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  • Friday, July 14, 2017

    k.d. lang's Ingénue: 25th Anniversary Edition is out today on CD and digital formats, with the vinyl to follow on August 18. The new two-disc set, celebrating the double platinum-selling, Grammy Award–winning album's silver anniversary, includes remastered versions of the album's original ten tracks, including its huge hit, "Constant Craving," along with eight previously unreleased performances from lang's 1993 MTV Unplugged episode, recorded in New York's famed Ed Sullivan Theater. lang marks the anniversary with the Ingénue Redux Tour, which visits Australia and the singer’s home country of Canada this summer.

    Journal Topics: Album Release, Artist News
  • Friday, July 14, 2017

    Rostam has shared three additional tracks from his debut album, Half-Light, due September 15 on Nonesuch. You can listen to them here. The three tracks—"Wood," "Don't Let It Get to You," and "EOS"—are available to download now with pre-orders of Half-Light, along with the previously released album tracks "Gwan" and "Bike Dream."

    Journal Topics: Artist News
  • Friday, July 14, 2017

    Fleet Foxes play in Dublin and at Latitude Festival … Devendra Banhart tours Vienna, Munich … Tyondai Braxton is in Chicago … Michael Daves plays Grey Fox Bluegrass Fest … Rhiannon Giddens performs in the Northwest … Tigran Hamasyan tours Italy … Emmylou Harris performs in Vancouver … Lake Street Dive plays US festivals in the East … Natalie Merchant is in California … Conor Oberst heads South … Joshua Redman joins Ornette Coleman tribute in NYC … and more ...

    Journal Topics: On Tour, Weekend Events
  • Thursday, July 13, 2017

    k.d. lang spoke with Laura Veirs about her groundbreaking album Ingénue , celebrating its 25th anniversary, for NPR Music's All Songs Considered. "Back in 1992, singer k.d. lang released a record unlike any other," says NPR's Robin Hilton. "Ingénue slithered against the popular music grain with songs that drew slow, deep breaths and sighed seductively ... And lang's monumental voice, both powerful and restrained, was simply unforgettable as she sang languorous songs of love and desire." You can hear lang and Veirs' conversation here.

    Journal Topics: Artist News, Radio
  • Tuesday, July 11, 2017

    Emmylou Harris was the musical guest on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on CBS to mark the first-ever vinyl edition of her 1992 album, At the Ryman. She performed Steve Earle's "Pilgrim." You can watch it here.

    Journal Topics: Artist News, Television, Video
  • Friday, July 7, 2017

    Randy Newman plays Lowell Summer Music Series, Tarrytown Music Hall … Sam Amidon joins Crash Ensemble in Ireland … Devendra Banhart is in France, Italy … Jeremy Denk joins Bellingham Festival Orchestra … Fleet Foxes play festivals in Italy, Portugal … Tigran Hamasyan performs at North Sea Jazz … Emmylou Harris tours upstate New York … Shye Ben Tzur, Rajasthan Express conclude Junun tour in Istanbul … Lake Street Dive tour US east coast … Natalie Merchant plays Midwest … Joshua Redman is in Greece …

    Journal Topics: On Tour, Weekend Events
  • Thursday, July 6, 2017

    The Queen of Hearts, the debut album from Offa Rex, a new project from Olivia Chaney and The Decemberists, is due out next Friday, July 14. But you don't need to wait till then to hear it: the album is streaming in full as an NPR First Listen. "It's a match made in folk-rock heaven," writes NPR. "The Queen of Hearts hums with the resonance of bygone eras and ancient ways, of doomed love and arduous hardship—all of it embroidered into the patchwork tapestry of life itself." Hear it here.

    Journal Topics: Artist News
  • Friday, June 30, 2017

    Natalie Merchant begins a career retrospective tour of the United States, entitled Natalie Merchant: 3 Decades of Song, with a sold-out performance at The Bardavon in Poughkeepsie, New York, tonight. The concerts, which coincide with the forthcoming The Natalie Merchant Collection, continue with dates in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Cleveland, Chicago, Minneapolis, Denver, Los Angeles, Portland, and more.

    Journal Topics: Artist News, On Tour
  • Friday, June 30, 2017

    Conor Oberst resumes Salutations tour in Colorado … Devendra Banhart is in Spain … Fleet Foxes play Spain, Italy, Switzerland … Tigran Hamasyan plays Montréal Jazz Fest ... Emmylou Harris tours US East coast … Shye Ben Tzur, Rajasthan Express perform Junun in Manchester … Natalie Merchant launches 3 Decades of Song tour in upstate New York … Rokia Traoré performs in Netherlands … and more …

    Journal Topics: On Tour, Weekend Events
  • Thursday, June 29, 2017

    Offa Rex, the new project from English singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Olivia Chaney and The Decemberists, has shared its take on "Sheepcrook and Black Dog," from its debut album, The Queen of Hearts, due July 14 on Nonesuch. You can listen to the track here. "Sheepcrook and Black Dog" is available to download now with pre-orders of The Queen of Hearts, along with the previously released title track, "Blackleg Miner," and "The Old Churchyard."

     

    Journal Topics: Artist News
  • Friday, June 23, 2017

    Fleet Foxes launch Crack-Up European tour … Devendra Banhart is in Rome … Rhiannon Giddens, Lake Street Dive, The Staves perform at Funhouse Fest … Emmylou Harris is in Florida … Shye Ben Tzur, Rajasthan Express perform Junun in Leeds … Punch Brothers conclude tour in Kentucky, Tennessee … Joshua Redman plays Twin Cities Jazz Festival … Rokia Traoré performs in Poland … and more …

    Journal Topics: On Tour, Weekend Events
  • Thursday, June 22, 2017

    Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold is a guest on the Song Exploder podcast. He spoke with host Hrishikesh Hirway about "Mearcstapa," breaking down the music and lyrics of the track on the band's new album, Crack-Up. You can hear what he has to say here.

    Journal Topics: Artist News