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- Tuesday,April 3,2018
Lake Street Dive has shared an intimate video for the emotionally charged new song "I Can Change" from their forthcoming album, Free Yourself Up, due May 4. The video was created by Claire Marie Vogel. The band also announced more North American stops on their international tour of now more than fifty additional performances, included newly added shows in Cleveland, Portland, Atlanta, Austin, Memphis, Chicago, and more. Tickets go on sale on Friday, April 6.
Journal Topics: Artist NewsOn TourVideoTuesday,April 3,2018The Staves and yMusic performed at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis in December to celebrate the release of their new album The Way Is Read. A video of their performance of the title track at the Walker is now available. Watch it here.
Journal Topics: Artist NewsVideoTuesday,March 20,2018Rostam, who resumes his US Half-Light tour at the Big Ears Festival in Knoxville on Sunday, announced two new headline shows: at Brooklyn Steel in NYC on May 24 and the Fonda Theatre in LA on September 14. The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh has released a video of Rostam with a string quartet performing "Gwan," from Half-Light, and a cover of Nick Drake's "Pink Moon," made as part of The Warhol's Silver Studio Sessions series. You can watch it here.
Journal Topics: Artist NewsOn TourVideoWednesday,March 14,2018David Byrne presents American Utopia: Detroit, a video for "Everybody's Coming To My House" from his new album, American Utopia, featuring a performance of the song by Detroit School of Arts (DSA) Vocal Jazz Ensemble students. The video, which includes personal perspectives and interpretations from the students, was filmed in part by their classmates from the school's Radio & Television Department. You can see it here, along with Byrne's conversation about the video and more with Trevor Noah on The Daily Show. Byrne has also added new US shows with special guest Tune-Yards on his world tour.
Journal Topics: Artist NewsOn TourVideoWednesday,March 14,2018Robert Plant kicked off a new season of The Big Interview with Dan Rather on AXS TV on Tuesday. The hour-long episode covers Plant's life and career from Led Zeppelin to his latest solo album, Carry Fire. Fans in the US can watch the complete episode here.
Journal Topics: Artist NewsTelevisionVideoSaturday,March 10,2018David Byrne celebrated the release of his new album, American Utopia, with an appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. He joined Colbert for a conversation about the new album, why Jared Kushner might make for a good musical theater subject, reasons to be cheerful, and more. Byrne and his band then performed "Everybody's Coming To My House" from the new album, with an assist from Colbert. You can watch them here, as well as a web-exclusive bonus well worth a watch.
Journal Topics: Artist NewsTelevisionVideoSunday,March 4,2018Randy Newman was on CBS Sunday Morning's Academy Awards episode, in a feature on his family and their "movie music dynasty," including his uncles Alfred, Emil, and Lionel Newman, cousins David and Thomas Newman, and Randy himself. "There are Newmans everywhere dotting Hollywood history from the beginning. It's one-of-a-kind. It's an extraordinary story," says film-music historian John Burlingame. "When you look at the individuals and you see how talented each one of them is in their own way, when you put it all together, it's a bit mind-boggling." Watch the feature and see what Randy had to say here.
Journal Topics: Artist NewsTelevisionVideoFriday,March 2,2018Robert Plant was a guest on The Late Late Show with James Corden. He and his band The Sensational Space Shifters performed "New World," from his new album, Carry Fire. You can watch the performance here. Plant also joined Corden for a chat on stage; you can watch their conversation about a particular karaoke incident here as well.
Journal Topics: Artist NewsTelevisionVideoWednesday,February 28,2018Rhiannon Giddens recently sat down with The Bluegrass Situation to perform "Mal Hombre," singer/guitarist Lydia Mendoza's 1934 song. The performance, for the site's Sitch Sessions, took place in a flower-filled 1954 Silver Streak trailer in East Nashville. You can watch it here.
Journal Topics: Artist NewsVideoFriday,February 9,2018Robert Plant, who begins a sold-out US tour with his band the Sensational Space Shifters tonight, has released a video of their performance of "Carry Fire," the title song to his new album, at the O2 Apollo in Manchester, England, on their sold-out UK tour last November. You can watch it here.
Journal Topics: Artist NewsOn TourVideoWednesday,February 7,2018Laurie Anderson and Kronos Quartet have shared a fourth track from their forthcoming album, Landfall: "CNN Predicts a Monster Storm." The video for the song premiered via The Quietus, which spoke with Anderson and Kronos's David Harrington about this "first recording collaboration between two of contemporary music’s most renowned figures." Watch the video here.
Journal Topics: Artist NewsVideoTuesday,February 6,2018Rhiannon Giddens and Dirk Powell were on WNYC's Soundcheck. They discussed and performed music from her 2017 album, Freedom Highway, which she co-produced with Powell in his Louisiana studio, songs from an in-progress theater work, and more. Watch the episode here.
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