Like our Mumford & Sons cover story? Here’s some other shots that came from that photo session. More  Also check out the story here. Terrible Things premiered their song “Last Look” from the album Pre-Transmission, which will drop on December 11. More The lead singer of My Morning Jacket, Jim James, announced his solo debut [...]

What we saw from the cheap seats: Regina Spektor at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium on 11/11, 2012.

“Oh Marcello,” a standout track on Regina Spektor’s latest album, What We Saw From The Cheap Seats, begins with a simple piano line that sounds like it’s playing on scratched vinyl over busted speakers. Then Spektor comes in singing, putting on a thick Russian accent to portray a woman mid-prayer, worrying that her unborn son [...]

Tune in at 4 p.m. Eastern for YouTube Presents: Regina Spektor, which we’ll live stream at American Songwriter.com. Spektor will perform a live, five-song set from the Google offices in New York City for her new album, What We Saw From the Cheap Seats, available now. Look for our in-depth article on Regina Spektor in [...]

Here’s the first official video from Regina Spektor’s What We Saw From The Cheap Seats, due May 29 on Sire/Warner Bros.. The album’s lead single, “All The Rowboats” has a somewhat classical vibe lurking behind it’s pop structure. It’s a chilling dive into the deep waters of melody, with some sinister synth lines adding to [...]

If last night’s Mad Men premiere left you with a craving for French language-ditties, check out “Don’t Leave Me (Ne Me Quitte Pas),” the latest leak from Regina Spektor’s upcoming What I Saw From the Cheap Seats (listen to the first single from the album here.) The track first appeared in an earlier version on [...]

Quirky New York singer-songwriter Regina Spektor has announced that she will release her new album, What We Saw From The Cheap Seats, this spring. The album was recorded in Los Angeles over eight weeks in the summer of 2011. Like 2009′s far, it was produced by Mike Elizondo (Eminem, Fiona Apple). The album is a [...]

In October, Thomas Dolby put out A Map Of The Floating City, his first studio album in 20 years. But the ’80s music icon, who gave the world (and MTV) one of its quirkier hits in “She Blinded Me With Science,” an infectious slice of ’80s synth pop, had hardly been sitting around playing Ms. [...]

thenewno2 EP002 (Hot) Rating: How do you step out from the large shadow cast by your father—who also happened to play guitar for The Beatles? If you’re Dhani Harrison, you name your band, thenewno2, after the British television series, “The Prisoner,” in an attempt to be a faceless, anonymous collective. If that’s not enough, you [...]

Teddy Thompson, the talented prodigy of music icons Richard and Linda Thompson, is back with a rich and soulful new record, Bella.  We talked to the British singer-songwriter about holing up in his manager’s office to finish songs, butting heads with his producer, and his love of ABBA. How did you end up picking “Looking [...]

Regina Spektor Live In London Sire/Warner Brothers Rating: Regina Spektor’s live shows can be like a religious experience. On this DVD, filmed in London in front of an adoring audience, the spell the Russian-born, piano playing sprite from the Bronx weaves is palpable. The orchestral arrangements add depth, and the extra oomph she puts into [...]

Singer-songwriter Regina Spektor is set to release her first live recording and concert film November 22 on Sire/ Warner Bros Records. The highly anticipated set, Live In London, features 23 extraordinary performances that cover Spektor’s incredible catalog of music. The concert also includes three new songs which have only been performed live. For the first [...]