Archive for June, 2010
Neil Young Extends Twisted Road Tour To Oil-Plagued Gulf Coast
There’s a warning sign on the road ahead, there’s a lot of people saying we’d be better of dead… With his longtime commitment to the environment, it comes as no surprise that Neil Young has been deeply affected by the BP oil spill currently fouling up the ecosystem in the Gulf Coast. The grunge godfather [...]
Lauryn Hill Tells NPR She’s Ready To Face Her Future
Lauryn Hill will be featured as part of NPR’s ‘Great American Voices” series on June 28, talking to Zoe Chance on the latest installment of All Things Considered. The reclusive soul singer and former Fugee (and, some would say, greatest female rapper on the planet) is speaking out after many years of silence. Hill says [...]
Indigo Girls Discuss The Songs On Staring Down The Brilliant Dream
In the liner notes to their soul-warming live double album, Staring Down The Brilliant Dream (out June 29), the Indigo Girls, Emily Saliers and Amy Ray, write about each track’s origins. Some of the songs are cut with a live band, while others are just the two of them, the same way they started. There [...]
Indigo Girls: “Second Time Around”
[Photo © 2010 Lynn Goldsmith] The second time around, you know it really got me down Sister don’t you judge it, just keep it to yourself now And if you ain’t got nothing good to say Don’t say nothing at all I got bitten by the bitter bug, and now I just can’t get enough [...]
Writer Of The Week: Gaelic Storm
The great Irish band Gaelic Storm have been around long enough to be featured in the movie Titanic. But their career has done anything but sink since then; they’ve only gotten more popular as the years have gone on. We spoke to guitarist and vocalist Steve Twigger about the band’s journey, their influences, and why [...]
Zac Brown Band, Chris Young Lead 2010 MusicRow Awards Winners
The 22nd annual MusicRow Awards took place Thursday evening at the BMI offices in Nashville, honoring the year’s hottest session players, as well as Breakthrough Artist and Songwriter, Producer, and Song for 2010. The event was hosted by Clay Bradley, who called Music Row “the greatest creative community in the world.” In addition to handing [...]
The Walkmen Channel The Spirit Of Portugal On Lisbon
After having established their place on numerous year-end “best of” lists with their 2008 album You & Me, The Walkmen push further still with their latest album, Lisbon. Their first album for Mississippi blues label Fat Possum, Lisbon will hit stores on September 14. Lisbon’s eleven songs (whittled down from an original 29) were recorded [...]
Buried Treasure: Chris Cornell — “Billie Jean”
Today is the one-year anniversary of Michael Jackson’s death. There’s a number of great Michael Jackson covers out there, but this one is our favorite. Chris Cornell of Soundgarden radically re-imagines “Billie Jean” as a slow and soulful rock ballad, and puts anything done by Alien Ant Farm to shame. Enjoy.
New iPhone App Lets You Control Taylor Swift’s Music
The phrase “there’s an app for that” has worked its way into the cultural lexicon over the past few years, and while it frequently flirts with the cliché, sometimes it feels like it might be true. This month, Atlanta-based company Fried Green Apps announced a partnership with Taylor Swift through the creation of Mix Me [...]
Zac Brown Cruise Roundup: Jason Isbell, Darrell Scott and Cadillac Sky
Could Zac Brown be the next Jimmy Buffett? While he has yet to establish a complete Margaritaville empire, Zac Brown now has his own cruise. This Labor Day weekend, Brown will cast off on the inaugural Sailing Southern Ground cruise. Brown’s invited aides-de-camp like Levi Lowrey, Sonia Leigh, Nic Cowan and Joey & Rory, as [...]
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