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David Burn / December 27, 2020

Best New Music of 2020

2020 has been a mess of a year on so many levels. For one, live music came to a total standstill. We are still standing still during this last week of the year. Thankfully, when times get tough, artists get busy. What did not stop this year is the writing and performing of music (in […]

David Burn / June 18, 2017

It’s Been Seen Before, Through Other Eyes, On Other Days

Dead & Company with John Mayer on guitar and Oteil Burbridge on bass is on tour this summer and turning in one inspired performance after the next. Scott W. Allen, author of Aces Back to Back: The History of the Grateful Dead—like many others who have attended a Dead & Company show—can’t quite hold back […]

David Burn / August 16, 2016

case/lang/veirs Is Pure Brilliance

When is the last time you heard something that really blew your mind? For me, it happened just last Spring, when case/lang/veirs put out their first release on Anti Records. I’m not the freckled maid I’m not the fair-haired girl I’m not a pail of milk for you to spoil case/lang/veirs is the new super […]

David Burn / August 2, 2015

Phish Makes First Trip To Bend, Oregon

“Control for smilers can’t be bought The solar garlic starts to rot Was it for this my life I sought? Maybe so and maybe not.” -Anastasio/Marshall Trey Anastasio impressed a lot of Jerry Garcia fans this summer with his well conceived and expertly delivered work as lead guitar player in “Fare Thee Well,” a tribute […]

David Burn / April 20, 2015

I’d Pay to See the Holographic Jerry Garcia on Guitar

The remaining members of Grateful Dead are playing five “Fare Thee Well” shows this summer. According to a statement from the band, it will be the last time the four remaining members play on stage together. Naturally, such an announcement created a sense of scarcity and scarcity lends itself to various forms of exploitation, particularly […]

David Burn / January 17, 2015

The Best Radio Stations In The World Are Inside Your Machine

One of the things I enjoy most about digital culture is the ability to listen to community radio stations around the country. It is something I do each day, and each day I find it as enriching as the last. We become the media we consume. For your own sake and the sake of the […]

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