Over three decades as the innovative percussion engine of the Grateful Dead, Mickey Hart‘s ear for global sounds brought numerous unpredictable guests to the Dead’s stage performances. Hart’s 1991 release
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Aussie sextet Architecture in Helsinki will release its third album, Places Like This on Aug. 21 via Polyvinyl Records, and will launch a full US tour on Oct. 10 in
Pearl Jam will unveil a Danny Clinch-directed live DVD this fall, featuring footage from five Italian shows last fall. "Immagine Nel Telaio" (Picture in a Frame) is due Sept. 25
Bluegrass aficionado Bela Fleck has been known to break many boundaries of genres in his collaborations, and his working with fusion jazz great Chick Corea on their new release The Enchantment brings two master musicians together to create a one-of-a-kind sound. With 20 Grammy awards between the two of them, Corea and Fleck combine the unlikely pairing of both banjo and piano crossing limits.
Last Gang Records and Metric have announced the globe-trottingfour-piece’s first US tour in over a year. Though the band has been unbelievably busy — writing new material, selling out shows