Circles Around the Sun

Neal Casal, prolific guitarist and member of Circles Around the Sun, Chris Robinson Brotherhood and many more over his career, has died at age 50. Pitchfork reports through a representative of Casal that the death was ruled a suicide. The…

Kicking off their Winter Tour in support of the upcoming album All For Money, Greensky Bluegrass found an enthusiastic welcoming crowd at The Palace Theatre in Albany on Thursday, January 10. Fan familiarity has grown greatly throughout…

CATS are back! Circles Around the Sun will release their second instrumental project August 17, shorn from the pretense of set break music like their first album, Interludes for the Dead. The four-man fellowship is guitarist Neal Casal and…

Circles Around The Sun just announced five East Coast shows in August to support their upcoming double album, Let It Wander, available Aug. 17 on Rhino Records. The run begins in Asbury Park, NJ, followed by dates in Brooklyn, Ardmore, PA…

Since their subtle debut at Fare Thee Well and their official debut at 2016’s Lockn Festival, Circles Around the Sun has been delighting crowds across the country. The band finished their 2018 January tour in Port Chester on Saturday,…

Only a select few die-hard fans were fortunate enough to be a part of the 2015 series, Fare Thee Well: Celebrating 50 Years of the Grateful Dead. It was a legendary performance and was publicized as the last time the public was to see the…

Neal Casal has been on quite a roll since the Fare Thee Well shows.  The album, Interludes For the Dead, which captured the set break and "walk in music" was recently released for fans to revisit and enjoy time and again. The success of…

The past year has been a great year for music. In addition to the great albums released by New York artists, there have been some excellent albums released around the world. The NYS Music team picked their favorite albums of 2015. This is…

Back in July, two giant stadiums, one in Santa Clara, CA and the other in Chicago, IL, held five shows between them in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Grateful Dead.  When fans arrived for the Fare Thee Well shows, they were welcomed…

Those lucky enough to have attended or watched a stream of the Fare Thee Well concerts this summer, celebrating 50 years of the Grateful Dead, will remember the psychedelic jams played during the intermissions. The band behind the music is…