NME: Watch U2 film video for upcoming single ‘Street Of Dreams’ on bus in Mexico City →
The song will reportedly be the lead single from their new album, due out later this year
Read MoreNashville Scene: Neko Case and Rosanne Cash Talk Writing, Resistance and More
Notes from the songwriters’ conversation with journalist Ann Powers at The Porch’s annual Rhythm & Rhapsody fundraiser
Read MoreWritten In Music: In conversation with Glen Hansard: no time for hanging about (EN) →
With the compilation album Don’t Settle (vol.1 Transmissions East) fresh off the press and a major European tour on the horizon, it’s high time we finally had a chat with Glen Hansard.
Read MoreAwards Radar: Bruce Springsteen to Receive Harry Belafonte Voices for Social Justice Award as Part of 2026 Tribeca Festival
Here is the press release from Tribeca with the lineup of their Talks, Reunions, and Retrospectives series. Highlighting that lineup will be Bruce Springsteen getting the Harry Belafonte Voices for Social Justice Award, followed by a conversation with Bono.
Read MoreJambase: Warren Haynes Previews ‘Dreams & Songs’ Symphonic Album With ‘Banks Of The Deep End’ & New Orleans Concert →
Warren Haynes is gearing up to release a new symphonic album titled Dreams & Songs.
Read MoreJambase: Taj Mahal & Keb’ Mo’ Outline Room On The Porch Tour 2026 →
TajMo will hit the West Coast and Southwest in September.
Read MoreBillboard: Patti Smith, Morrissey, Interpol, Violet Grohl and Sex Pistols to Play 2026 CBGB Festival →
Bikini Kill, Buzzcocks, Mannequin Pussy and others are also lined up for the September event at Under the K Bridge Park in Brooklyn.
Read MoreIrish Independant: ‘We love you’ – Bono pays tribute to Clannad singer-songwriter and harpist Moya Brennan after death at 73 →
Bono paid tribute to Brennan on behalf of U2 and said she had an “otherworldly voice”.
Read MoreNugget News: Keb' Mo' heads back to Sisters to support schools →
Legendary blues and folk artist Keb' Mo' is looking forward to his weekend in Sisters, headlining a Sisters Starry Nights Concert on April 11.
Read MoreLocal News Matters: Esperanza Spalding, Alonzo King team for Lines Ballet premiere in San Francisco →
Bassist, vocalist and composer Esperanza Spalding first met choreographer Alonzo King during San Francisco Symphony’s 2021-22 season when she performed Wayne Shorter’s “Gaia” and his troupe Alonzo King Lines Ballet danced Alberto Ginastera’s “Estancia Suite.”
Read MoreStereogum: Donald Fagen Still Committed To The Bit In Episode 3 Of This Year’s Best Vertical Video Series →
Amy Helm is the daughter of two fellow folk singer-songwriters: Levon Helm, who died in 2012, and Libby Titus, who died in 2024.
Read MoreMOJO: Mike Finnigan Review: Hammond maestro’s swinging swan song →
Mike Finnigan: if you know you know, and if you don’t, you probably know Electric Ladyland.
Read MoreRock And Blues Muse: Mike Finnigan ‘Mike Finnigan’ →
Most musicians supporting major headliners remain barely noticed in the shadows.
Read MoreAmerican Song Writer: “What Happened?”: Joan Baez Once Called out a Record Label for Two Glaring Absences in Her Album Artwork →
The beautification and hypersexualization of women in the music industry is nothing new and all-encompassing, affecting all genres, from the more obvious ones, like pop and rock ‘n’ roll, to the ones that would seemingly exist outside of these patriarchal conventions, like folk music.
Read MoreFar Out Magazine: “Nourished my soul”: when Harry Belafonte got a call from Martin Luther King Jr →
The year 1956 was a revolutionary one for Harry Belafonte, the multihyphenate artist known for his merging of popular culture and political activism.
Read MoreWBez Chicago: Rocker Patti Smith tells sold-out crowd nourishing curiosity is what keeps her young →
Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy interviewed the 79-year-old icon in a wide ranging conversation on the occasion of her new memoir, ‘Bread of Angels.’
Read MorePitchfork: Angélique Kidjo Announces Album With Pharrell, Nile Rodgers, and More →
Arriving April 24, Hope!! also features contributions from Quavo, Ayra Starr, and The Gap Band’s Charlie Wilson
Read MoreThe Guardian: ‘At first, she couldn’t come off the oxygen long enough’: the film that gives Marianne Faithfull one final thrilling performance →
In new docu-drama Broken English, the much misunderstood singer looks back at all her past selves – and gives a performance that moves her audience to tears. Its makers relive an extraordinary shoot
Read MoreABC News: Jimmy Barnes gives Virginia Trioli a music lesson and a few life lessons →
Maybe I shouldn't have been surprised, but spending substantial time with adored Australian rock legend Jimmy Barnes is rather like being in the company of a celebrated academic of modern music history.
Read MoreRelix: Unbroken Chain: A Celebration of the Life and Music of Phil Lesh Adds John Kadlecik, Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams, Sam Grisman and More →
Anticipation has been mounting for months for the second annual Unbroken Chain: A Celebration of the Life and Music of Phil Lesh, which will honor the late Grateful Dead bassist by continuing his legacy of birthday residencies at The Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, N.Y.
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