Tulsa World - Tulsa, OK
Posted on: September 18, 2008
DSO's first performance in Tulsa in two years was greeted with a Tulsa World feature with a Rob Koritz interview to advance tonight's show at Cain's Ballroom.
Gratefulfest 9 on Jambands.com
Posted on: September 04, 2008
Gratefulfest 9 took place this past weekend at Nelson Ledges Quarry Park in Garrettsville, Ohio. Dark Star Orchestra anchored the event, performing over each of the three days, during which the group offered two interpretations of past Grateful Dead performances as well as an original setlist. On Friday the group presented the Dead's Irvine Meadows show from 4/23/88 (which includied a fitting "Big River" in the midst of some Nelson Ledges rain showers). Earlier that same day, DSO's Rob Barraco and Cornmeal's Wavy Dave added keys and banjo to the Chef Dave Band's original song "Approach." Then on Saturday, DSO delivered 4/27/77 from the Capitol Theater in Passaic, NJ, with a special, fitting guest, as Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, who performed at the original show, shared vocals with DSO's Lisa Mackey. Sunday then featured two sets that did not correspond to any prior Dead performance and included a Keller Williams guest slot on a version of Jesse Stone's "Don't Let Go," a song often covered by the Jerry Garcia Band.
Atlantic City Weekly - Atlantic City, NJ
Posted on: July 31, 2008
Ray Schweibert of the AC Weekly caught the band and reviews Dark Star Orchestra's show at the House of Blues in Atlantic City on July 30.
Indiana Daily Student - Bloomington, IN
Posted on: July 30, 2008
IU's Daily Paper reviews DSO's first Bloomington show in over 3 years and includes a rare interview with Dark Star Orchestra Tour Manager Matt Reynolds.
Atlantic City Weekly - Atlantic City, NJ
Posted on: July 24, 2008
The AC Weekly interviews John Kadlecik in preview of Dark Star Orchestra's show at the House of Blues in Atlantic City.
Dark Star show 'never gets old' - Ft. Wayne News Sentinel
Posted on: July 18, 2008
Ft. Wayne News Sentinel reviews the July 17 performance with some pretty accurate descriptions.
Glide Magazine
Posted on: July 16, 2008
The online music portal, Glide Magazine reviews Dark Star Orchestra's debut performance at NYC's Governor's Island from Friday, July 11.
News Sun - Springfield, OH
Posted on: July 10, 2008
DSO's tradition of performing a free show at Springfield's Summer Arts Festival was previewd by the local paper as they affirm DSO's "serious jam band cred."
Dominion Post - Morgantown, WV
Posted on: June 08, 2008
Morgantown's Dominion Post follows DSO for an interesting report called, A Day in the Life of Dark Star Orchestra that details all that goes on in putting on a concert at the Metropolitan Theater in Morgantown. An interesting read!
Burlington Free Press - Burlington, VT
Posted on: May 30, 2008
Vermont's largest newspaper endorses Dark Star Orchestra's Higher Ground shows with a few nice words and they get it right that DSO "don’t impersonate the characters of the Grateful Dead but rather embody them through sprit and sound."