Rebecca Adams

As New York hosts the first large-scale display of materials from the University of California-Santa Cruz's Grateful Dead archive, we look at how this hazy jam band sparked new ideas in the music business. Joshua Green of The Atlantic magazine explains their savvy innovations in fan relations. And Rebecca Adams, ...

As the surviving members of the Grateful Dead reunite for concerts in New York this weekend, Soundcheck’s occasional series on superfans continues with a look at Deadheads. Music critic Ben Ratliff of the New York Times; Peter Conners, author of the memoir "Growing Up Dead;" and sociologist Rebecca Adams of ...