Jackson Browne, Dwight Yoakam, and Fountains of Wayne were among the artists to cover Warren Zevon at a Los Angeles tribute concert honoring the late Rock Hall-bound singer-songwriter. Marshall Crenshaw, Shooter Jennings, Steve Wynn, Inara George and more also took part in Meet Me in L.A.: The Songs ofWarren Zevon, …
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Steve Martin is back in his banjo bag, linking up with the celebrated picker Alison Brown for a new collaborative album, Safe, Sensible and Sane, out Oct. 17 via Brown’s Compass Records. The album announcement is accompanied by a new song, “Dear Time,” a tender meditation on the passing of …
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A career-spanning celebration of the late singer-songwriter Warren Zevon is heading to Los Angeles’ United Theater. Meet Me in L.A.: The Songs of Warren Zevon, presented by Wild Honey Foundation and the Zevon Family, will bring together an extensive group of collaborators to perform 25 songs from the artist’s discography. …
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When Craig Finn wants to make an L.A. album, he doesn’t mess around. He might be best known as the Minnesota-via-Brooklyn frontman of the Hold Steady, a punk bar-band wordsmith specializing in down-and-out tales with a Midwest flavor. But on his great new Always Been, he takes inspiration from Southern …
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Just four days after his surprise reunion with R.E.M. at the 40 Watt Club in Athens, Georgia, Michael Stipe performed at the annual Tibet House benefit at New York’s Carnegie Hall on a packed bill that also included Patti Smith, Jackson Browne, Laurie Anderson, Gogol Bordello, Orville Peck, Allison Russell, …
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Jackson Browne and Graham Nash — co-founders of the Musicians United for Safe Energy and the famed No Nukes concert in 1979 — are among the artists, actors, and advocates who have signed an open letter warning of the dangers of nuclear weapons. Annie Lennox, The China Syndrome‘s star and …
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Julie Byrne is following up her third album, The Greater Wings, quickly with a brand new EP. Julie Byrne With Laugh Cry Laugh will be out on November 17th via Ghostly International. Byrne’s latest is a collaborative project made with Taryn Blake and Emily Fontana, who collectively call themselves Laugh …
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Fifty-one years after the release of his breakthrough single “Doctor, My Eyes,” Jackson Browne has revisited the tune as part of Playing for Change’s Song Around the World initiative. He’s joined on the new rendition by the original “Doctor, My Eyes” rhythm section of drummer Russ Kunkel and bassist Leland …
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Everyone from Jackson Browne to Weyes Blood reflects on the brilliance of Judee Sill in a new trailer for an upcoming documentary about the widely revered, if little-known, singer-songwriter. Lost Angel: The Genius of Judee Sill will trace Sill’s remarkable rise from a troubled teen responsible for a handful of …
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Rita Wilson has teamed up with Leslie Odom Jr.for an emotive cover of the Bee Gees‘ 1968 song “Massachusetts.” Produced by Wilson and Matt Rollings, the new rendition sees the pair trading vocals on the mournful ballad. “The Bee Gees’ songs are so beautiful, and I had never heard ‘Massachusetts’ …
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