Grand Titration

Visits by the Grateful Dead and succeeding bands of its core members – and, of course, throngs of Dead Heads - have long been a beloved Las Vegas tradition. But it didn’t always look like it would be that way. When the Dead, at their peak of their popularity, announced plans to play at the city’s largest stadium, the Silver Bowl, in 1991, there were attempts to get the shows cancelled by powerful forces in Vegas, including owners of some of the major hotels and casinos, who expressed concern that the band would attract “the wrong element” – a rather amusing notion in a city that was pretty much founded and run for many decades by a really wrong element, personified by infamous gangsters like Ben “Bugsy” Siegel.

Following up her highly acclaimed 2018 Biophilia Records debut ​Magdalena​ (“a constant flow of ideas, serene and deftly paced” — ​New York Times​), tenor saxophonist, composer and vocalist ​María Grand​ returns with a bold second outing for Biophilia, ​Reciprocity.​ It presents music that Grand wrote and recorded at a pivotal time in her life, in early 2020 when she was five and a half months pregnant with her son, Ayní.

Leopoldine Blahetka was an Austrian composer of the 19th century. One of her most famous works is the "Grand Duo" for piano four hands. The piece is characterized by its passionate and virtuosic music, which requires both technical skills and musical sensitivity. The "Grand Duo" is an impressive example of Blahetka's compositional talent and her contribution to 19th century piano music.

Grand Funk Railroad, sometimes known as Grand Funk, is an American rock band that was very popular during the 1970s, they toured extensively and played to packed arenas worldwide. David Fricke of Rolling Stone magazine once said, "You cannot talk about rock in the 1970s without talking about Grand Funk Railroad!" Grand Funk Railroad has certainly had their fair share of compilations released over the years. This set takes the albums in the well named Trunk of Funk and releases them in two bite size chunks. For long time Grand Funk fans looking to replace their vinyl with remastered CDs, the two Trunk of Funks boxes are a good way to start. Included in the box one are the group's first four albums - their 1969 debut, On Time, and their 1970 trio of releases (something that is unheard of nowadays by modern rock bands), Grand Funk, Closer to Home, and Live Album - plus previously unreleased tracks. The original Dave Tedds masters have been used and each box has an essay by Malcolm Dome as well as original album credits.