Joan Baez retired from touring in 2019, but you can still catch the folk icon at special occasions — and in February 2025, Sweet Relief Musicians Fund will honor her with a benefit concert. Taking place on Feb. 8 at San Francisco’s Masonic Auditorium, Baez will perform alongside Emmylou Harris, …
Read More »Hozier Unearths Devotional Epic 'Hymn to Virgil': 'I Didn't Think It Was Worth Releasing'
In Dante Alighieri’s Inferno, the author describes Virgil and Dante’s grueling journey through hell and purgatory as they encounter horrifying creatures and weather revolting conditions. They develop an enduring sense of trust and care between one another throughout the poem. But when they reach heaven, Virgil is barred from entering …
Read More »Gracie Abrams, Hozier to Perform on 'SNL' Episodes Hosted by Chris Rock, Martin Short
Saturday Night Live has secured its last three hosts and musical guests for 2024. On Monday, the NBC comedy variety show announced that Gracie Abrams and Hozier will perform on the Dec. 14 and Dec. 21 episodes of the show to end the year. Chris Rock and Martin Short will …
Read More »Hozier Thought About Taking a Long Break. Instead He Made a Smash Hit
A s the sky fades from orange to pink over Forest Hills Stadium in Queens, New York, in early June, 13,000 people stand, enraptured by Hozier’s presence. When the Irish singer-songwriter motions for them to sing, they comply. When he moves through the crowd to reach the B stage, everyone …
Read More »Chappell Roan Gives Headline-Worthy Set; Megan Thee Stallion, Hozier Talk Cease-Fire on Lolla Day One
There was one artist on most everyone’s must-see list for the first day of Lollapalooza 2024: Chappell Roan. Fans, eager to stake a good spot, ran from the entrance gates at Chicago’s Grant Park to the main headline T-Mobile stage and camped out as early as noon to wait it …
Read More »Watch Hozier Sing 'The Weight' With Mavis Staples and Joan Baez at Newport Folk Festival
It wouldn’t be a Newport Folk Festival without Mavis Staples leading an ensemble sing-along of “The Weight.” Staples was not on the bill at this year’s festival, so the crowd roared even louder when she appeared as a special surprise guest during the end of Hozier‘s Friday evening headlining set …
Read More »Taylor Swift, Drake, Hozier, and All the Songs You Need to Know This Week
Welcome to our weekly rundown ofthe best new music — featuring big new singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more.This week, two exceedingly intense highlights from Taylor Swift‘s The Tortured Poets Department, a new beef-sizzling new track from Drake, and a mystical Hozier B-side. Plus, new music from …
Read More »Hozier, Reneé Rapp, Laufey Among Headliners for All Things Go Fest 2024
All Things Go Festival will return for another year of queer and a queer-beloved lineup. On Tuesday, the Baltimore-based music fest announced that Laufey, Bleachers, and Janelle Monáe will headline the festival’s first day; and Hozier, Reneé Rapp, and Conan Gray will take the baton for Day Two this September. …
Read More »Hozier Is a Whiskey-Sipping Night Owl on New Song 'Too Sweet'
Hozier is feeling particularly nocturnal on “Too Sweet,” one of four new releases that appear on his new EP Unheard. The musician first teased the song on TikTok with a quick sketch of a coffee-drinking, chain-smoking skeleton pumping it through its headphones. “I take my whiskey neat, my coffee black, …
Read More »Noah Kahan, Hozier Set for Pilgrimage Festival 2024
The Pilgrimage Music & Cultural Festival has announced the lineup for its 10th anniversary. Noah Kahan, Hozier, Needtobreathe, and Dave Matthews Band will headline the weekend festival this September in Franklin, Tennessee. Set for Sept. 28 and 29 at the Park at Harlindale Farm, the headliners lean into the folky …
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