If 'Blue Mountain' represents a new, more prolific era for this music legend, Weir fans of all stripes have a lot to look forward to. Even if he takes another 16 years to complete another album, listeners can take comfort in the rich tones of this mature work. Now more than ever, the world needs the comforting, self-assured songs of Bob Weir.
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For many reasons 2016 has us wishing for either a do-over, or the anticipation to see it already gone. One thing we can't deny though is that this year has been a glorious one for fiction. But also for book covers.
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Obsidian has taken all they have learned in the last decade as well as the success and freedom they explored with 'Pillars of Eternity' and created an RPG that stands as high on my list as classics like 'Planescape: Torment' and 'Baldur's Gate 2,' and that is high praise indeed.
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