Tag: The Grateful Dead

The 50 Best Albums of 1972

Last year, when helping assemble SPIN‘s 50 Best Albums of 1971, I wondered if that year could have been popular music’s absolute peak. Now I’m asking myself that same question all over again. As I built a spreadsheet for 1972, gathering our writers’ votes alongside my own weird choices, I was once again struck by […]

April 22, 2022
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Devandra Banhart Honors the Grateful Dead’s Blues for Allah Anniversary With Cover

Celebrating the 45th anniversary of The Grateful Dead’s Blues for Allah, Devendra Banhart recorded his own rendition of “Franklin’s Tower.” Released as an Amazon Original track, the song was produced by Noah Georgeson and recorded remotely with his current touring band, which includes guitarist Nicole Lawrence, Jeremy Harris on synths and Gregory Rogove on drums […]

September 3, 2020
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