grateful dead

Saturday, November 5th at the Putnam Den had the Capital Region feeling pretty grateful. Luckily enough, there isn’t a lack of Grateful Dead cover bands or jam-centered music in town. That doesn’t mean, however, that the New Paltz natives,…

Holly Bowling's crowd-funded album now has a release date and a track list. Bowling's set of solo classical arrangements of Grateful Dead songs, Better Left Unsung, is set for release Dec. 9 on the Royal Potato Family label. To date,…

They high-stepped into the Saranac Brewery and bid us all a fond goodnight, but in the middle, Dark Star Orchestra took the near capacity crowd on a mind bending, psychedelic journey through the middle 1970s. One of the most fun aspects of…

Next year will mark 20 years since a group of guys got together, under a shared love of the Grateful Dead, and started what would grow to be the country's most well-known Dead tribute act. Rob Barraco looks upon his time in our interview…

With Dead and Company having started their fall tour in Albany this past October, Capitaland got the first taste of John Mayer in a Jerry Garcia role, one that brought criticism and concern from those who weren't familiar with Mayer's…

Back in 1972 the cost of a gallon of gas was 55 cents. Richard Nixon was our nation's president, soon to experience a fall from grace.  The Dallas Cowboys defeated the Miami Dolphins in Super Bowl VI.  "American Pie" by Don McLean was #1 on…

Dark Star Orchestra (DSO), the Grateful Dead tribute band hailing out of Chicago Illinois, will return to the Town Ballroom in Buffalo. Since forming, DSO has played 2,200-plus shows, recreating Grateful Dead concerts in their entirety. To…

A couple years ago, few knew of Holly Bowling. The unassuming Phish fan -- a classically trained pianist with a love of improvisational music -- was just going about her life. And that life would be changed on July 31, 2013, when Phish…

I love the Grateful Dead. American Beauty changed my life when I was 14. I have a multi-colored 13-point lightning bolt encompassing a New York Yankees logo tattooed on my left shoulder. I have spent, now, more than half my life chasing…

Time has flown. It's been half a year since we last spoke with Holly Bowling, who has been traversing the country performing the music of Phish, The Grateful Dead and more through her classical transcriptions of music from the two, and…