photo credit: Michael DiDonna *** On Saturday, May 14, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead kicks off Westville Music Bowl’s Summer 2022 Season. To mark the occasion, we are sharing our September 2017 JRAD cover story, which has yet to appear online in its entirety. Relix publisher Peter Shapiro first met Joe Russo in the late-‘90s […]
Photo by Gary Schwartz via Adrenaline PR Jon Zazula, also known as, Jonny Z, co-founder of Metallica’s first label Megaforce Records and manager for Metallica and Anthrax, died Tuesday. He was 69. According to Rolling Stone, a representative for Megaforce confirmed Zazula’s death and stated he died of complications from the rare neuropathic disorder CIDP, […]
Photo credit: Daniel Dorsa In honor of director Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) winning the Oscar for Best Documentary feature, we revisit our June cover story… *** Relix Publisher Peter Shapiro and Editor-in-Chief Dean Budnick speak with The Roots’ Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson about his directorial debut: a […]
photo credit: John Atashian GarciaLive Volume 16 is set for release on June 25. The latest installment in the GarciaLive series presents the Jerry Garcia Band’s debut performance at Madison Square Garden on November 15, 1991. This is version of the group that keyboardist Melvin Seals has described as “the magic band,” with Garcia and […]
Photo via Randex Communication’s website Randy Alexander, a veteran entertainment publicist who founded Randex Communications, passed away on December 27 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 62 years old. Alexander is survived by his wife Randi and his two children, Harrison and Zoe. Based in Philadelphia, Alexander was one of the most prominent […]
On Wednesday, March 24, The Relix Channel offered a five-hour block of Wayback Wednesday programming, looking back on two volumes of The Best of the Jammys as well as the Wetlands Preserved documentary. During a scheduled Q&A with Wetlands Preserved director Dean Budnick and cinematographer/editor Jonathan Healey, Blues Traveler frontman John Popper phoned in alongside a video stream of Wetlands owner […]
