Joseph Arthur is a freak of nature, a throwback to a time when musicians released more music. Consider that in just the two and a half years since his Fistful Of Mercy release with Ben Harper and Dhani Harrison, Arthur has issued two full-length solo albums (one a double-disc collection) and a set as RNDM with Pearl Jam's Jeff Ament and Richard Stuverud. In 2008 alone Arthur released four EPs and a full-length album. And now Arthur is up to it again. On June 11 he'll submit The [...]

RNDM – the 902s gazing side-project featuring Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament, singer-songwriter Joseph Arthur, and drummer Richard Stuverud – stopped by Conan last night for a performance of "The Disappearing Ones" off last year's Acts . Shot in stark black and white, the chummy clip captures the band in a cheeky '50s aesthetic, complete with wigs, sharp suits, and shit-eating grins. Catch it all below.

Joseph Arthur has been working on a new album, minus a few van hiccups , for a while now and has just recently dished the details. The record is called The Ballad of Boogie Christ , will be out June 11 and is being funded in part via Pledgemusic campaign . Says Joseph: Boogie Christ is unlike anything I've ever done before. It's a big production with horns and soul singers; a psychedelic soul record about redemption and what happens after you find it and lose it. It all came from words and [...]

Photo by Myriam Santos XPN's Gotta Hear Song of the Week featured Joseph Arthur and his new song "Saint of Impossible Causes." The track comes from Arthur's upcoming album The Ballad of Boogie Christ. Stream and download the song below, and learn more about Ballad here . Wednesday's My Morning Download featured a quartet from Nashville called The Features and their song "The Disorder." The band is a musical chameleon, drawing their quirky sound from classic rock, indie rock, southern [...]
The new video for Joseph Arthur's "All The Old Heroes" is a pop culture cornucopia - we're treated to still images of everyone from John Lennon, Jimi Hendrix and Billie Holiday to Wonder Woman, The Dude and Wayne's World. The ... Continue reading

Photo by Myriam Santos This week's Gotta Hear Song of The Week is a new song, "Saint Of Impossible Causes," by the prolific singer-songwriter Joseph Arthur . Arthur's new album, The Ballad of Boogie Christ is out on June 11th and he's asking his fans to help support and fund the project through a Pledge Music campaign. The album includes guest appearances Ben Harper, Garth Hudson, Joan Wasser (Joan As Policewoman), and Jim Keltner, Arthur calls the release a psychedelic soul record, a "concept album with a story arc about a man [...]
Joseph Arthur’s music has been described as “a dynamic swirl of noise that somehow appears magically around him,” and that description rings especially true when applied to the first single from his upcoming album The Ballad of Boogie Christ (out on June 11 via Lonely Astronaut). "All the Old Heroes" spins a gorgeous narrative and promises great things to come from Boogie Christ. The video features 250 of Arthur’s favorite heroes: This long-crafted album was put to tape in upstate New York, Los Angeles, Minneapolis [...]

Joseph Arthur anuncia nuevo disco, The Ballad of Boogie Christ El prolífico cantante y compositor Joseph Arthur está listo para seguir ampliando su enorme catálogo musical - nueve disco de estudio y once EPs - con el lanzamiento de The Ballad of Boogie Christ , un álbum que narra la historia de un personaje de ficción vagamente basado en la propia vida de Arthur . Grabado en una cinta análoga durante varios años, Arthur dice que el álbum es "diferente a todo [...]

Nine studio albums and 11 EPs later, musician Joseph Arthur is finally ready to release the album he's always wanted to. On June 11th, Lonely Astronaut Records will deliver The Ballad of Boogies Christ (and album title of the year goes to...), the tale of a fictional character based loosely on Arthur's own life. Recorded onto tape over multiple years in studios across New York, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, and Brooklyn, Arthur says the album is "unlike anything I’ve ever done before. It’s a big production with horns and soul singers; a psychedelic soul record [...]

Photos by G. Art by Joseph Arthur . Joseph Arthur New York! Make sure you head over to Able Fine Art in Manhattan to see the latest exhibit from singer/songwriter/poet and extremely prolific fine artist Joseph Arthur entitled "Emblematic Truth." Both Joseph Arthur's music and art careers are extremely inspiring and his list of accomplishments in both disciplines are very impressive. I highly encourage you to check out Joseph's online virtual gallery, The Museum of Modern Arthur (MOMAR) if you have not already [...]

by Bill Pearis Anyone whose gone to see a Joseph Arthur show knows the guy is an artist as well as a musician, as he paints, live on stage, as part of his shows. (Or at least they did, I haven't seen him play in a while.) Folks in NYC can check out some of his work at Chelsea's Able Fine Art NY Gallery (511 West 25th St., Suite 507) at an exhibition that opens today (3/26) and [...]
This Thursday brings the 9th Annual Musicians on Call benefit concert, a fundraiser show for the local nonprofit that brings live music to the bedsides of hospital patients in the Delaware Valley. Performing are Philly's Birdie Busch and the Greatest Night (pictured), Joseph Arthur and Shemekia Copeland, and for the next 24 hours, you can ... Continue reading
Another episode of our Doubles Series finds us in the legendary Electric Lady Studios in New York City where we got to sit down with Joseph Arthur & Mike Doughty for a two part conversation. In part two, Jo & Mike get slap happy, dive into politics, deciding to start a family or not, religion in music, and writing beyond music.
Atmospheric and dreamy, this previously-unreleased instrumental from local singer-songwriter Birdie Busch is a great little add-on to what is already one of the year's best albums. Birdie suggests adding it to a favorite "drive in the desert" playlist, but for those of us on the east coast it could do just as well on any ... Continue reading

It always fun to sit two artists down together, especially when they have so much in common, and just let the two riff off of each other. We had just conducted our interview with Mike Doughty when our Video Feed director, Chris Witzke, wondered aloud about Mike's similarities with Joseph Arthur. "Well, hey, they're both New York boys. Let's go up and put them together." To make it even more exceptional, we were given one of the greatest studios in the world, Electric Lady, to film the entire deal in. We'll have the whole - 2 part! - [...]

Most years, I make myself a little best-of-the-year CD to play in the car. Once or twice, I've given them to a few friends. Last year, I put one up here. This year, I figured I'd do the same. The problem this year is there was so damn much good music out there. I couldn't keep the list down to a CD length. So, here's 25 of my favorite tunes from this year. [...]

Assim como o Pulp , o Pearl Jam também fez um agrado aos seus fãs nesse Natal. Eles liberaram especialmente para os membros do fã-clube Ten Club, as faixas In the Moonlight e All Night . As duas foram retiradas das apresentações ao vivo da banda durante o PJ20 Music Festival, que aconteceu no ano passado. No áudio de In the Moonlight , Josh Homme , ( Queens of the Stone Age ) faz uma participação especial. Ele também aparece em All Night , que ainda [...]

photo by Jim Bennett ( view set ) Are bands really "side projects" when they sound this good? All members of RNDM are best known for other work, but with their debut, Acts , and a kicking live show, that may very well change. NYC based singer-songwriter Joseph Arthur has been insanely prolific as a solo artist since his 1997 debut, releasing nine albums and even more EPs of his own, not to mention his work with Dhani Harrison and Ben Harper on Fistful of Mercy. Besides playing in the consistently [...]
Maybe it was the trypotphan comas, but it was a small, yet very appreciative crowd that greeted RNDM at the Great American.
Hop Along and Kite Party will be performing tonight at The Fire. Hop Along released their debut full-length album Get Disowned earlier this year in May, while fellow local band Kite Party have the entirety of their first album Hand Claps Music available as a free download here. The all ages show tonight starts at ... Continue reading