Norah Jones will release a new album this spring via Blue Note/EMI. Little Broken Hearts was made with the help of producer and musician Danger Mouse, who co-wrote and provided drums, bass, guitar, keyboards and string arrangements for the record ... Last June, Dinosaur Jr reunited to play 1988 album Bug in its entirety in Washington, [...]
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Pardon me while I enjoy this warm afterglow I'm feeling - the afterglow that comes from seeing living legend John Prine perform live. It was a Saturday night, and the setting was perfect - the ornate 82-year old Orpheum Theater in downtown Phoenix. Loudon Wainwright III 's hour-long opening set was filled with his brand of humor and songs "about death and decay." Songs like "The Shit Song," "Heaven," and a request from promoter Danny Zelisko, "Dead Skunk," were nothing short of hilarious; but he also offered up some introspective tunes with a [...]
Editor's Note: In the interest of preserving the environment this holiday season, we are going to recycle and reuse some old blog posts. Oh, there may be a new one here and there but we want to reduce our footprint on the blogosphere (whatever that means). In other words, we're just lazy. Don't worry, we have made sure all our links are working for the most part. So let the holiday season begin! With Thanksgiving coming up and all, we are sure you have a lot of things to do and to think about. [...]
Each November, men around the world let their upper lips go furry, enduring stares, ridicule and the ire of mates. ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/featu res/chuck-berry-gogol-bordello -joe-walsh-le-tigre-loudon-wai nwright-iii-men/best-mustaches -rock/58238/
Musical gems from HBO's Boardwalk Empire.
MP3: Loudon Wainwright III - Over The Hill (Duet With Kate McGarrigle)
Along with releasing some six albums since 2001, Regina Spektor has also contributed to other people's LPs and compilations over the years. From recording music for a Christmas album (isn't that sacrilegious of her?) to rocking out for Tibet , Spektor makes other efforts shine with her kitschy magic. Now, though, comes one compilation that combines the piano-playing angel with one of HBO's finest shows as Spektor records a song for the upcoming soundtrack to Boardwalk Empire . Spektor takes on Fanny Brice's "My Man" (Brice was later the subject [...]
This is a vigorous nod towards the folks over at Under The Radar Magazine, whose staff often list their favorite songs of their month accompanied with nonsensical pictures, and a further chin tilt to our beloved Allison over at Radio Potato who displays her seasonal finds on the regular. These are the (secret) songs that [...]
Filed under: News , Exclusive , Spinner Interview VALERIE MACON, AFP/Getty Images Cramming a four-decade career into one package is no easy task. For Loudon Wainwright III , curating the box set ' 40 Odd Years ' was such a painstaking experience that he compared it to "drowning kittens." But a few months after the May release from Shout Factory, Wainwright is as upbeat as ever. In a lengthy chat with Spinner, [...]
Here's a list of July 2011 literary and musical events that I found interesting for one reason or another. Barnes and Noble NYC 07/05 Sapphire: The Kid, Imani Uzuri and Dance Theater of Harlem (USQ) 07/06 Diane Farr: Kissing Outside the Lines (Tri) 07/07 Loudon Wainwright III: 40 Odd Years (Performance/Signing - USQ) 07/11 Lila Azam Zanganeh: The Enchanter Nabokov and Happiness (86th & Lex) 07/12 Jennifer Weiner: Then Came You (USQ) 07/13 Henry Winkler: I've Never Met an Idiot on the River (USQ) 07/13 Erica Jong, [...]
Frank Yang I'll admit that sometimes I get a bit protective of bands. Particularly those who tour from far and distant lands without the benefit of a lot of buzz behind them; I've seen too many bands play too less than double-digits of people and just felt bad for them... and for myself because you're unlikely to get the best show out of a band who thinks they're playing to no one. These were the sorts of concerns I had leading up to the Toronto debut of Allo Darlin' - in all the [...]
[Some Internet demons are confounding us at Buzz Bands HQ this morning, so this post is a bit late-arriving. Please remind me to update my 2006 technology.] Lots and lots to consume tonight. Be voracious, my friends: ► Friendly Fires , their new album "Pala" just out on XL Recordings, play to a sold-out Music Box. They were electric in February at the Roxy (and they're on KCRW's "Morning Becomes Eclectic" at 11 a.m.) Wise [...]
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via anitrone Bruce Peninsula covers Loudon Wainwright III's "The Swimming Song" and they make it just a little more rockable, dialing down the banjo a tad. Their harmonies are the best. This one is probably going to make it as the lead off track on my summer mix. " This summer I did swan dives and jack knives for you all/ and once when you weren't looking I did a cannon ball. " If those aren't the most fun loving, summer appropriate lyrics then I [...]
The great Loudon Wainwright III just issued a four-CD/one-DVD boxed set celebrating his impressive career. 40 Odd Years (Shout! Factory) includes a 40-page book with an intro by The 40-Year-Old Virgin writer/director Judd Apatow, who co-produced the 87-song set with Wainwright. The set includes a new song called "Dead Man," which Wainwright wrote specifically for [...]
Rufus en Martha hebben niet echt een zetje meer nodig om hun muzikale carrière te lanceren, en dus is het op deze tournee de beurt aan Lucy Wainwright Roche om het voorprogramma van haar eigen vader te verzorgen. Ze leek aanvankelijk wat schuchter, maar wist met grappen en een gezonde dosis zelfrelativering het ijs al snel te breken, en haar luisterliedjes waren eenvoudig maar mooi geconstrueerd. Lucy zorgde alvast voor een mooi meezingmoment met een [...]
You can listen to the full interview and the duo's live performance via NPR Music . Richard Thompson and Loudon Wainwright III have each assembled remarkable careers, full of top-notch albums and influential music that spans at least 40 years. In the five decades that Thompson has been making music, he's earned some of the highest possible praise for his work as a live performer, guitarist, singer and songwriter. Wainwright, for his part, has recorded more than 20 albums, and is celebrated on an aptly [...]
Our neighbors to the west at WUNC North Carolina Public Radio have announced the line up for their annual Back Porch Music on the Lawn concert series. Starting April 29, the station hosts 10 free Friday concerts running through September. The series mixes national acts like Robin & Linda Williams & Their Fine Group and Loudon Wainwright III with local talent including Chatham County Line and Holy Ghost Tent Revival , but all the performers have some kind of connection to the state. They aren't every Friday, [...]
Pow Wow! at Cake Shop (10/22/09) Photo : Jon Klemm The summer concert announcements are coming at a fast and furious pace these days, tomorrow should bring us the full 2011 Summerstage schedule, but in the mean time, we've got the music highlights from River To River NYC today. The Seaport showcases the world's top indie music stars with Sean Lennon 's new band, Ghost of the Sabre-Tooth Tiger (June 24), Lower Dens and Dirty Beaches [...]
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