Youngbloods Frontman Jesse Colin Young Dead at 83
Jesse Colin Young Youngbloods Singer Dead at 83 Published March 17, 2025 1:47 PM PDT | Updated March 17, 2025 3:47 PM PDT 3:17 PM PT — The Aiken County Coroner in South Carolina tells […]
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Jesse Colin Young dead: Youngbloods frontman & singer dies aged 83 at his home as cause of death remains mystery
LEGENDARY singer and frontman of the Youngbloods Jesse Colin Young has died at age 83. The songwriter, best known for his vocals on top 10 hit “Get Together”, died at his home in Aiken, South […]
How ‘SNL’ Saved Steve Martin
Steve Martin and Lorne Michaels approached the early 1970s, that tumultuous time of Vietnam and Watergate, from completely different directions. “For Michaels, it was a call to arms, banishing big dumb comedy,” according to Lorne: The Man […]
Arlo Guthrie Net Worth | Celebrity Net Worth
What is Arlo Guthrie’s Net Worth? Arlo Guthrie is a folk singer-songwriter and composer who has a net worth of $5 million. In the tradition of his father, Woody, Arlo Guthrie’s songs focus on social […]
Roland Kirk’s ‘Now Please Don’t You Cry’ Receives Vinyl Reissue
Roland Kirk, ‘Now Please Don’t You Cry, Beautiful Edith’ – Photo: Courtesy of Verve Records Roland Kirk’s seminal 1967 album Now Please Don’t You Cry, Beautiful Edith, is set to receive a vinyl reissue as […]
Relix 50 Artist Spotlight: Gary Kroman
From the dawn of the Grateful Dead and the counterculture that spiraled around them, art has always been at the heart of the jam community, serving as an expression of the sounds and values that […]
Rough Trade to Open New Store at Rockefeller Center
Rough Trade is opening a second location at New York’s Rockefeller Center. The new store, Rough Trade Below, will complement the existing Rough Trade store located at 1250 6th Ave. Rough Trade Below is slated […]
Edward Norton on Playing Pete Seeger in A Complete Unknown
Edward Norton, over the course of his career, has played a wide range of characters, from sociopaths to priests. One thing he hasn’t done much, though, is play characters based on real people — making […]
The Wrap on Spotify Wrapped 2024 — Viral Tracks Are Down
Photo Credit: Spotify With Spotify Wrapped 2024 out now, everyone is exploring their year with music. Perhaps more interesting than individual stats however is how music consumption trends changed over the course of the year. […]
Jay Blakesberg Offers New Look at Dead & Company with ‘Rainbow Full of Sound’ Coffee Table Book
Celebrated rock photographer Jay Blakesberg has outlined the contents of a new book that provides an in-depth look at Dead & Company’s touring years, 2015-2023. The 352-page hardcover coffee table book continues Blakesberg’s storied tenure […]
Jerry Garcia’s AI Voice Can Now Read to You—But What Would He Think?
Getty Image “Jerry would have loved it.” You hear it a lot if you’re even remotely Grateful Dead-adjacent online. It’s the classic Deadhead refrain, uttered with a wry smirk and a dash of irony: Jerry […]
The eternal evolution of Terry Riley’s minimalist masterpiece : NPR
American composer Terry Riley performs in London in 2018. His groundbreaking work In C helped launch the musical movement called minimalism 60 years ago. Robin Little/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Robin Little/Getty Images Inspiration […]
The Grateful Dead Bassist Phil Lesh Dies at 84
Phil Lesh, a founding member and bassist of the Grateful Dead, passed away on Friday morning at the age of 84. According to a post on his Instagram, Lesh “passed peacefully” while surrounded by his […]
Grateful Dead Bassist and Co-Founder Was 84
Phil Lesh, Grateful Dead’s co-founding member and bassist, has died at the age of 84. According to a statement posted to social media, Lesh “passed peacefully” on Friday, October 25th. “He was surrounded by his family […]
‘Rock Springs’ Kelly Marie Tran, Benedict Wong To Star In Movie From Vera Miao
Kelly Marie Tran, Benedict Wong and Jimmy O. Yang have been set to star in Rock Springs, a new film written and to be directed by Two Sentence Horror Stories creator and Expats scribe Vera […]
Ranking ‘Saturday Night’s Not Ready for Primetime Players By How Well They Evoke the Original Cast
Saturday Night Live has long been known for its stars’ impressions of everyone from current politicians like Kamala Harris to historical figures like Vincent Price. Saturday Night, the movie set in the moments before its series premiere, isn’t […]
Heavy Song of the Week: Human Impact’s “Corrupted”
Heavy Song of the Week is a feature on Heavy Consequence breaking down the top metal, punk, and hard rock tracks you need to hear every Friday. This week, the top spot goes to Human […]
The Tale of Two Tim Burtons
Getty Images/Ringer illustration Over the course of a 40-year career, Hollywood’s resident weirdo director has gone from pushing the envelope to resorting to retreads, all while watching his counterculture oddness become mainstream. If we say […]
How Dead & Company found new life at the Las Vegas Sphere
LAS VEGAS — Four hours or so before they’re due beneath the massive wraparound video screen at Sphere, Bob Weir, Mickey Hart and John Mayer amble into a backstage production office like three guys showing up […]
Comedian, actor and painter Martin Mull was always right for the job
For anyone lucky enough to have experienced the long arc of his career, the death of droll, dry, deadpan Martin Mull, Thursday at 80, feels like the end of an era. A writer, songwriter, musician, […]