Phish Outline 10th Anniversary of Riviera Maya, Billy Strings Confirms Fall Tour
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Relix Daily
April 04, 2026
April 4, 2026
Compiled by Mike Greenhaus
FEATURE
Bruce Hornsby was ready for a well-deserved songwriting break. But, as is often the case, the muse had other plans. “At that point, I was kind of fried with all this. I’d written 40-some songs in four years. And that’s a lot for me. But then this one idea popped into my head, and it just wouldn’t leave me alone,” Hornsby says with an audible, self-effacing chuckle, still clearly amused by the situation several years later. “It would wake me up in the middle of the night. It’d be in my head, and I was trying to give it the Heisman, the stiff arm, but it wasn’t working. Finally, after about six to eight months of trying not to deal with this idea, I finally said, ‘OK, I yield to you. I’ll give in and take the deep dive.’ So I wrote it, and then I recorded it.”
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"Candy Mountain Run" | A Hornsby–Eggy Holiday Spectacular | The Bearsville Theater
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Before taking the stage at Madison Square Garden to open for Brandi Carlile, The Head and the Heart stopped by the Relix office this winter to perform two songs for the staff–one from their debut album and one from their new record, Ghosts in the Machinery. The episode is the first in a new season of our reboot of the Live from Relix series, which was was a staple from 2006-2020 and then moved to Twitch for during the pandemic. New episodes in the series will be posted each Wednesday throughout the year.
DelFest’s bluegrass heart meets the Grateful Dead songbook on DelFest Does Dead, a live 2-LP vinyl featuring 10 interpretations captured across DelFest 2025 (May 22–25, 2025), in Cumberland, MD. Festival favorites bring their own pulse and picking to Dead staples: Del McCoury Band, Leftover Salmon, Kitchen Dwellers, Railroad Earth, Mountain Grass Unit, Clay Street Unit, and more.
NEWS
Phish will return to Mexico in early 2027 for the 10th anniversary celebration of Phish: Riviera Maya. Presented by 100x Hospitality, the destination event will take place at Mexico’s Moon Palace Cancún from January 27-30, 2027.
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One check is made out to Garcia, the other to Weir… The Late Show with David Letterman 1992 Appearance
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Wall of Sound: A Living History of the Grateful Dead - Instruments, Artifacts & Ephemera, presented by ANALOGr in partnership with Relix, gathers that hardware. and much more, into a single historic sale. For those who believe that history lives in objects, this is where to look.
NEWS
Billy Strings has confirmed a slate of fall tour dates. After previously sharing a literal sketch of what’s to come–an excerpt of lined paper forecasting the dates and cities on his live roster–the bluegrass golden boy delivered details on show locations, which represent a return to marquee theaters and a continuation of concerts at larger, arena-sized venues. Strings’ official Fall Tour picks up over three nights in Denver, Sept. 18-19 at the Ball Arena, before adjusting fan capacity for a more intimate experience at the Paramount Theatre on Sept. 20.
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"Ripple" (Acoustic) - Billy Strings & Bill Kreutzmann | Grateful Mahalo | 5/9/21
RECAP
Last night, Dogs in a Pile took their Distroid Spring Tour to The Pour House in Charleston, S.C. The latest stop on the New Jersey band’s current outing featured guest accompaniment from a local resident and leading voice, Kanika Moore, who assisted the band in driving home Amy Winehouse’s signature track, “Rehab.” The first frame sit-in was trailed by originals and choice covers that touched on tracks by Jimi Hendrix, The Who, Joe Cocker and others.
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"Lazy Susan" - Dogs In A Pile | 2/14/26 | The Capitol Theatre
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Athens, GA-bred group Futurebirds will release their first double album, Far Out Country, on June 5 via Dualtone Records. Produced by Brad Cook, known for his time with Megafaun and recent work with Waxahatchee and MJ Lenderman, the record is described as being “split into two distinct worlds of Far Out Country I & II—a restless, sunlit day and a deeper, more interior night that blends psychedelic country-rock, indie and something that feels less like a genre than a place.
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FUTUREBIRDS Live | The Relix Session | 1/15/20
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Previously, Relix reported on John Scofield’s Electrospectic Tour by running a story on his confirmed concert at the Ludlow Garage in Cincinnati, on October 15. Now, Miles Davis’ 1980s collaborator has tacked on an extension, including an added night at the aforementioned location, bringing their venue total to two, before ensuing appearances on both sides of the country, keeping Sco, drummer Adam Deitch (Lettuce), bassist Oteil Burbridge (Dead & Co., Allman Brothers) and keyboardist Larry Goldings (Scary Goldings, James Taylor) busy well into November.