Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. The Grateful Dead's Dave’s Picks, Vol. 53 debuts on four Billboard ...

Brian Anderson’s ‘Loud and Clear’ captures the strenuous work, psychedelic vision and lasting influence of the band’s most audacious sound-system experiment. By Noah Eckstein When journalist Brian ...

Dead & Company, featuring original Grateful Dead members Bob Weir and Mickey Hart, will play Golden Gate Park's Polo Field starting Friday with an estimated 60,000 attendees each day. SAN FRANCISCO ...

This summer, when the bass drops clean and delay-free at Lollapalooza or some other sweaty festival field, spare a thought for the Grateful Dead. You have them to thank, whether you have a skull and ...

The sonic integrity of a Grateful Dead concert has long been a pull for frequency seekers. During the onset of the psychedelic ‘70s, the band’s fathom audio engineer, Owsley Stanley, recruited John ...

Get ready for Dead & Company’s 60th anniversary concerts at Golden Gate Park. East Bay couple, John and Helen Meyer, have been helping the band perfect their sound for decades. They've worked with ...

In 1974, sound engineer Owsley Stanley crafted a superior live experience with an enormous conglomeration of amps and speakers called the Wall of... Fight Sound With Sound: Grateful Dead's Arena ...

Grateful Dead photographed in NYC, June, 1967. Publicity photo from the exhibition and coffee table book: An American beauty - Grateful Dead 1965-1995. What is it about the Grateful Dead that had tens ...

This event is hosted by Tim Lynch and David Gans and raises money for listener-sponsored KPFA. It features 15 hours of unreleased Grateful Dead recordings and related material, including interviews ...

Phil Lesh, a founding member of the Grateful Dead whose electric bass playing came to define the psychedelic San Francisco sound, died Oct. 25 at age 84. The musician’s death was announced on his ...

As we continue to reflect on the 60 years since the formation of the Grateful Dead, we present this feature which originally appeared in the special programs we created for Fare Thee Well at Soldier ...

Phil Lesh, the bassist for the Grateful Dead who propelled many of its wildest musical explorations yet also composed and sang one of its loveliest songs, “Box of Rain,” has died. He was 84. An ...