Wilco fans, mark your calendars: The band’s biannual Solid Sound Festival is returning to North Adams, Massachusetts, on June 26-28, 2026 — and they’ve just announced a very special show to kick off the weekend. On the festival’s opening night, Wilco will be joined by U.K. folk singer Billy Bragg …
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Humanity is in a bad way these days, in case you haven’t noticed. Jeff Tweedy has, and he made an album about it — three albums, in fact. Wilco’s prolific frontman has described his new triple LP as his humble effort to push back against the overwhelming darkness of life …
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Jack Antonoff and Bleachers brought out the guests Friday during their set at the Newport Folk Festival, welcoming the likes of Hayley Williams, Jeff Tweedy, Weyes Blood and more to the stage during what was billed as “The Ally Coalition Talent Show.” Waxahatchee, Rufus Wainwright, and Dan Reeder also took …
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If you’re a fan of Jeff Tweedy, you know that he writes a lot of songs. Not just in the sense that he’s spent more than 30 years leading Wilco through one of the most rewarding and varied catalogs in American music, although that’s also true. On the most literal …
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2004’s A Ghost Is Born has a key place in Wilco’s mythology. Recorded at a time of personal turmoil for singer-songwriter Jeff Tweedy, it’s the first album they made after 2002’s era-defining, ante-upping Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, with all the expectations that came with that moment. For fans at the time, …
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Garth Hudson’s death at age 87 has left fans of the Band grieving. With this loss, none of the five musicians who made everything from ‘Music From Big Pink’ to ‘The Last Waltz’ are still living. “It’s the kind of thing that makes you really want to believe in a …
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Wilco will return to the road this spring for a run through the U.S. South, with Waxahatchee joining them for most of the tour. The Sweet and Sour Spring 2025 Tour kicks off April 25 in Fairhope, AL, making its way through Florida, Texas, Tennessee, and the Carolinas before wrapping …
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Steve Albini Way received its official designation during a ceremony featuring his widow Heather Whinna, Kim Deal, Electrical Audio staff, and others in Chicago on Monday. The public event drew a large crowd of fans and friends to the stretch of West Belmont Avenue that flanks Albini’s Electrical Audio studio …
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A little more than 20 years ago, in June 2004, Wilco released an album that stands alone in their catalog. A Ghost Is Born was the Chicago band’s fifth album and the first one they made after the label drama and studio innovation of 2002’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. It faced …
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An ambitious new compilation, Transa, will collect music from Sade, Sam Smith, Jeff Tweedy, Laura Jane Grace, and more than 100 other artists to celebrate trans and nonbinary people. The album, which features nearly 50 tracks and runs nearly three-and-a-half hours, will come out Nov. 22 via the Red Hot …
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