Mark Russell, piano-playing political satirist, dead at 90

Mark Russell, piano-playing political satirist, dead at 90

Longtime political humorist Mark Russell, the wise-cracking piano player who skewered Washington’s elite with pithy one-liners and upbeat tunes, has died. He was 90. The irreverent satirist died Thursday at home in Washington, D.C., of […]

LP Giobbi to Perform Dead House at NOLA’s The Howlin’ Wolf Following Dead & Company’s Jazz Fest Appearance

LP Giobbi to Perform Dead House at NOLA's The Howlin' Wolf Following Dead & Company's Jazz Fest Appearance

Photo by Jay Blakesberg Today, it was announced following Dead & Company’s headlining set at New Orleans Jazz Festival, producer, DJ, multi-instrumentalist, and Grateful Dead fan LP Giobbi will bring her Dead House project for […]

Glen “SPOT” Lockett, Black Flag and Hüsker Dü Producer, Dead at 72

Glen "SPOT" Lockett, Black Flag and Hüsker Dü Producer, Dead at 72

Glen “SPOT” Lockett, the trailblazing punk producer behind SST Records and artistic statements by the likes of Hüsker Dü and Black Flag, has died at 72. The influential engineer had been battling fibrosis before he […]