Release Day Picks this week highlight new albums by MGMT, Real Estate, Hurray for the Riff Raff, JJ Grey & Mofro, Steve Gunn & David Moore, Can, and Owsley “Bear” Stanley’s latest Sonic Journal.
The Owsley Stanley Foundation is thrilled to announce the release of a landmark live recording, Bear’s Sonic Journals: Sing Out!, Live at the Berkeley Community Theater, 4/25/1981, set to hit shelves and digital platforms on February 23, 2024. This exceptional collection showcases a unique assembly of Bay Area folk legends, encapsulating a night of acoustic marvels that has been described as a "mini-Woodstock."
The Owsley Stanley Foundation will release ‘Bear's Sonic Journals: Sing Out!’ featuring Owsley “Bear” Stanley’s final recording of Grateful Dead members
Sometimes from within the musical world the cosmos comes together in just such a way, at just such a time that it produces something truly special. In this case, two historic characters, Johnny Cash and Owsley “Bear” Stanley collide with Haight-Ashbury’s famously historic venue, The Carousel, in one of the most historic times in music history, 1968.