All-Star Grateful Dead Tribute, Grand Ole Opry Salutes ‘O Brother, Where Art Thou’
Widespread Panic Set Sights on Red Rocks 2026
Relix Daily
March 02, 2026
March 2, 2026
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Suwannee Amp Jam returned to Live Oak, Fla.’s beloved Spirit of the Suwannee Music Park over the weekend for its second annual event. With a stacked three-day program, the festival built on its triumphant 2025 debut by hosting some of the foremost talents in jam, funk, Southern rock and all the music in between. Beyond appearances from Umphey’s McGee, Lettuce, Dumpstaphunk, The Heavyweights and more, two of the weekend’s most striking performances came from the Warren Haynes Band and a Grahame Lesh-fronted supergroup featuring Haynes, Nels Cline, Rob Barraco and John Molo.
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The Grand Ole Opry Salutes O Brother, Where Art Thou with Billy Strings, Emmylou Harris, Dan Tyminski, Alison Krauss and More
On Saturday, February 28, the Grand Ole Opry tipped its hat to the music-driven satirical comedy-drama O Brother, Where Art Thou, with a fierce lineup of trusted artists and movie associates delivering incantations of classic material from the film. The event marked a significant 25-year milestone since the movie graced the big screen, rekindling appreciation and fondness for the bluegrass canon and timeless music.
Gabba Gallery x Relix Present: Echos of Gen X - The Art of the Fillmore 80's-00's. Chuck Sperry's Leftover Salmon poster from their legendary two-night Fillmore run in November ‘96. Only 16 copies left in our vault. This one's been hiding for decades.
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Widespread Panic will reprise their tradition of performing on the rocks this summer. The beloved band has announced a three-night stand at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colo., on June 26, 27, and 28, 2026. The new dates provide the furthest look at the group’s summer ambitions for the road.
What makes this hot pink vinyl edition collectible is its pairing of striking visual appeal with one of Garcia's most artistically unified solo statements. Reflections reached #42 on Billboard's album charts and introduced songs that would anchor both Dead and JGB setlists for years. For fans who know Garcia primarily through the Grateful Dead, this album reveals the focused songwriter and bandleader behind the improvisational genius.
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You can’t teach an old dog new tricks has once again proven to be a depleted concept in the jam space. Specifically for Leftover Salmon. The band, known for its 35-year tenure under the lights, unveiled a new live approach to covering songs during its set at the WinterWonderGrass Festival on Saturday, Feb. 28.
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Allman Brothers Band’s co-founder, the late “Ramblin’ Man” Dickey Betts, will be honored in his home state of Florida with a namesake stretch of memorial highway on U.S. Route 41, located in Sarasota County.
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In February, Sturgill Simpson announced Mutiny After Midnight, his second studio album as Johnny Blue Skies. In a letter mailed to his fans and posted to his social channels, the unpredictable country-rock pathbreaker detailed that his follow-up to 2024’s Passage Du Desir would radically sidestep expectations with “a dance record… The dance of all creation,” limited exclusively to vinyl and CD. Last night, just under two weeks out from the physical formats’ March 13 release via Atlantic Outpost, Simpson zagged again, posting the entire album to YouTube.
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Tomorrow, March 3, the 39th Annual Tibet House US Benefit Concert will welcome stars of the stage and screen to New York’s Carnegie Hall to support the cultural advocacy organization and its vital mission. On top of the myriad innovators curated by longtime Artistic Directors Philip Glass and Laurie Anderson, the organization unveiled over the weekend that Robert De Niro and Elvis Costello have joined the lineup.
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As The Infamous Stringdusters celebrate their 20th anniversary, the Grammy Award-winning quintet continues with what it’s always done—pushing forward as creative artists. As they recorded their latest album, bassist Travis Book came up with the concept of the release aligning with their two decades together. Inspiring each other during the process, nearly 50 songs were written by Book, Chris Pandolfi (banjo), Jeremy Garrett (fiddle), Andy Hall (dobro), Andy Falco (guitar) with 20 of these eventually recorded for 20/20, which features their boundary-pushing mix of bluegrass, Americana, country and folk.
