Jeff Tweedy, Rahm Emanuel, Live Nation, Etc.
So Chicago’s got a new mayor — something that doesn’t exactly have a huge effect on my day to day, but I kept an eye on @MayorEmanuel (NSFW for mountains of profanity) like several thousand other people. I noted it with mild interest when I saw that Jeff Tweedy was doing a benefit for Rahm Emanuel, but […]
Recommended Reading: The Worst Gig
We’ve already been over the part where Tuesdays are terrible. Some gossip might help! Music journalist Jon Niccum has started up The Worst Gig, where he posts stories from interviews he’s done about the worst shows bands or musicians have ever played. Artists already up include Gillian Welch, Wilco (interview with John Stirratt), Rufus Wainwright, […]
Recommended Reading: Presidential Campaign Songs, Reviewed
Paul Constant, the books editor of Seattle alt-weekly The Stranger, is taking on presidential campaign songs on Line Out, The Stranger’s music blog. It’s good stuff. For example, on James Madison: Any song with Huzzah in the title should be a balls-to-the-walls party through and through. “Huzzah for Madison” fails at that. It feels perfunctory. […]
I’ve Got Reservations About Wilco’s New Record Label
An announcement I’ve been waiting for hit today: Wilco is definitely starting their own record label. This news doesn’t come as a shock — last July brought the news that this was something they were looking at doing, because the band was not planning to renew their contract with Nonesuch Records. In a lot of […]
Charlie Louvin, 1927-2011
It’s been a busy January out here in Denver, and I’m sorry to return with some sad news. Charlie Louvin died this morning in Tennessee. He was 83. I grew up around bluegrass and country gospel music, but the Louvin Brothers were an act I sought out for myself in the last few years as […]
Checking In On The Railroad Revival Tour
By Mel on March 7, 2011
There’s this Railroad Revival Tour going on next month. Mumford & Sons, Old Crow Medicine Show, and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros playing out west. That is going to be a good show. A friend of mine linked me to Entertainment Weekly’s post on it, though, and that’s where my eyebrows went up. The press […]
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