Fondly remembered this month...

Wiry monochrome intensity from indie veterans fully focused on the present

JESSE JACKSON WAS ENROLLED AT THE Chicago Theological Seminary in 1965 when he decided to join other like-minded students in traveling to Selma, Ala., where Martin Luther King Jr. was leading a march

The prolific Bill Nelson ’s taken a brief pause from his solo work to turn his attention towards a project of a different kind. Orchestra Futura was a live improv trio that also included Theo Travis and Dave Sturt. Although they never released any studio recordings, a selection of material has just been collated and issued as Live At Nelsonica & Clothworkers Hall . Prog caught up with its members to find out more and uncover Nelson’s plans for the future.

THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF Bob Weir’s death on January 10 sent shock waves of sadness and grief through the Grateful Dead community. Coming just over a year after the passing of bassist Phil Lesh, it seemed

Charismatic civil rights leader who ran for the presidency ...