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Tivoli, NY – Kaatsbaan Cultural Park is pleased to announce a Bluegrass Concert by powerhouse acoustic duo Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley on Friday, February 24, 2023 at 7pm. Tickets are 30 general admission. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit kaatsbaan.org/2023-events.

15-time International Bluegrass Music Association Dobro Player of the Year Rob Ickes and Tennessee-born guitar prodigy Trey Hensley are known for their white-hot picking, stone country vocals with soul and world class live musicianship. Together, they meld blues, bluegrass, country, rock, and other string band music of all kinds to form a signature blend of music that defies restrictions of genre.

About Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley

Take a 15-time Ibma (International Bluegrass Music Association) Dobro Player of the Year and a Tennessee-born guitar prodigy who made his Grand Ole Opry debut at the age of 11, and you have Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley, a powerhouse acoustic duo that...

They didn’t boo, they didn’t walk out, and they certainly didn’t applaud. The strangest thing — and maybe the most telling sign of things to come — is that they just stared, as if aliens had landed at a high school in Northern California.

The members of Ace of Cups don’t always agree on what constituted their first show together, but they all remember the one in Etna, California, sometime in the spring of 1967. A few of the band members were driven up from San Francisco in a Vw bus by a friend,...

It’s one thing to revive a genre and another to resuscitate a specific type of old-school song. But on “Another Man,” from his new self-titled debut, Buffalo Nichols has both goals in mind: to update the blues and the protest song in the 21st century.

Born in Houston but raised in Milwaukee, Carl “Buffalo” Nichols is a deft fingerpicker and slide guitarist and muted power singer. It’s no surprise that he wound up being signed by Fat Possum, the Mississippi-based indie label that first cemented its rep by...

A 50th anniversary edition of David Crosby’s 1971 solo debut If I Could Only Remember My Name is being released on October 15th. It features a remastered version of the original LP and a bonus disc packed with previously-released demos, outtakes, and alternate takes from the album sessions. There will also be a 180-gram vinyl edition. Check out the previously-unheard track “Riff 1” right here.

If I Could Only Remember My Name was recorded throughout 1970 and early 1971 as Crosby was dealing with the shocking death of girlfriend Christine Hinton, and the overwhelming success of Csn/Csny.

Christmas albums now arrive in every genre — jazz, new age, country — but jam band? Other than Jorma Kaukonen’s 1996 Christmas album, not so much. That may start to change with Michael Falzarano and Extended Family’s A Kaleidoscope Christmas, a collection of original and classic yuletide songs led by the singer and guitarist known for his stints in Hot Tuna and the New Riders of the Purple Sage.

Thanks to those connections, this is a Christmas album that features guitarist Kaukonen and Falzarano’s other Hot Tuna bandmate, co-founder and bassist Jack Casady,...

In March, guitarist and renowned sideman Larry Campbell (Bob Dylan, Levon Helm and many more) became one of many musicians to test positive for Covid-19. For about two weeks, he endured over-100-degree fever, headaches and loss of smell. As he told Rolling Stone after his fever had broken, “This thing has been a beast. It’s going to be a while before I begin to have equilibrium here. But I’m on the mend.”

About three weeks ago, Campbell fully recovered and finally received a negative test result. This weekend,...

Owsley Stanley was known as the foremost underground LSD chemist of the 1960s. But he was also an exacting pioneer of live concert sound, a man who helped invent both monitor systems and high-fidelity amplification. When he died in 2011 at the age of 76, Stanley left behind a breathtaking array of some 1,300 reels amassed between 1966 and 1982. Buried inside are lost concerts by legends like Johnny Cash, Fleetwood Mac, Tim Buckley, and dozens of others, alongside the San Francisco psychedelic bands Stanley is most often associated with, such as the Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane.

Fifty years after the original Woodstock festival took place, mementos of the event are scattered across the country. Jimi Hendrix’s guitar is on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; Wavy Gravy’s sleeping bag is housed at the Fur Peace Ranch in Ohio (owned by former Jefferson Airplane guitarist Jorma Kaukonen). Jack Casady’s bass, Johnny Winter’s chain necklace and the original plans for the location can be found at a museum on the site of the festival in Bethel, New York.

Then there’s the white cardboard box,...

Jim Marshall, the artist behind some of classic rock’s most legendary images, including Jimi Hendrix lighting his guitar on fire at Monterey in 1967 and Johnny Cash flipping the bird at San Quentin in 1969, is the subject of a new documentary film. “Show Me The Picture: The Story of Jim Marshall,” directed by Alfred George Bailey (“Gregory Porter Don’t Forget Your Music”), holds its South By Southwest (SXSW) premiere on Friday, March 15.

In advance of the Austin screening, Variety reveals some rare and never-before-seen photos of Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and a proof sheet from 1969’s Woodstock.

The photographer had a front row seat for some of the biggest moments in musical history. He was in there when Bob Dylan went electric and spent a lot of time in San Francisco documenting the psychedelic era befriending The Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service and Big Brother and the Holding Company.

Jefferson Airplane guitarist Jorma Kaukonen mourned and praised former bandmate Marty Balin, who died Thursday at age 76, in an emotional statement on his blog. “Marty’s passing reaffirms the power of love, the power of family, the power of possibilities,” he wrote.

Kaukonen moved from grief to optimism throughout the note. “Marty and I were young together in a time that defined our lives,” he said of their shared experience in the San Francisco psych-rock band. “Had it not been for him, my life would have taken an alternate path I cannot imagine.

Jefferson Airplane vocalist-guitarist Marty Balin, who co-founded the San Francisco psychedelic rock band in 1965 and played a crucial role in the creation of all their 1960s albums, including Surrealistic Pillow and Volunteers, died Thursday at the age of 76. Balin’s rep confirmed the musician’s death to Rolling Stone, though the cause of death is currently unknown.

“Rip Marty Balin, fellow bandmate and music traveler passed last night,” Jefferson Airplane bassist Jack Casady said in a statement. “A great songwriter and singer who loved life and music. We shared some wonderful times together.

In this “season of giving,” the Jerry Garcia Foundation is once again honored to announce that it will be producing its third annual “Imagine There’s No Hunger” holiday benefit concert in support of WhyHunger and Yoko Ono Lennon's mission to alleviate hunger and poverty worldwide.

The “Imagine There’s No Hunger” program draws inspiration from the iconic song Imagine written by Yoko Ono and John Lennon and based on the writing in Yoko’s book, Grapefruit.

The “Imagine There’s No Hunger” concert audience will be invited to participate in sing-along presentations of Lennon’s Imagine, Give Peace a Chance, and the Grateful Dead's Ripple. This year’s production will be presented at 7 Pm (doors open at 6:30) on December 16th at the picturesque Viansa Sonoma Winery located in the San Francisco area. Door proceeds benefit WhyHunger.

Hot Tuna is headlining the benefit concert featuring Grammy Award-winning...

It’s back. The second annual Jerry Garcia Birthday Celebration is returning this year.

Jerry Garcia Birthday Benefit Concert

The historic Strand Theater (Lakewood, NJ) will host a very special evening celebrating the music of Jerry Garcia on Saturday, August 26.

Musicians on a Mission and the Jerry Garcia Foundation have invited guest artists from around the United states to join in the musical celebration. One of the evening’s featured performers is up-and-coming music sensation EmiSunshine, the 13-year-old prodigy from East Tennessee who has captured the nation’s attention and enchanted many with her musical gifts.

California native singer/songwriter Greg Winser will also headline the benefit, sharing his original blend of homegrown music. Local artists Mark Diomede and Sandy Mack will entertain the audience, along with Waynard Scheller and Rainbow Full of Sound.

A special reunion of the Jerry Garcia-Merl Saunders Band rhythm section, featuring Bob Steeler...

The Hot Tuna crew witnesses the real-life dangers of tuna fishing on Sunday's season four premiere of Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks.

Only Et has an exclusive first look at the intense episode, in which first mate Jarrett Przybyszewski becomes completely submerged by a 15-foot rogue wave.

Watch: Tension And Tempers Flare In This Exclusive 'Wicked Tuna' Clip

"When that wave was coming to the side of the boat, I didn't really have an idea of if I was going to get tossed over. All I knew is that there was a big wave that was going to crash into the cockpit. I knew I had to hold on to something," Przybyszewski recalls. "There was a split second where I was underwater, thinking, 'I'm holding my breath on the Hot Tuna.' If I didn't see that wave coming and getting prepared for that wave to hit, there's a very good chance if my back...

Wicked Tuna is back for Season 6 and the boats are out to land the first lucrative fish. This season the Fv-Tuna.com and its captain Dave Carraro are back, as is no-nonsense Hard Merchandise along with youngster McLaughlin on The Pin Wheel. The largest fleet boat The Hot Tuna captained by the charismatic T.J. also returns as does Herbert on the Wicked Pissah – the man with a small boat but a big personality. There is also a new boat in the form the Fish Hawk. The Fish Hawk is captained by Brad Krasowski who was introduced to fishing by his father and loves the...read more...

Tonight on Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks – Tyler surprises everyone with a late surge but everyone is struggling. Tyler started off being pretty dismissive of the other boats, he was interested in his catch and not keen on helping anyone out. This saw him clash a bit with Griff and get a bit of a reputation. However, he changed his mind a few weeks back and started to call in his bites and communicate a bit more with the other boats. With his luck in, which Tyler will we see this week? Hot Tuna has three on the go at once...read more...

On this episode of Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks – it’s halfway through the season and the race is on to see which boat will be at the top of the food chain. Griff, Captain of Reels of Fortune says: “Fishings really slow right now. There’s only one thing on my mind right now and that’s food.” He says over the radio:”I’ve quite drinking, I’ve quite smolking but I’ll be damned if I quit eatin.” He’s becoming a bit obsessed and is even asking other captains what they’re eating! On Hot Tuna they are cooking up some fine looking tuna steaks and Griff can...read more...

Guitarist and founding member of Jefferson Airplane Paul Kantner has died at the age of 74, according to multiple reports. Kantner's publicist confirmed the news to the San Francisco Chronicle that said he died Thursday of multiple organ failure. He is survived by the remaining founding members of the band Jack Casady, Grace Slick, Marty Balin and Jorma Kaukonen. Kantner was also a founding member of the band's spin-off project Jefferson Starship. Forming the band in 1965 with Balin, the pair had met in the Drinking Ground, a folk bar in San Francisco. The band - known for their hits "White Rabbit...

Paul Kantner, co-founder of Jefferson Airplane and pioneer of the psychedelic rock scene in mid-1960s San Francisco, died earlier today of multiple organ failure. His publicist confirmed the news to the San Francisco Chronicle. Kantner had suffered a heart attack earlier this week and had dealt with a series of health problems throughout the past year. He was 74.Kantner founded Jefferson Airplane in 1965 at a bar in San Francisco with Marty Balin. The group featured vocals and guitar from Balin and Kantner, lead vocals from Grace Slick, a blues-rock sound from guitarist Jorma Kaukonen and bass player Jack Casady, and drums from Spencer Dryden. It was one of the first of its kind to achieve mainstream success with singles such as “Somebody to Love” and “White Rabbit.” Five of the band’s first seven albums went gold, including Surrealistic Pillow (1967) and Crown of Creation (1968). Jefferson Airplane also performed at Woodstock and Altamont,...

Flying Burrito Brothers and Hot Tuna lawsuits raise question of protection for older recordings

Apple, Sony and Google have hit a bum note with their use of songs recorded prior to 1972, according to a flurry of lawsuits filed Thursday.

The trio of companies and others were hit with complaints in federal court in California by Zenbu Magazines LLC, which claims ownership rights to numerous songs by The Flying Burrito Brothers, New Riders of the Purple Sage and Hot Tuna.

Also Read: SiriusXM Sued by Warner Music, Sony Music, Capitol Records Over Pre-1972 Recordings

The class-action suit against Sony claims that...

Here's the rare lionizing-a-musician doc that strikes a smart balance between vintage footage, talking-head testimonials, and contemporary tribute performances. Despite the appearance of Peter Yarrow, Bob Weir, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, and Jorma Kaukonen of Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna, Harlem Street Singer keeps its emphasis on its subject's fingers, frets, soul, and story. Blind street singer Reverend Gary Davis's acoustic blues and gospel guitar heroics — especially his inimitable, percussive, self-taught technique — are illuminated by way of smart testimony, but the many clips of him in action are so marvelous that this would be a first-rate doc subject even without all these admiring white people turning up to toast him. Simeon ...

Joey Covington, the drummer who played with Jefferson Airplane from 1970 to 1972, passed away Tuesday. The 67-year-old musician was killed in a car accident in Palm Springs, Calif., per a local CBS station. Covington, the only passenger in the vehicle, was reportedly not wearing a seatbelt and died at the scene of the crash. Covington first helped found the rock group Hot Tuna in 1969 alongside Jefferson Airplane Members Jack Casady and Jorma Kaukonen. By 1970 he replaced Jefferson Airplanes drummer Spencer Dryden as a member of the group. According to a local station, Covington continued to perform locally in Palm Springs, often agreeing to do free gigs. His last reported performance was at a Marilyn Monroe...

1967

Jefferson Airplane: After Bathing at Baxter's (RCA)

This was the Airplane's second LP of 1967, and on it they took the studio freedom their two huge hit singles had earned them and went wild and unsupervised, making a real psychedelic album rather than the carefully contrived simulation of psychedelia that had been Surrealistic Pillow. The result had more avant-garde weirdness than hit singles (RCA had unrealistic hopes for "Watch Her Ride"), but the album actually coheres far better; for all the stylistic disjunctions and studio effects and Jorma Kaukonen's often-abrasive guitar sounds, and for that matter the nine-minute instrumental trio improvisation "Spare Chaynge," it flows organically, creating its own logic.

Cream: Disraeli Gears (I'm not even a Cream fan and I still have to acknowledge the brilliance of "Strange Brew," "Sunshine of Your Love," "Tales of Brave Ulysses," and "Swlabr")

Moody Blues: Days of Future Passed (early blast of prog-rock,...