.Special features this year...

Intimacy is a word that gets tossed around a lot in music writing.Sometimes it describes a feeling of connection with the artists, or their particular openness to the crowd. Sometimes it's the relative size of the venue (I've heard8000 seat amphitheaters described as intimate).But since the last time I saw Phil Lesh it...

A friend of mine recently issued a challenge.A longtime musician, prolific stoner, and general musical omnivore, he never really "got" the Grateful Dead.He's theright age to have caught their late eighties popularbreakthroughin his impressionable years, and has the propensity to chew on some meaty sonic dishes -- he lists punk, krautrock, psych, jazz...

Occasionally, if I'm inspired, rather than take the time to write up a full  review up here on the site, I'll take the the twitter feed to get some quick and dirty thoughts on something right out into the ether.To say that I was inspired by Jerry On Jerry: the Unpublished Jerry Garcia...

The Grateful Dead & Star Wars -- two undeniably great things, bothappealing to the casual fan, but also offering so much more once you're down the wormhole.So it's no wonder that so many fans, entrepreneurs and even the band itself has found ways to put imagery from these great franchises together. Let's take a...

In a recent interview with Stereogum, members of The National released information on the next compilation in the Red Hot charity series, a collection of Grateful Dead covers curated by the band.After the success of Dark Was The Night, produced by The Nationals Dessner brothers and featuring a slew of big indie artists contributing...