By: Aaron Stein (@neddyo) | Photos: Adam Miszewski (@adjomi)Go To: Full Photo Gallery | Setlists & Media - Thursday - Friday - Saturday - SundayEvery year they play an NBA All-Star game and every year basketball fans look at the line-ups -- the amassed talent almost incomprehensible in its limitless possibilities -- and...

Today marks the start of the fourth Lockn festival, and we couldn't be more excited about what's about to go down in Virigina.Somehow, Peter Shapiro and his team just knows what a certain type of fan wants to hear, and just delivers for four straight days, creating a festival lineup that stands alone.  ...

We have been anxiously following the story of the new West Loop outpost of Peter Shapiro's Brooklyn Bowl since rumblings began about four years ago.Last summer, construction began on the multi-purpose establishment.  Today, we have some new information about what to expect at the location, and (even more exciting) when.Crain's Chicago Business...

 I was born in 1973. The Grateful Dead had already been an entity for 8 years, having travelled thousands of literal, and millions of psychic, miles by the time Id breathed my first.By the time I first saw Jerry Garcia he'd already faced down a diabetic coma, written just about all of his most impressive...

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...

I've spent a good amount of time thinking about Phil lately, especially since we're now celebrating his 75th birthday. Simultaneously, I came across a Venn diagram that made me chuckle. The timing and coincidence was worthy of a blog post to pay tribute to, and poke a little fun at, one of my great musical...

We've been hearing about the a potential Brooklyn Bowl location in Chicago for almost 2 years now, but chicagoarchitecture.org is reporting some developments that make it look more and more likely.It may be time for Chicago area music fans to get excited. If you've been to Peter Shapiro's outposts in Brooklyn, London, Vegas, or...

Phil Lesh assembled his friends for another four-nighter at Grate Room of Terrapin Crossroads over the weekend. There was a decided North Mississippi flavor with the Dickinson brothers on hand, but Jackie Greene and Jason Crosby also brought their unique approach to Grateful Dead music.Interspersed between GD classics were covers of Allman Brothers, The...

Guest Post by Paul Abella.  Paul is a musician, radio host, pundit and early supporter of The Barn Presents.  As a jazz guy who actively embraces and celebrates jambands like Grateful Dead and Phish, and even champions jammers on our local scene, his sensibilities are a natural fit for the site.  We...