Raphael Saadiq will return to the road this winter kicking off the tour in Seattle, Washington on November 16 and concluding in Minneapolis, Minnesota on December 16 (please see full
Jay Reatard’s band have quit midway through his Autumn tour of North America. In a statement on the singers Twitter, the Memphis garage punk musician broke the news. "Band quit!
Before Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, and Dave Matthews took the stage for the 24th Farm Aid in St. Louis, they were in the mood to talk about why they were really in Missouri—to help educate the nation about the family farmer. “I like good food,” said Neil Young. “(And) people need to check out where the food’s from when they go to the market—if you go to Safeway, if you go to Whole Foods, or wherever you go—take a look and try to find food that’s grown locally, and try to find food that’s sustainable—the methods. And also, if you want the best, try to find organic food. You can’t go wrong supporting family farmers who grow organic food. Really, we’ve been saying this for years, and we’re still saying it. And we’re too big to fail”
With the prior Monday’s announcement that Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band would play 1975’s Born To Run in its entirety, you’d think that the element of surprise might be lacking from the opening show of Springsteen’s Giant Stadium farewell run. But true to form, Bruce reached into his bag of tricks for a brand new song scripted specifically for the evening.
When Christina Courtin was recording her self-titled Nonesuch debut, one would think that she would be working her violin’s strings to death. Instead, Courtin, an already accomplished Juilliard-trained violinist, didn’t see that as a decision that needed to be made. While other artists would be rushed to portray a sense of individualism on their debut, Courtin saw otherwise.
