The Spirited Sounds of Ruthie Foster, Vibrational Expressionist Mickey Hart Turns 83
Marcus King and Maggie Rose Join Little Feat at the Ryman
Relix Daily
September 11, 2026
September 11, 2026
FEATURE
For the first time in her illustrious career, Ruthie Foster is following up a Grammy-winning album. The Texas native and six-time Grammy nominee finally took home the well-deserved high honor in 2025 with a Best Contemporary Blues Album for Mileage. An album of widespread critical acclaim, it also marked Foster’s first creative partnership with producer Tyler Bryant, a Nashville-based Texan guitarist and leader of The Shakedown.
NEWS
The splendiferous Mickey Hart turns 83 today. This true Renaissance Man of Rhythm is not only an extraordinary drummer but he continues to write, research and advance the science of sound as a source of mental and physical well-being and recovery. What’s more, he has long applied himself to the visual art world via the medium of painting.
Auction ends at 5:00pm ET. Twenty-four vintage Grateful Dead t-shirts: tour shirts, city-specific one-offs, tie-dyes, a local-crew-only shirt never sold to the public, and a design the band pulled and destroyed before it ever reached a show.
WATCH
Little Feat has been making the rounds in Nashville this week. On Tuesday the group made its Grand Ole Opry debut. The band performed three tunes that evening, with Maggie Rose joining in on “Willin’” and “Dixie Chicken” before stepping offstage as the group closed things out with “Let It Roll.” Last evening, Little Feat’s Last Farewell Tour made its way to the Ryman Auditorium. The first set opened with “Fat Man in the Bathtub” and included such classics like “Let It Roll” and “Time Loves a Hero” along with newer material from the group’s 2025 studio album Strike Up the Band, such as “Shipwrecks” and “Midnight Flight.”
LISTEN
In early August Sierra Ferrell released her first new music of 2026. Ferrell who is currently on the road with her Heavy Petal Tour then offered the surprise drop of “Trying to Love You.” She has just followed it up with another new tune. Ferrell wrote “Pair of Dice” with Melody Walker, offering hope in the face of adversity.
October 31, 1991 was the last Halloween the Dead ever played: the final night of a four-show Oakland run. Ken Kesey came onstage during a "Dark Star" that turned into an elegy for him, and the band closed the night with "Werewolves of London," the last time they ever covered it. Named-run shirts like this one were made for a specific handful of nights and sold to the people who were there. There is no national print run behind them.
NEWS
On October 9, Nonesuch Records will give wider release to the new EP from Robert Plant and Saving Grace with Suzi Dian. All That Glitters... originally came out for Record Store Day but will now be available via digital formats as well.
NEWS
An extraordinary collection of artists will gather a week from tomorrow to honor the late, great "Saxophone Colossus" Sonny Rollins. This free show will take place on September 19 from 1-3 PM at The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in New York City.
NEWS
Alison Krauss & Union Station have announced the cancellation of the group’s next few weeks of shows. AKUS, which is currently touring in support of Arcadia, has done so to protect the vocal health of bandleader Krauss.
REVIEW
With apologies to whomever coined the phrase “Grateful Dead concerts are like baseball games,” I gotta say being a Todd Rundgren fan is something like being a Dead Head.
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