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 …
Read More »Wilco Perform 'A Ghost Is Born' in Its Entirety at Their Solid Sound Fest
Earlier this month marked the 20th anniversary of Wilco’s A Ghost Is Born, and to celebrate its belated birthday, the band performed the entire 2004 album in its entirety Saturday at their Solid Sound Festival. A night after Jeff Tweedy and company performed a for-hardcore-fans-only “Deep Cuts!” set at their …
Read More »Want to Buy One of Wilco's Rare Guitars? Now's Your Chance
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 …
Read More »There Will Be No Hits on Night One of Wilco's Solid Sound Festival
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 …
Read More »How Sean Ono Lennon Defied the Stars to Make His Next Album
Sean Ono Lennon may have initially rejected the astrology his family embraced growing up, but when it came to his new album, it felt like the very stars were against him. “I just felt like there was too much cosmic interference,” he tells Rolling Stone of Asterisms, a genreless wash …
Read More »Hear Wilco Celebrate David Bowie's Birthday With 'Space Oddity' Cover
To mark what would have been David Bowie’s 77th birthday today, Wilco have shared their live rendition of the music icon’s “Space Oddity.” The cover was recorded during the band’s visit to Mountain Stage, NPR Music, and West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s long-running live radio show and features as the opening …
Read More »Wilco Enlist Jason Isbell, Nick Lowe, Iris DeMent for 2024 Solid Sound Festival
Wilco have enlisted Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Nick Lowe and the Straitjackets, and Iris DeMent for the 2024 Solid Sound Festival. The three-day event will take place June 28 through 30 at MASS MoCA in North Adams, Massachusetts. Wilco, as always, will play host and headliners, while a …
Read More »Jeff Tweedy Celebrates Bill Fay's 80th Birthday With 'Filled With Wonder Once Again' Cover
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 …
Read More »Wilco Finds a Home for 'Evicted' on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live'
Wilco had no problem taking the blame on their recent single “Evicted,” and they found a home for it on stage at Jimmy Kimmel Live. The band performed the song from their latest album, Cousin, which is colored with eccentric production from celebrated Welsh musician Cate Le Bon. “I guess …
Read More »Wilco Reboot With a Cool New Producer on 'Cousin'
Jeff Tweedy writes so well about his own music-making, there sometimes seems little worth adding: see his bestselling books (the annotated playlist World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music is due November) and his Starship Casual Substack (NB: the July 4 riff …
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