Phil Lesh, bassist for Grateful Dead, dies at 84
Phil Lesh, the bassist for the Grateful Dead who propelled many of its wildest musical explorations yet also composed and sang one of its loveliest…
The Grateful Dead named 2025 MusiCares Persons of the Year
The Grateful Dead will be honored as the 2025 MusiCares Persons of the Year, the Recording Academy announced Wednesday, 60 years after the groundbreaking jam…
Francis Coppola, Bonnie Raitt among Kennedy Center honorees
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday announced the recipients of its 47th class of honorees for lifetime artistic achievement.This year’s…
Letters to Sports: Bill Walton was one of the great ones
Bill Walton was a life force like no other. He happened to also be one of the greatest basketball players of all time, but that…
Bill Walton and the Grateful Dead: How the band shaped his life
Bill Walton was a proud Deadhead. The basketball great, who died Monday at age 71 following a prolonged cancer battle, was famously a huge fan…