The 2,500 people gathered for the annual benefit concert Friday definitely knew their Grateful Dead, the revolutionary San Francisco-birthed jam band honored as 2025’s MusiCares Persons of the Year.

The MusiCares’ annual Persons of the Year Charity Gala, where the Grateful Dead are the 2025 honorees (with some “Friend of the Devil” food cake to celebrate.) “It’s an incredible honor ...

Vampire Weekend performing at the MusiCares Grateful Dead gala. Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for The Recording Academy Billy Strings’ “Wharf Rat” was divine, while the lesser known “Loose ...

By Shirley Halperin Distilling the musical legacy of the Grateful Dead into one night is no small ... and musical director for the Jan. 31 MusiCares Persons of the Year event — was up to the ...

Weir was accepting an award, along with other members of the Grateful Dead or their family members, as one of MusiCares’ Persons of the Year at the charity’s annual gala Friday night.

Weir was accepting an award, along with other members of the Grateful Dead or their family members, as one of MusiCares’ Persons of the Year at the charity’s annual gala Friday night. And there was ...

For a band long known for its musical elasticity, the timing of Friday’s MusiCares Persons of the Year concert honoring the Grateful Dead could not have been more on the money, literally and ...