Journal
- Wednesday,March 14,2018
Robert 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.
Journal Topics: Artist NewsRadioVideoWednesday,January 31,2018Fleet Foxes have debuted their performance of the title track to their album Crack-Up, accompanied by the acclaimed Icelandic women's choir Graduale Nobili, in a new video from Consequence of Sound. The performance was filmed at Harpa Concert Hall in Reykjavik, ahead of the 2017 Iceland Airwaves festival. Watch it here.
Journal Topics: Artist NewsVideoTuesday,January 30,2018Emmylou Harris and Chris Stapleton shared the stage at the 60th annual Grammy Awards to offer a touching take on the late Tom Petty's song "Wildflowers" from Madison Square Garden on Sunday night. You can watch it here.
Journal Topics: Artist NewsTelevisionVideoTuesday,January 30,2018David Byrne joined a group of strangers in the lobby of the Public Theater in NYC during the Under the Radar Festival earlier this month to perform David Bowie's "Heroes." Organized by the group Choir! Choir! Choir!, singers and non-singers alike were invited to participate in the mass sing-along, with Byrne singing lead. You can watch it here.
Journal Topics: Artist NewsVideoTuesday,January 30,2018Rostam, who kicked off a month-long North American tour with a sold-out show in Atlanta last night, has added new dates on the flip side of the tour in late March. The spring shows include stops across the US, Europe, and the UK. Also today comes the release of a new, official video for "Bike Dream," from his album Half-Light, directed by Rostam and filmed in Paris, Berlin, and Copenhagen. You can watch it here.
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