Inspired by the sheer excitement and thrill experienced during the New Orleans Jazz Fest, the indomitable Bill Kreutzmann has announced his intentions to reconvene Billy & The Kids for two special shows this summer. Kreutzmann s legendary drumming helped power the Grateful Dead for their entire thirty-year career, and his dynamic group Billy & The Kids continue to spread the Dead s musical legacy with a fresh and vibrant voice.
Candlebox are breaking up. The Seattle grunge band, which started in the ’90s and (one hiatus later) kept chugging along into the 2020s, have announced that they’ll release one final album, The Long Goodbye, this August.
“Adam, BJ, Brian, Island and I are all super excited for everyone to hear this record,” frontman Kevin Martin said in a statement. “We pushed ourselves creatively as far as our hearts and souls would let us and created something that we’re incredibly excited about and very proud of.”