James Taylor and Jackson Browne have postponed their joint summer tour due to coronavirus concerns. The trek, originally slated to kick off on May 15th in New Orleans, will be rescheduled in the coming months. Current tickets will be automatically honored toward the new dates. “As this summer’s tour of …
Read More »Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer Decries COVID-19 Political Games on 'Daily Show'
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer reiterated her appeal for more help fighting the coronavirus pandemic in her state and dismissed the political games she’s had to play with the Trump administration on The Daily Social Distancing Show Wednesday. Whitmer notably called into the show wearing a shirt that read “That Woman …
Read More »L7's Donita Sparks Launches Online Variety Show
In light of the COVID-19 crisis, Donita Sparks is launching an online variety show on which the L7 guitarist-vocalist will perform and feature special guests. Titled The Hi-Low Show With Donita Sparks, the series will stream every Friday through We Are Hear: On the Air on YouTube, starting April 3rd, …
Read More »Phish to Debut New Album 'Sigma Oasis' During April 1st Livestream
It’s not Trey Anastasio’s quarantine album, but Phish will debut their new LP Sigma Oasis during a livestream on April 1st; although the jam band is known for their prankster ways, this does not appear to be an April Fools’ hoax. The impending arrival of Sigma Oasis was revealed Tuesday …
Read More »Natalie Maines Slams Trump's Coronavirus Response Using His Own Lies
A few hours after Donald Trump trotted out the My Pillow infomercial guy at what was supposedly a COVID-19 press briefing, Natalie Maines called bullshit on the president’s coronavirus response in a blistering Instagram post. The outspoken singer mixed the chorus of the Dixie Chicks‘ new single, “Gaslighter,” with Trump’s …
Read More »Joan Baez Dedicates 'Hello in There' to John Prine
After the announcement of John Prine‘s hospitalization due to COVID-19 on Sunday night, Joan Baez performed her classic cover of his song “Hello in There,” dedicating it to the singer-songwriter. “I want to sing a song for John Prine — who is a friend and a fellow singer-songwriter — and …
Read More »Zero Hour: There's No Stopping Climate Change, But How Bad It Gets Is Still Up To Us
When people you love are sick and dying, it’s hard to think about anything else. In the course of just a few short weeks, the coronavirus has upended our daily lives, causing immense suffering and economic chaos around the world. It’s hard to recall (or care, even) that it was …
Read More »Watch Elvis Costello Perform an Intimate Acoustic Set From Home
Elvis Costello performed “(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding” from his home in Vancouver, where he’s spent the last two weeks in self-quarantine. Filmed for Artists4NHS, all proceedswill go to the UK National Health Service (NHS) amid the COVID-19 pandemic. After opening with his classic, Costello discussed the …
Read More »Eagles Postpone 'Hotel California' Tour Due to the Coronavirus
The Eagles have postponed the rest of their 2020tour dates until the fall due to the coronavirus outbreak. The band has been playing its 1976 LP, Hotel California (along with a long set of hits), at American arenas since early February. Their most recent gig took place March 7th at …
Read More »'The Ultimate Underdog F-ck-Up': Rediscovering the Dark Beauty of Rowland S. Howard
There’s no perfect way to describe the gloriously gloomy music of Rowland S. Howard, the slender guitar slinger whose dusky disposition was deeply imprinted onto the music of his bands — the Birthday Party, Crime and the City Solution, and These Immortal Souls —and his own solo recordings. “The color …
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