Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, the celebrated musician and mezzo-soprano who spent the '70s as the Grateful Dead's first and only female vocalist, has died. She was 78. Godchaux died on Sunday at a ...

The mezzo-soprano joined the band in 1972, after marrying keyboardist Keith Godchaux. Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, the celebrated musician and mezzo-soprano who spent the '70s as the Grateful Dead's ...

A guide to Record Store Day Black Friday 2025, including Bay Area-connected releases, collector highlights, and where to find ...

Picture the scene. It’s Tuesday, 21st November, 1989. The previous weekend, The Stone Roses played a huge show at London’s ...

Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, a longtime Bay Area singer who performed with the Grateful Dead in 1970s and also appeared on a number of hit records in the ’60s, has died at the age of 78. The vocalist — ...

Sixty years later, San Jose officials will unveil a plaque celebrating the connection with the most famous jam band of all ...

The Grateful Dead were not, by most people's definition, a band fit for the studio. To condense their songwriting and penchant for free flowing jams into the sort of sterile, structured environment ...

This past year represented an extraordinary milestone for the Grateful Dead. The group debuted in 1965 and continues to ...