Don Was Remembers Bob Weir, Margo Price Covers Woody Guthrie with Joan Baez
Tom Hamilton Talks Grateful Dead with Branford Marsalis, New Song from Mountain Grass Unit
Relix Daily
July 01, 2026
July 1, 2026
FEATURE
This article appears in our special 132-page Bob Weir edition, which presents rare photography, archival interviews and new conversations that pay tribute to an endearing, enduring artist. We previously shared our Sturgill Simpson, Susan Tedeschi and Margo Price features from the publication.
On January 10, just prior to taking the stage in Ann Arbor with his Pan-Detroit Ensemble, Don Was received some devastating news. “About 30 minutes before the show, I got the call about Bobby,” he reveals. “Since we had announced that we were going to play all of Blues for Allah in the middle of our show for the whole tour, we had drawn a lot of Grateful Dead fans. So I had to go out and tell them that Bobby was gone, which put a real different vibe on the thing.”
NEWS
On Friday, Margo Price will release a new collection of protest music. The nine tracks on Days Of Unrest explore a variety of issues and ideas that Price has long addressed. She reflects on these larger themes in noting, “It seems like so many of us have forgotten the message on the statue of liberty that says, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,” America is a country built by immigrants and our freedom is precious. I hope these songs may open blind eyes to the cruelty that is happening in our country right now and find compassion in your heart. And in the words of the great John Prine, ‘I really love America. I just don’t know how to get there anymore.’”
“I made this record to honor my mother,” Strings shares. “To notice and embrace this very significant period of grief in my life and make art from it. To turn my heartbreak into songs while using my guitar as a coping mechanism as I always have. It’s always been there for me to lean on through the hard times, and I figure it always will…until it’s my time to say goodbye.”
NEWS
On December 15, Tom Hamilton debuted his monthly interview show on SiriusXM’s Grateful Dead Channel. Goin’ Down the Road with Tom Hamilton‘s guests have included Bruce Hornsby, Grahame Lesh, Don Was, Margo Price and Chris Tomson. For this month’s episode, Tom is joined by Branford Marsalis.
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LISTEN
Mountain Grass Unit has just released another song from their forthcoming album. Vance Powell (Phish, Chris Stapleton, Jack White) produced Appalachian Smoke, which is the debut studio recording from Drury Anderson (mandolinist, vocals), guitarist Luke Black (guitar), Sam Wilson (upright bass) and Josiah Nelson (fiddle). In anticipation of the Appalachian Smoke the group previously shared a four-track Mountain Grass Unit EP with an accompanying “Window for a Friend” video.
NEWS
“Without small venues taking a chance, bands don’t get to the point where they can tour. If we love a band, we’ll work a shift to cut down costs. You’re not going to see that with bigger corporate venues,” says Alisha Edmsonson co-owner of Washington, DC’s Songbyrd Music House and Byrdland Records.
WATCH
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NEWS
Cindy Blackman Santana’s latest album will be released on July 31. On Coherence, the adroit drummer and vocalist is joined by her touring band, as well as some celebrated musical company. Along with her stalwarts: Emilio Modeste (saxophone), Aurelien Budynek (guitar), Zaccai Curtis (keyboards), and Felix Pastorius (bass), guest musicians include Carlos Santana, John McLaughlin, Matt Garrison, Ray Angry and Dave Eggar.
REVIEW
Fans missed the memo about Paul Simon’s latest tour being A Quiet Celebration and greeted the songwriter with a loud standing ovation as he walked across the PNC Pavilion stage just after 8 PM in Cincinnati.
NEWS
Pete Mason, the Upstate New York-based educator and creator of the popular PhanArt shows, has authored the first children’s book inspired by the music of Widespread Panic. The Widespread Alphabet will help children learn their letters through drawings illustrated by Pittsburgh-based artist Mark Serlo, with each page evoking a visual Widespread Panic connection, along with easy-to-read text for kids and their grownups. A Kickstarter campaign to help publish the book this fall has also been launched.
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