Various Artists - The Music Never Stopped: The Roots of the Grateful Dead

Various Artists - The Music Never Stopped: The Roots of the Grateful DeadIn their long career The Grateful Dead have been inspired by a stunning variety of American musical artists and traditions from blues to country to rock to folk some of the most exciting and moving music ever recorded. Here are the original versions of The Dead's best loved cover tunes that surprise and delight with their musical depth, originality, and feeling. This collection has been lovingly compiled by a group of Dead insiders including Henry

Love and Music campaign with a series of vinyl releases

The dream to make a proper studio album is finally realized

Mojeanne Behzadi

but some of them are like the album's title track

complete with bonus live and acoustic tracks that deepen the listening experience

unique tapestry of sound

The first ever reissue of Dorothy Carter's 1978 folk/psych/drone masterpiece

" Whiskey for the Holy Ghost is the second solo album from Lanegan

and splattered laptop processes to lay out a blueprint for experimental electronic music

which was possibly a reaction to counter the political insinuations that the band was confronted with in the late 90s

making this a must-have for any indie rock collection

at a time when gathering in person wasn't possible