On this year’s run, Hart is creating sequences, also known as “Zones,” from the latest Planet Drum material. Steven Feld’s Voices of the Rainforest album from the Mickey Hart Collection (Smithsonian Folkways). Hart has incorporated his lengthy resume of international rhythms into this section since the 1980s, with 2021’s Dead & Company tour featuring sequences from Dr. As one of the drummers in the Grateful Dead and currently Dead & Company, Hart (with drummer Bill Kreutzmann) leads the highly-anticipated and always enlightening portion of the show called Drums & Space, where percussion creativity and ambient experimentation reign. Hart has forever been celebrated for his experimental innovations and vision for the endless possibilities of drumming that crosses borders and expands musical horizons. Pre-order In The Groove and listen to new track “Tides” HERE. Planet Drum remains one of the most successful percussion recordings of all time, topping the Billboard Charts for 26 weeks and winning the first-ever Grammy Award for Best World Music Album. On In The Groove, Hart reunites with his brothers in rhythm Zakir Hussain (India), Giovanni Hidalgo (Puerto Rico) and Sikiru Adepoju (Nigeria) to continue the legacy the group forged in 1991 with Planet Drum’s monumental self-titled original release. One of the busiest musicians alive, Hart is also currently preparing for the release of In The Groove, the first album from trailblazing world music supergroup Planet Drum in 15 years. There are crackles on a couple of songs that seem to be native to the sound boards.Ģ.5-hour mp3 mix zipped up here (dates included in song titles)Ĭover art: Framing photograph - JR Eyerman/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images.World-renowned Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart is gearing up for the Dead & Company summer tour which kicks off June 11 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. The only edits are segues to connect tracks toward the end of each of the two parts of the mix. However, as always, I think the best Dead minutes become even better, and a show’s stature greater, when you cut until you can’t bring yourself to cut anymore. The two shows are strong overall, and I’ve listened to them several times. The soundboard mix is immaculate, and exceptional performances abound.

This mix curates the Dead’s unreleased June 30 - July 1 run in Columbia, Maryland.

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