Over the past couple decades, the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, NY became a sort of East Coast home base for the late Phil Lesh and some of his fellow Grateful Dead alums. Peter Shapiro, the ...

This year, I thought I kept hearing Talib Kweli’s voice on a catchy Christmas song being used in Amazon Prime ads. The song isn’t bad at all, but it raised a few questions.

The Grateful Dead were discussing the possibility of a reunion with Phil Lesh before the band’s co-founder and bassist died last month at the age of 84. The surviving members of the Dead — Bob ...

Talib Kweli, shown above performing at Alive at Five in Albany in 2022, performed at Lark Hall Saturday night. Lori Van Buren/Times Union.

Phil Lesh is one of Mike Gordon’s biggest heroes. Gordon, the bassist for Phish, became aware of the Grateful Dead in high school and soon zoned in on Lesh. The two briefly met at a show in 1993 ...

IJ music columnist Paul Liberatore writes that he “felt an ache in the heart of the Marin music scene” since the passing of Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh last week.

Phil Lesh performs with The Dead, at the Forum in the Inglewood section of Los Angeles, on May 9, 2009. Lesh, a founding member of the Grateful Dead, died Friday, Oct. 25, 2024, at age 84.

Bass playing in a rock context is oftentimes the lone bastion of conservatism: Just keep the beat. Phil Lesh’s mission statement rejected that. These 10 tracks show how.

Phil Lesh lights the candles as Jeannette Ferber, a cantorial soloist at Berkeley's Renewal congregation Chochmat HaLev, sings the blessing, and guitarist Ross James looks on.

Phil Lesh, bassist and founding member of The Grateful Dead, died Friday, a producer who worked with him, Peter Shapiro, confirmed to CBS News. Lesh was 84 years old. A post on his Instagram ...

I loved him. He was like a dad to me. He actually showed us all, in a lot of ways, how to live a life. In March of this year, he was turning 84, and he had health issues, but he still came and did ...

Phil Lesh, bassist and founding member of the Grateful Dead, died on Friday at the age of 84. “He was surrounded by his family and full of love,” a statement posted to his social media said.