The Dead News

DAVID LEMIEUX, the Grateful Dead's tape archivist, was listening to some music one morning this week when I called him at his home in Victoria, British Columbia.

Radio Woodstock and world-renowned guitarist Warren Haynes present the 8th annual Mountain Jam Festival at Hunter Mountain, NY from Thursday, May 31 through Sunday, June 3, 2012.

Grateful Dead puts a new spin on its classic "Playing In The Band" this winter as the group gives fans a chance to show off their musical chops with The Dead Covers Project .

Here's the question I get more than any other about bands and music: What do they sound like? And when I write about musicians and their music, it is critical to relay influences I hear without making it seem like a singer or a band is only that.