Tag Archives: jeff-tweedy

It’s not Beyonce, but Jeff Tweedy and Mavis Staples closed out a week of The Late Show’s DNC coverage with a performance of the Staple Singers’ civil rights-era anthem “Freedom Highway.” The two Chicago legends and frequent collaborators took the stage at the Auditorium Theatre, where Stephen Colbert’s show has …

Jeff Tweedy is hitting the road. On Tuesday, the Wilco frontman shared dates for a solo tour across the United States, including three-night residencies in Woodstock, New York, and Menlo Park, California. Tweedy will launch his tour with his three shows at Bearsville Theater in Woodstock starting Oct. 11, before …

If there’s one thing that Jeff Tweedy has a lot of, it’s songs. (He famously tries to write at least once a day.) If there’s another, it’s really cool guitars. Wilco’s frontman has been collecting vintage instruments throughout his storied career, using some of them to make records and stockpiling …

If you go to see Wilco in North Adams, Mass., on June 28, don’t expect to hear “Impossible Germany.” In fact, it’s probably best not to get your hopes up for any of Wilco’s big concert standbys on the first night of their biannual Solid Sound Festival, when they will …

For Bill Fay‘s 80th birthday, Jeff Tweedy is giving him the gift of flattery. The Wilco musician has shared his rendition of “Filled With Wonder Once Again,” which originally appeared on the English singer and songwriter’s 2020 album, Countless Branches. For more than two decades, Wilco has performed “Be Not …

Two weeks before Wilco drop their latest album, Cousin, the band has unveiled the title track from their upcoming studio LP. “I’m cousin to the world,” Jeff Tweedy said of the track in a statement. “I don’t feel like I’m a blood relation, but maybe I’m a cousin by marriage. …

Jeff Tweedy never meant to be a memoirist. “I was kind of recruited to write a book based on some agent’s idea that I might be able to write something worth reading,” he says, recalling a conversation five or more years ago. “I said, ‘Sure, I guess.’ It felt accidental.” …

Wilco are heading on the road this fall. On Tuesday, the band, fronted by Jeff Tweedy, announced the dates for their fall tour, titled “Tour to Infinity,” in support of last year’s LP Cruel Country. After a run of dates in Europe in August, the group will kick off their …

Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy will embark on a solo tour this summer before releasing his new book, World Within a Song. Le Ren will open many of the dates, according to his announcement on Twitter. The solo dates start next month, following the end of Wilco’s current tour, which runs …

Jeff Tweedy, Wilco frontman and prolific blogger, has penned his third book World Within a Song, due out in November. Much like Bob Dylan’s The Philosophy of Modern Song and Bono’s Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story, World Within a Song finds Tweedy writing about over 50 songs that inspired him …