Simpson performed the song in front of Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, and Bill Kreutzmann, the Dead’s three surviving members. He was joined onstage by Don Was as well as the late Phil Lesh’s grandson Grahame ...

While honoring the Grateful Dead at the Kennedy Honors Event, the band received a special performance of "Ripple" from Sturgill Simpson.

Sturgill Simpson unveiled Passage Du Desir, his debut under the alias Johnny Blue Skies, which made our list of the Best Albums Of 2024. On Dec. 8, the country polymath sang at the 47th Annual Kennedy ...

The crowd went nuts when Sturgill walked out, and then the band got right into Walker Jr’s 2016 vulgar hit “Sit On My Face.” Wheeler takes the first verse (I won’t be typing out any of the lyrics, you ...

Sturgill Simpson paid tribute to the Grateful Dead for the band’s Kennedy Center Honors, playing a twangy country cover of the band’s classic “Ripple.” Simpson performed the song in front ...

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During the ceremony, Sturgill Simpson performed a cover of the band’s ‘Ripple’, though footage of the performance hadn’t been shared until this past weekend (December 22), when the ...

From Chris Stapleton to Sturgill Simpson, Kentucky musicians were on fire in 2024. Will these acts help carry on the heat?

Tyla, Fontaines D.C., Moses Sumney, and Sturgill Simpson’s Johnny Blue Skies alias also feature on the former president’s ...

In a year of big stadium shows and cool underplays, we must point to two brat happenings on the concert scene. The oddly ...