Lucero / Ben Nichols "In the Heart of the Mountain" Turntables Records and Rhino Entertainment compiled

Records and Rhino Entertainment compiled an amazing compact disc overview of the Grateful Dead's most memorable and fan driven favorites simply titled The Very Best Of Grateful Dead

Written and recorded in the midst of a dizzying stretch in which nearly everything about the way the band lived and worked was turned on its head

Movements bring emotion to life in each note

Spandau Ballet

Lucero / Ben Nichols "In the Heart of the Mountain" Turntables Records and Rhino Entertainment compiledBen Nichols' from Lucero first solo album since 2009's The Last Pale Light in the West. Although not a concept album, the song titles in sequence do read as a kind of poem. The album features Nichols on acoustic guitar and vocals, as well as performing some of the electric guitar solos. He is accompanied by Morgan Eve Swain (The Huntress and the Holder of Hands, The Devil Makes Three, Brown Bird) on violin and backing vocals, Cory Branan on electric