Kesey Family Shares Furthur Bus Update, Jason Crosby Talks Mashups
Carly Simon Announces New LP, Grahame Lesh and Daniel Donato in Woodstock
Relix Daily
June 12, 2026
June 12, 2026
NEWS
Zane Kesey, son of the acclaimed novelist, psychedelic pathfinder, and “The Chief” Merry Prankster, Ken Kesey, has shared an update on the original Furthur bus. In a Facebook post, the torchbearer expressed his enthusiasm and provided an update on the future of the multi-hue coach, unveiling a final opportunity to see it in its present form before it undergoes refurbishment.
FEATURE
“With Phil, and later with Jackson, I was nervous because I wanted them to understand that the music was respected,” Jason Crosby discloses, while describing the first time that he played “Scarlet Dog” for Phil Lesh, Crosby’s mashup of the Grateful Dead’s “Scarlet Begonias” and Led Zeppelin’s “Black Dog.”
Steal Your Face has always been a complicated chapter in the Dead's catalog, a double live album drawn from their October 1974 Winterland farewell run, released in 1976 while the band was deep into their hiatus. This exclusive 2-LP is pressed in the spirit of '76 Grateful Dead and stealie blue vinyl gives longtime collectors a reason to revisit it on their own terms, the colors nodding directly to the iconography that's defined this community for half a century.
LISTEN
Carly Simon has announced her first new album of original music since 2008. The heart-bearing lyricist, whose rich, husky vocal range has provided generations with the musical ammunition to combat vanity and the like with countered confidence, returns with the late-summer promise of 12 original tracks. Comes In Waves will arrive on August 14 and showcase the songwriter’s beloved qualities through a deeply personal set that underscores the quiet vastness of her proficiencies. As an initial listen, the artist has shared lead single “Howl.”
The Grateful Dead taught generations that the best nights are the ones that shouldn’t have happened, the second set that finds another gear, the show that turns around at intermission and becomes something you talk about for the rest of your life. Wednesday night at MSG was that kind of night.
RECAP + GALLERY
On Thursday evening, Grahame Lesh and Daniel Donato took the stage at Bearsville Theater in Woodstock, N.Y. The concert marked the first in a three-night series of performances that drew on the confluences of the Grateful Dead songbook – originals, covers, and material associated with the band’s 30-year history, delivered acoustically by the duo.
RECAP
Last night, moe. And Umphrey’s McGee set off their highly anticipated moe.mentUM co-headline tour with a performance at Harrisburg, Pa.’s XL Live. The storied jam contemporaries introduced their 17-show joint outing with back-to-back sets that showed off the depths of their individual achievements, then joined forces for a collaborative encore that brought live debuts from each other’s catalogs.
GALLERY + RECAP
The Governors Ball is a New York institution. When thousands of fans flood from the 7, or erupt into Knicks chants, or duck and cover from mercurial weather, they’re participating in a community spirit that’s been built up through 16 years of unforgettable festivals. From June 5-7, the festival took over Queens, N.Y.’s Flushing Meadows Corona Park for its 2026 edition and delivered one of its most star-studded and carefully curated summer kickoffs yet.
NEWS
Newport Folk Festival is still slowly unveiling the lineup for its 67th annual presentation with its rolling additions, and today, the festival introduced the artists set to perform on its most intimate stages. The 2026 Newport Folk Festival’s Foundation and Bike Stage lineups include 16 emerging talents confirmed for the beloved proving ground, including Dawes’ Taylor Goldsmith Hudson Freeman, Madi Diaz, comedian Jordan Klepper, Belle Blue, Case Oats, Taylor Hollingsworth and Lily Fitts.
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Joe Russo’s Almost Dead took their affinity for the Grateful Dead songbook to The Refinery in Charleston, S.C., on Thursday, June 11. The ensemble’s most recent live engagement percolated callbacks to past plays and generated choice cuts that lingered on associated covers, nodding to Dead originals, Bob Dylan favorites, and others that reignited the spirit of the beloved improvisers.
