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The live show is a slippery thing. There are lots of variables at play, most having little to do with the performance itself. Does the venue have enough bathrooms? Is it going to rain? What day of the week is it on? Did I have a shitty day at work before hand? Did tickets cost waaay too much? All of this can alter one's opinion of a live show before the band even tunes up and with reason. However, when the stars align, there is no place RtBE would rather be than in the moment of magic occurring spontaneously from the stage.
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We hope you've been brushing up on your live Grateful Dead and making room on all your devices because we're about to drop a motherload of high-quality MP3 downloads on you. Yes, there will once again be 30 days of unreleased Grateful Dead tracks from the vault, one for every day in November, selected by archivist and producer David Lemieux. The tracks are yours, no strings attached, but we hope you’ll stick around for the challenge and the chance to win some sweet swag from the Dead.
You know your Ables from your Bakers from your C's, but can your finely tuned ears differentiate the cosmic "comeback" tour from a spacey 70s show? Each day we'll post a song from one of the Dead's coveted shows. Will it be from that magical night at Madison Square Garden in '93 or from way back when they were just starting to warm it up at Winterland? Is that Pigpen's harmonica we hear? Brent on keys? If you think you know, lob your answer in and you just might find yourself taking home our daily prize of a 2023 Grateful Dead wall calendar or the grand prize - both, YES BOTH - of this year's coveted boxed sets, Lyceum '72: The Complete Recordings [24LP] and In And Out Of The Garden: Madison Square Garden ’81, ’82, ’83 (Dead.net Exclusive)[17CD]!
We are now heading into the new normal with live music during the Covid-19 era. Live shows will need to be flexible and live streaming is a great way to keep music going. Streams have become essential for live music junkies like RtBE. Things are (hopefully) improving on the pandemic front but live streams will be an option for artists during the foreseeable future. We will highlight various shows/streams/virtual events for your viewing and listening pleasure and as a way to help out the artists. You can check out our weekly Full Show Friday series for concerts from the past and as always, please support the artists any which way you can.
Today we highlight: Stern Grove Festival: Phil Lesh + Friends & Midnight North
A killer free live stream from out in California today as Midnight North open for Phil Lesh and Friends at the Stern Grove Festival in San Francisco.
Register over at Mandolin for this event. Below are tunes from both artists to get pumped for this show:
While this years uniquely scheduled Fall Jazzfest in New Orleans fell victim to Covid cancellation, WWOZ, the best radio station in the land, are still hosting their Jazz Festing in Place Fall Edition. The second weekend of their programing is starting tomorrow.
You can tune in and listen live and now their cubes have been announced with a mouth watering, ear hole loving, ass shaking lineup:
Unfortunately this is how we celebrated the past few canceled Jazz Fests. Hopefully Spring 2022 finds RtBE back on the Fairgrounds. Until then...Let's enjoy some of the bands WWOZ will be showcasing:
While this years uniquely scheduled Fall Jazzfest in New Orleans fell victim to Covid cancellation, WWOZ, the best radio station in the land, are still hosting their Jazz Festing in Place Fall Edition. The first weekend of their programing is starting tomorrow.
You can tune in and listen live and now their cubes have been announced with a mouth watering, ear hole loving, ass shaking lineup:
Unfortunately this is how we celebrated the past few canceled Jazz Fests. Hopefully Spring 2022 finds RtBE back on the Fairgrounds. Until then...Let's enjoy some of the bands WWOZ will be showcasing:
For the last year live music was on lock down (like everything else in New York City). Live streams and old concerts have become essential for live music junkies like RtBE. Things are improving on the pandemic front in this city, but live streams will be an option for the foreseeable future. We will highlight various shows/streams/virtual events for your viewing and listening pleasure and as a way to help out the artists. You can always check out or weekly Full Show Friday series for concerts from the past and as always please support the artists any which way you can.
Today we highlight: Circles Around The Sun - Live from Relix Studios
Live, for free from Relix Studios, is Circles Around The Sun playing tonight at 7pm.
To get in the mood here is a song from the band:
For the last year live music was on lock down (like everything else in New York City). Live streams and old concerts have become essential for live music junkies like RtBE. Things are improving on the pandemic front in this city, but live streams will be an option for the foreseeable future. We will highlight various shows/streams/virtual events for your viewing and listening pleasure and as a way to help out the artists. You can always check out or weekly Full Show Friday series for concerts from the past and as always please support the artists any which way you can.
Today we highlight: MOJO Combo Live From NOLA Jazz Museum Balcony
From the NOLA Jazz Museum balcony comes the MOJO Combo at 5pm CST. You can stream it for free on Museum's Facebook page:
For the last year live music was on lock down (like everything else in New York City). Live streams and old concerts have become essential for live music junkies like RtBE. Things are improving on the pandemic front in this city, but live streams will be an option for the foreseeable future. We will highlight various shows/streams/virtual events for your viewing and listening pleasure and as a way to help out the artists. You can always check out or weekly Full Show Friday series for concerts from the past and as always please support the artists any which way you can.
Today we highlight: Bucktown All-Stars
A rare Wednesday show from Friday's at The Funky Uncle finds the Bucktown All-Stars doing a live funk set tonight at 7pm CST.
To get in the mood here is some live video from the band:
For the last year live music was on lock down (like everything else in New York City). Live streams and old concerts have become essential for live music junkies like RtBE. Things are improving on the pandemic front in this city, but live streams will be an option for the foreseeable future. We will highlight various shows/streams/virtual events for your viewing and listening pleasure and as a way to help out the artists. You can always check out or weekly Full Show Friday series for concerts from the past and as always please support the artists any which way you can.
Today we highlight: Anders Osborne
A free live stream from Anders Osborne on his Facebook page tonight:
To get in the mood here is some live Anders from 2012:
For the last year live music was on lock down (like everything else in New York City). Live streams and old concerts have become essential for live music junkies like RtBE. Things are improving on the pandemic front in this city, but live streams will be an option for the foreseeable future. We will highlight various shows/streams/virtual events for your viewing and listening pleasure and as a way to help out the artists. You can always check out or weekly Full Show Friday series for concerts from the past until live shows go fully back to in person glory. Please support the artists any which way you can.
In a great sign of a return to the city, Summerstage is returning to Central Park and other venues around NYC.
The full lineup is announced and it is grand.
