Remembering Glen Hansard, New Revivalists

Phish Close MSG Residency with '96 Nods and Rarities

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Relix Daily
August 01, 2026

August 1, 2026

Compiled by Mike Greenhaus

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It was around 3 a.m., over two years ago, when David Shaw woke up in a panic. The now 43-year-old musician, best known as the frontman for next-generation New Orleans favorites The Revivalists, has famously stayed clear of alcohol and hard drugs for going on two decades. And yet, in the middle of the night, he couldn’t shake the set of charged lyrics that came running through his head: “Well, I’m so bored, so bored of being sober/ Maybe I’ll go downtown, to some bar down on Decatur.”

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Phish closed out their five-night run at New York’s Madison Square Garden, celebrating their 1996 era with an instant-classic show that contained several notable bust outs and extended jams. The year 1996 was a transitional period for Phish, as they settled into arenas around the country and continued to move from the once tightly woven compositions that defined their earlier works to a more traditional, heartfelt style of songwriting. Beginning with their fall tour and their Halloween cover of Talking Heads’ highly rhythmic Remain in Light LP, Phish also began to explore a more groove-driven approach to improvisation in late 1996, hinting at the cow-funk style they would fully embrace the following year. Like at previous MSG shows, Trey Anastasio and Mike Gordon were also dressed in cloths from the era when they took the stage yesterday.

"The Days Between," the Hunter/Garcia song, now means the nine-day stretch from today, Garcia's birthday, to August 9, the anniversary of his passing. It's become deadhead's high holy days. Relix presents a curated sale honoring Jerry Garcia, not only as a musician, but as an icon whose image became folk art for a generation. These lots trace Garcia's cultural afterlife through the objects fans made, mailed, wore, and kept, the tributes that commemorate the guitarist who became a legend and trace that remarkable path.

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Irish musician Glen Hansard has passed away. The BBC first reported that he died in single-vehicle motorcycle crash. The accident took place this morning around 4:30 AM in Dublin. Hansard was 56.

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Umphrey's McGee singer/guitarist Brendan Bayliss has formally addressed his band's recent lineup changes. As previously reported, last year Kris Myers stepped away from Umphrey's McGee after 22 years and was replaced by Scotty Zwang and, earlier this month, guitarist Jake Cinninger officially left the group following an extended sabbatical. His departure has left Umphrey's McGee as a quintet, as they were from 1998, when Andy Farag first joined, until 2000, when Cinninger signed on.

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Cats Under the Stars included Garcia, John Kahn, Ron Tutt, and Garcia's Grateful Dead bandmates, Keith & Donna Godchaux. Released in 1978, the album introduced an all-new repertoire including the Garcia-Hunter penned favorites "Rubin and Cherise," "Gomorrah," "Palm Sunday," and the album's title track. Garcia often cited Cats Under the Stars as his favorite of all his albums, saying, "That's the one that I'm happiest with, from every point of view in which I operate on that record."

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The National have confirmed their only 2026 show. For their first performance since the end of 2024, the New York-via-Ohio musicians will play a special "and friends" set at San Sebastián, Spain's Kursaal Donostia on October 18.The show is part the AB100 weekend and celebration curated by The National's Aaron and Bryce Dessner.

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Following an energizing opening day, the Newport Folk Festival continued over the weekend at Fort Adams State Park. The low-key, welcoming vibe of the event allows artists to mingle freely with audience members. It also supports collaborative performances across the site.

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“I didn’t really know Bob until the last 10 years. Even though I met him about 20 ago, I didn’t spend any hangout time with him,” Oteil Burbridge indicates, while chronicling his connection with his Dead & Company bandmate Bobby Weir. “I wasn’t a Deadhead, but I became the bass player because we shared a philosophy. We worshiped the same God and that God is complete musical freedom.”

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