In another flexing of the power that is Starbucks, they’ve signed on Carly Simon to join Paul McCartney, James Taylor, Joni Mitchell and more on their Hear Music label. Simon’s newest CD, This Kind of Love, has a Brazilian-inspired beat and drops April 29th, ahead of her website’s announcement of a May release.
While speaking with […]
It’s a busy day at Hippie Sounds, tour dates being released, ice storms on the way, tea brewing on the stove. Ok, maybe not that busy. I’m a big fan of the Black Crowes so was thrilled to see this in my inbox this afternoon. I’m on my way to MySpace to check them out […]
In an interview with Billboard magazine during the Sundance Film Festival, Neil Young said the long-awaited first volume of his “Archives” project will be pushed back even further for release. Bypassing CDs, Young has chosen instead to present his work on Blu-ray and DVD formats, saying, “Technology has caught up to what the concept was […]
Being a semi-James Taylor fan more so than a huge fan means I don’t normally stop and read article about him. This particular article hit my feeds labeled as, “Joni Mitchell” so of course I went for a peek. Turns out Joni is mentioned but not the main event of this article. For some reason […]
In Rainbows, the whole Raidohead pay what you like deal may be starting to catch on. A few days ago spoken-word hip-hop artist Saul Williams decided on this path for his own new album; The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust!, (catchy title for Bowie fans I guess) via his Website. You can hit […]
Spinner has some brand new tunes by Lenny Kravitz available for your listening pleasure. both songs are from his new album It’s Time For a Love Revolution that’s scheduled to be released in February 2008.
At Spinner you can:
Listen to ‘Bring It On’
Listen to ‘I’ll Be Waiting’
My lame media player is acting funky so later I’ll […]
On the heels of the Very Best of Mick Jagger release Mick made an interview appearance on NPR.
It’s been a long haul for Mick (45 years in the biz) so this interview is a highly interesting look into how one becomes a legend in the music business. My favorite part was right off the bat […]
Islam; maybe still better known as Cat Stevens is hoping to return to the U.S to record and is including a song about his deportation three years ago. Due to “National security” Islam was not allowed into the U.S back in 2004. Thankfully all that nonsense is passed at least in a legal sense […]
Since Chrome Dreams II is hitting the streets in three days you may be wondering how it’s faring. I’ll be getting it I’m sure… I’m not sitting around waiting like he’s Joni or anything but I will pick it up.
I’m betting it’s genius like most Neil Young albums but so far it’s gotten a few […]
It’s here! Today is the huge release day for Joni Mitchell’s new album Shine!
How exciting is that. Pretty exciting.
Today Starbucks is hosting a “Lunch & Listen” event to recognize and celebrate Shine. From 11am to 2pm Starbucks shops across America and Canada will play Shine for visitors. Nice. It almost makes me want […]
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