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“Brother in Music”: The Beach Boys’ Mike Love Pays Tribute to Brian Wilson at Songwriters Hall of Fame Gala in New York

On Thursday, June 12, a day after The Beach Boys’ founding member and principal songwriter, Brian Wilson’s passing, his cousin and bandmate, Mike Love, appeared at the Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony in New York City. During the event, which was comprised of fellow composers and industry professionals, Love addressed Wilson’s passing, at one point acknowledging: “I do feel his presence,” while accepting the award.

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Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival: Tributes, Collaborations and More (A Recap + Photos)

Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival launched its official 2025 season on Thursday, June 12, with an exceptional lineup of day-one participants and new festival features that enhanced the in-person experience. Following a tough week for the music community, acts offered tributes to the deceased, including Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys and Jonathan Mayers, the original force behind the annual event on The Farm.

27 Unreleased Live Tracks. 20 Legendary Venues. 1 Epic Box Set.

Released for the Grateful Dead’s 60th anniversary, The Music Never Stopped is a landmark 6LP live compilation pressed on heavyweight 180g vinyl. This limited edition (6,500 copies) celebrates the Grateful Dead from iconic venues, Red Rocks to the Fillmore, capturing 27 previously unreleased tracks recorded between 1969 and 1994.

Curated by David Lemieux, this box set distills decades of live brilliance into a nearly four-hour journey across the band’s touring history. It’s more than a greatest hits—it’s a sonic pilgrimage. Highlights include “Scarlet Begonias,” “Truckin’,” “Eyes of the World,” and rarities like “Big Boy Pete” and “Doin’ That Rag,” recorded by legends like Owsley Stanley and Betty Cantor-Jackson.

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Lettuce’s Adam Deitch and Adam “Shmeeans” Smirnoff Join The String Cheese Incident, Cover The Meters’ “Hey Pocky A-Way”

Last night, Thursday, June 12, The String Cheese Incident’s summer tour commenced at Thompson’s Point in Portland, Maine. The night was billed to include fellow jam purveyors and funk-focused favorites, Lettuce, who performed their own frame before select members were enlisted by the concert hosts to join their respective frame of songs. Adam Deitch and Adam “Shmeeans” Smirnoff stepped up during SCI’s mid-set cover of The Meters’ “Hey Pocky A-Way.”

Skull & Roses. Dancing Bears. Terrapins. Ready to Roll.

Discover our expanded collection of officially-licensed Grateful Dead wrapping papers. Now featuring three unique designs: the classic Skull & Roses, vibrant Dancing Bears, and a detailed blue/white checkerboard pattern with iconic Grateful Dead elements like terrapins, stealies, mushrooms, lightning bolts, and more.

Each design by artist Lia Burke Libaire offers a distinct way to celebrate with the Dead. Perfect for any gift-giving occasion, these wrapping papers bring a classic rock flair to your celebrations and are wrapped and ready.

FEATURE

“Before The Sky Falls”: Grace Potter Finally Shares the Medicine She Formulated with T Bone Burnett

In the spring of 2008, Grace Potter took some time away from her band The Nocturnals to record an album with venerable producer T Bone Burnett. The group’s Hollywood Records debut, This Is Somewhere had come out the previous August, generating new visibility that included an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. However, after watching Potter’s extended a cappella intro and mesmerizing performance of “Nothing but the Water” at the 2005 Boston Music Awards on YouTube, Burnett reached out about the possibility of working with her on a solo record that would feature such studio stalwarts as Jim Keltner, Mark Ribot, Dennis Crouch and Keefus Ciancia.

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Christone “Kingfish” Ingram, Thundercat, Samara Joy and more selected for Festival International de Jazz de Montréal Awards

The Festival International de Jazz de Montréal has unveiled the recipients for its 2025 awards. From June 26 to July 5, the pioneering jazz festival will present its 45th annual celebration of the musical form, honoring its heritage and looking to its future with prizes established in honor of the genre’s legendary innovators.

FEATURE

Jimmy Page and The Black Crowes Remember Live at the Greek in New “The Making Of” Video

On October 18 and 19, 1999, Jimmy Page and The Black Crowes joined forces for two unforgettable collaborative performances at Los Angeles’ Greek Theatre. 25 years later, the rock icons have reconnected to remember their historic shared stage and give fans access to the wealth of unreleased recordings and backstage stories that they’ve been sitting on since. Following the release of the deluxe reissue of Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes: Live at the Greek in March, the artists have unveiled a mini-documentary with their reflections on the shows.

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Lost Bayou Ramblers | Tower Bar Sessions at The Momentary FreshGrass Bentonville 2025 | Relix

Relix and FreshGrass | Bentonville present the next installment of the Tower Bar Sessions at The Momentary featuring Grammy-winning Lost Bayou Ramblers—where Cajun meets Creole at the cutting edge of Louisiana sound.

The Lost Bayou Ramblers’ evolution as a perversely progressive band rooted in Cajun traditions continues to excite, challenge, and redefine both genre expectations as well as cultural preconceptions.