To mark what would have been David Bowie’s 77th birthday today, Wilco have shared their live rendition of the music icon’s “Space Oddity.”
The cover was recorded during the band’s visit to Mountain Stage, NPR Music, and West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s long-running live radio show and features as the opening track on an upcoming compilation highlighting performances from the series.
“As a gratefully, if not begrudgingly, Earth-bound band, it’s always an honor and a challenge to tackle any of David Bowie’s space-soaring arrangements,” Wilco said in a statement.
The cover was recorded during the band’s visit to Mountain Stage, NPR Music, and West Virginia Public Broadcasting’s long-running live radio show and features as the opening track on an upcoming compilation highlighting performances from the series.
“As a gratefully, if not begrudgingly, Earth-bound band, it’s always an honor and a challenge to tackle any of David Bowie’s space-soaring arrangements,” Wilco said in a statement.
- 1/8/2024
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Monday, January 8th, would’ve been David Bowie’s 77th birthday. To mark the occasion, Wilco has shared their rendition of Bowie’s 1969 hit, “Space Oddity.”
The release hails from Wilco’s 2023 performance on Mountain Stage (a public radio show distributed by NPR Music), and will be included on an upcoming compilation announced today titled Live On Mountain Stage: Outlaws and Outliers, due on April 19th via Oh Boy Records.
Presenting a wonderfully Wilco-esque take on “Space Oddity” — itself named the 43rd best song of all time by Consequence in 2012 — the band settles into an acoustic arrangement, allowing Jeff Tweedy’s vocals to masterfully convey the tune’s enduring appeal for humanity.
Speaking about the performance in a statement, the band said: “As a gratefully, if not begrudgingly, Earth-bound band, it’s always an honor and a challenge to tackle any of David Bowie’s space-soaring arrangements. Striving to reach...
The release hails from Wilco’s 2023 performance on Mountain Stage (a public radio show distributed by NPR Music), and will be included on an upcoming compilation announced today titled Live On Mountain Stage: Outlaws and Outliers, due on April 19th via Oh Boy Records.
Presenting a wonderfully Wilco-esque take on “Space Oddity” — itself named the 43rd best song of all time by Consequence in 2012 — the band settles into an acoustic arrangement, allowing Jeff Tweedy’s vocals to masterfully convey the tune’s enduring appeal for humanity.
Speaking about the performance in a statement, the band said: “As a gratefully, if not begrudgingly, Earth-bound band, it’s always an honor and a challenge to tackle any of David Bowie’s space-soaring arrangements. Striving to reach...
- 1/8/2024
- by Jo Vito
- Consequence - Music
For the past several years, Sunny War has been finding her voice and refining her blend of acoustic street punk-poetry on a series of sparse West Coast albums, beginning with 2018’s With The Sun up through her most recent record, 2021’s Simple Syrup, which marked a major step forward for the Nashville-via-SoCal singer-songwriter. Those records, which introduced War as an eclectic gatherer of far-reaching musical influences, earned War accolades and opening slots for everyone from Valerie June to Keb’ Mo’.
War has always drawn from a number of traditions (Eighties hardcore,...
War has always drawn from a number of traditions (Eighties hardcore,...
- 2/1/2023
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
It’s the day before New Year’s Eve in Nashville, and Molly Tuttle is in a dressing room at the Ryman Auditorium, getting ready to open Old Crow Medicine Show’s annual year-end concerts later that night. Tuttle has played the Ryman stage in the past, but this time she does so with a prominent asterisk next to her name: The bluegrass guitarist is a Best New Artist Grammy nominee.
Tuttle’s about to turn 30 in January (the 14th, to be exact) and she’s reflecting on the last decade,...
Tuttle’s about to turn 30 in January (the 14th, to be exact) and she’s reflecting on the last decade,...
- 1/11/2023
- by Garret K. Woodward
- Rollingstone.com
To live in Nashville is to love John Prine, so it never sat right how quarantine robbed the late singer, songwriter, and hometown hero of a proper in-person memorial when he died of Covid complications in April of 2020. Prine finally got the wake he deserved this week in Nashville with a string of celebratory concerts titled “You Got Gold,” which featured an all-star, cross-generational casts of admirers covering songs and exchanging anecdotes about the man.
On Sunday, performers and presenters remembered Prine’s generous spirit and the way he modeled...
On Sunday, performers and presenters remembered Prine’s generous spirit and the way he modeled...
- 10/12/2022
- by Charlie Zaillian
- Rollingstone.com
John Anderson is going to sea. The “Seminole Wind” country singer is joining Outlaw Country Cruise 7 as a headliner opposite Lucinda Williams, the Mavericks, and Steve Earle & the Dukes. It’s the latest in a string of Anderson news, as the 67-year-old gears up for the release of Something Borrowed, Something New: A Tribute to John Anderson.
On Saturday, the tribute album will come to life onstage at the Grand Ole Opry, as Dan Auerbach, who co-produced the record, joins Tyler Childers, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Elizabeth Cook, and...
On Saturday, the tribute album will come to life onstage at the Grand Ole Opry, as Dan Auerbach, who co-produced the record, joins Tyler Childers, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Elizabeth Cook, and...
- 8/5/2022
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
Country great John Anderson is due to receive an all-star tribute on the Grand Ole Opry stage in Nashville. In addition to a performance by Anderson, artists like Tyler Childers and Dan Auerbach will cover some of the “Seminole Wind” singer’s songs on the Aug. 6 Opry show, timed to coincide with the release of the new tribute album Something Borrowed, Something New.
Additional guests during the program include Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Elizabeth Cook, and bluegrass star Sierra Hull, who recently added mandolin and harmonies to Chris Shiflett’s new song “Long,...
Additional guests during the program include Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Elizabeth Cook, and bluegrass star Sierra Hull, who recently added mandolin and harmonies to Chris Shiflett’s new song “Long,...
- 7/29/2022
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper are officially performing “Shallow” at the 91st Academy Awards.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences confirmed the news with a simple tweet Friday, writing “Cooper. Gaga. ‘Shallow.’ #Oscars.” In another tweet, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings were also confirmed to sing “When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings” from “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.”
Cooper. Gaga. "Shallow." #Oscars
— The Academy (@TheAcademy) February 1, 2019
Written by Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt, the hit single is up for best original song alongside “I’ll Fight” from “Rbg,” “The Place Where Lost Things Go” from “Mary Poppins Returns,” “All the Stars” from “Black Panther” and “When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings” from “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.” “Shallow” also marks the fourth confirmed nominee performance, making the only unconfirmed single, “All the Stars,” a likely fifth announcement.
Recently, the duo performed...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences confirmed the news with a simple tweet Friday, writing “Cooper. Gaga. ‘Shallow.’ #Oscars.” In another tweet, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings were also confirmed to sing “When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings” from “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.”
Cooper. Gaga. "Shallow." #Oscars
— The Academy (@TheAcademy) February 1, 2019
Written by Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt, the hit single is up for best original song alongside “I’ll Fight” from “Rbg,” “The Place Where Lost Things Go” from “Mary Poppins Returns,” “All the Stars” from “Black Panther” and “When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings” from “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs.” “Shallow” also marks the fourth confirmed nominee performance, making the only unconfirmed single, “All the Stars,” a likely fifth announcement.
Recently, the duo performed...
- 2/2/2019
- by Nate Nickolai
- Variety Film + TV
The Academy Awards confirmed Friday that Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga will perform their A Star Is Born hit “Shallow” at the February 24th ceremony. The duet is nominated in the Best Original Song category.
The Oscars’ announcement comes less than a week after Gaga and Cooper performed the song together – as themselves and not their Star Is Born characters Ally and Jackson Maine – for the first time with a surprise rendition at Gaga’s Enigma show in Las Vegas.
Cooper. Gaga. "Shallow." #Oscars
— The Academy (@TheAcademy) February 1, 2019
Contrary to...
The Oscars’ announcement comes less than a week after Gaga and Cooper performed the song together – as themselves and not their Star Is Born characters Ally and Jackson Maine – for the first time with a surprise rendition at Gaga’s Enigma show in Las Vegas.
Cooper. Gaga. "Shallow." #Oscars
— The Academy (@TheAcademy) February 1, 2019
Contrary to...
- 2/2/2019
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Oscar officials have been very secretive about the 91st annual Academy Awards ceremony slated for February 24 on ABC. But we now know five of the performers who will take the stage to sing Best Original Song nominees. According to their official Twitter account, expect the following production numbers:
– Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga singing “Shallow” from “A Star Is Born”
– Jennifer Hudson singing “I’ll Fight” from “Rbg”
– David Rawlings and Gillian Welch singing “When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings” from “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs”
– Special mystery guest (replacing Emily Blunt) singing “The Place Where Lost Things Go” from “Mary Poppins Returns”
There has been no confirmation or information about “All the Stars” from “Black Panther,” but the original film version was performed by Kendrick Lamar and Sza.
The 2019 ceremony has been one of the most scrutinized in memory over the past few months. First-time producer Donna Gigliotti...
– Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga singing “Shallow” from “A Star Is Born”
– Jennifer Hudson singing “I’ll Fight” from “Rbg”
– David Rawlings and Gillian Welch singing “When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings” from “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs”
– Special mystery guest (replacing Emily Blunt) singing “The Place Where Lost Things Go” from “Mary Poppins Returns”
There has been no confirmation or information about “All the Stars” from “Black Panther,” but the original film version was performed by Kendrick Lamar and Sza.
The 2019 ceremony has been one of the most scrutinized in memory over the past few months. First-time producer Donna Gigliotti...
- 2/2/2019
- by Chris Beachum
- Gold Derby
A little more than one week ago, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings were reeling from the news that they’d received their first Oscar nomination for Best Original Song. Now, the singer-songwriters have been confirmed to perform “When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings” during the 2019 Academy Awards broadcast on Sunday, February 24th.
Time to update your Songs That Will Be Performed On This Year’s Oscars Playlist: We're excited to welcome @GillianWelch and David Rawlings to the #Oscars stage to sing "When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for...
Time to update your Songs That Will Be Performed On This Year’s Oscars Playlist: We're excited to welcome @GillianWelch and David Rawlings to the #Oscars stage to sing "When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for...
- 2/1/2019
- by Jon Freeman
- Rollingstone.com
When it comes to the Best Song category, you would think a live show like the Oscar telecast that has been bleeding ratings lately would benefit from showcasing the five nominated songs on the air. Who doesn’t like a good halftime show. But apparently the academy, which continues to waffle over its hosting issues, has now floated the notion that only two of the nominated five songs — “Shallow” from “A Star Is Born,” sung by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, and Kendrick Lamar and Sza’s “All the Stars” from “Black Panther” – will be performed live .
What would get left out in the cold? Jennifer Hudson, Oscar-vetted for wailing her way through 2006’s “Dreamgirls” for one. Its her voice that soars on “I’ll Fight” from the Ruth Bader Ginsburg doc, “Rbg.” Adding more interest is the fact that is written by Diane Warren, a 10-time nominee who is massively overdue.
What would get left out in the cold? Jennifer Hudson, Oscar-vetted for wailing her way through 2006’s “Dreamgirls” for one. Its her voice that soars on “I’ll Fight” from the Ruth Bader Ginsburg doc, “Rbg.” Adding more interest is the fact that is written by Diane Warren, a 10-time nominee who is massively overdue.
- 1/29/2019
- by Susan Wloszczyna
- Gold Derby
The Coen brothers’ omnibus Western, “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs,” has some fairly grim stretches, but before it goes there, the first segment has a few moments of pure musical-comedy exhilaration. Singer-songwriter Gillian Welch describes the assignment, as it came in to her and partner David Rawlings from the Coens. “It was a pretty straightforward thing: ‘Well, we need a song for when two singing cowboys gun it out, and then they have to do a duet with one of ‘em dead. You think you can do that?’ ‘Yeah, I think we can do that’,” she laughs.
It was an opportunity to do more of a throwback pastiche than Welch and Rawlings would ever do for their own purposes as serious Americana heroes. “The more peculiar restraints you put upon a song, the more fun it is, so this was kind of a dream assignment,” Welch says. “And they didn...
It was an opportunity to do more of a throwback pastiche than Welch and Rawlings would ever do for their own purposes as serious Americana heroes. “The more peculiar restraints you put upon a song, the more fun it is, so this was kind of a dream assignment,” Welch says. “And they didn...
- 11/29/2018
- by Chris Willman
- Variety Film + TV
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Written and directed by Joel & Ethan Coen (A Serious Man), the 2013 music-filled drama Inside Llewyn Davis follows a week in the life of a young folk singer as he navigates New York City’s Greenwich Village folk scene in the pre-Dylan year of 1961.
Oscar Isaac is a cool folk cat in Inside Llewyn Davis.
Llewyn Davis (Oscar Isaac, Drive) is struggling to make it as a musician against seemingly insurmountable obstacles—some of them of his own making. Living at the mercy of both friends and strangers, Llewyn’s misadventures take him from the baskethouses of Greenwich Village to an empty Chicago club—on an odyssey to audition for a music mogul—and back again.
Along side Oscar Isaac, the ensemble cast of the Coen Brothers’ latest film includes Justin Timberlake (Friends with Benefits) , Carey Mulligan (An Education), F. Murray Abraham...
Price: DVD $30.99, Blu-ray $35.99
Studio: Sony
Written and directed by Joel & Ethan Coen (A Serious Man), the 2013 music-filled drama Inside Llewyn Davis follows a week in the life of a young folk singer as he navigates New York City’s Greenwich Village folk scene in the pre-Dylan year of 1961.
Oscar Isaac is a cool folk cat in Inside Llewyn Davis.
Llewyn Davis (Oscar Isaac, Drive) is struggling to make it as a musician against seemingly insurmountable obstacles—some of them of his own making. Living at the mercy of both friends and strangers, Llewyn’s misadventures take him from the baskethouses of Greenwich Village to an empty Chicago club—on an odyssey to audition for a music mogul—and back again.
Along side Oscar Isaac, the ensemble cast of the Coen Brothers’ latest film includes Justin Timberlake (Friends with Benefits) , Carey Mulligan (An Education), F. Murray Abraham...
- 2/7/2014
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
On Friday, December 13th at 10pm, Showtime will premiere "Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of 'Inside Llewyn Davis,'" a concert film shot at a one-night-only September 29th show in New York. The concert features music from the forthcoming Coen brothers film, which is set in the Greenwich Village folk scene of the early '60s, with live performances from Joan Baez, Patti Smith, Jack White, Marcus Mumford, the Avett Brothers, Rhiannon Giddens, Punch Brothers, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Willie Watson, The Milk Carton Kids, Colin Meloy, Lake Street Dive and "Inside Llewyn Davis" star Oscar Isaac. The film's produced by the Coens and T-Bone Burnett, the music producer on "Inside Llewyn Davis" and "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" Take a look at the trailer below:...
- 11/21/2013
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
The one night only benefit concert "Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of Inside Llewyn Davis" has been acquired exclusively by the Showtime network. The concert, which was inspired by the music from the upcoming Coen Brothers' film, "Inside Llewyn Davis," reunites the Coen brothers, T Bone Burnett and producer Scott Rudin who were the creative team for the concert event in conjunction with "O Brother, Where Art Thou?." A portion of the concerts proceeds will benefit the National Recording Preservation Foundation and the world premiere of the event is scheduled to air on Showtime on Friday, December 13th at 9 Pm Et/Pt. Artists performing at the concert include The Avett Brothers, Joan Baez, Rhiannon Giddens of Carolina Chocolate Drops, Lake Street Dive, Colin Meloy of The Decemberists, The Milk Carton Kids, Keb' Mo', Marcus Mumford, Bob Neuwirth, Conor Oberst, Punch Brothers, Dave Rawlings Machine, The Secret Sisters, Patti Smith,...
- 10/1/2013
- by James Hiler
- Indiewire
Showtime has acquired exclusive TV rights to film and air the one-night only benefit concert, Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of Inside Llewyn Davis, inspired by music from the upcoming Coen Brothers’ film, Inside Llewyn Davis, set in the 1960’s Greenwich Village folk music scene. Not coincidentally, the film will be distributed by CBS Films in the U.S.; it begins its theatrical run on December 6. Today’s announcement: Produced by the film’s writer and directors Joel and Ethan Coen, the film’s executive music producer T Bone Burnett and producer Scott Rudin, the star-studded concert reunites the trio behind O Brother, Where Art Thou? and the highly successful concert events launched in conjunction with that film. Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating The Music Of “Inside Llewyn Davis” will feature live performances of the film’s music, as well as songs from the early 1960s that inspired the film.
- 9/25/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Nashville, Tenn. (AP) — Gillian Welch and her partner Dave Rawlings, The Civil Wars and Alabama Shakes took home trophies, but Music City was the big winner at Wednesday night's Americana Honors & Awards. Five of six winners at the Ryman Auditorium event are based in Nashville, further cementing the city's growing reputation as a roots music destination. Welch won artist of the year and Rawlings broke Buddy Miller's stranglehold on the instrumentalist of the year category. And The Civil Wars, fresh from learning that debut album "Barton Hollow" has gone gold, won duo/group of the year. "There's something about this...
- 9/13/2012
- by Chris Talbott (AP)
- Hitfix
The Decemberists have always been a hard band to pigeon hole. Their earlier albums celebrated and recalled the great prog-rock bands of the seventies, but in the last few years they’ve been clearly enamored with the Appalachian sounds of antique American folk as exemplified by artists like Gillian Welch and David Rawlings. The Decemberists’ music has always been complex and it’s easy to imagine how difficult it could be to recreate in a live setting. Lead singer and main songwriter, Colin Melloy - like Shane McGowan of the Pogues before him - writes extremely literary - if occasionally verbose - lyrics that the band molds into a traditional music framework that gives extra weight and power to the stories the songs tell. On record, it is a formula that works brilliantly, but as compelling as the concerts that these live recordings are taken from may have been to witness in person,...
- 3/12/2012
- Pastemagazine.com
Miranda Lambert has gotten a lot of mileage out of a whiskey-fueled, gun-toting persona that’s made her one of the most consistently winning voices in modern pop-country. And while she still indulges that persona to rollicking effect on Four The Record, her fourth album reveals a deeper, more genuine sort of confidence that manifests in some of the most interesting, unexpected songs of her career. From the quirky images of a big-top wedding and cross-dressing congressman that open “All Kinds Of Kinds” to the sexy, fuzzed-out country blues of “Fine Tune” to the beautifully forlorn Gillian Welch/David Rawlings ...
- 11/1/2011
- avclub.com
Gillian Welch might be “the pretender” according to the title track of her breakthrough third album, 2001′s remarkable Time (The Revelator), but she’s really one of the most consistently great roots/bluegrass/alt-country artists of the last two decades. Her lyrics are unparalleled in depth and attention to detail, and the close harmonies of musical partner David Rawlings never fail to add an emotional punch. In the eight years since 2003′s solid Soul Journey, Welch has worked with Rawlings on his material, as well as collaborating with less likely acts (including the Decemberists, on their latest album), but she’s finally back with her fifth solo record, the predictably excellent The Harrow and the Harvest. The darkly funny “The Way it Goes” is as upbeat as the album gets, so relish it:...
- 7/6/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
HollywoodNews.com: Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter Norah Jones has just released “…Featuring,” a brand new album full of collaborations from some of the biggest names in music. The 18 track record has a whole host of guest stars ranging from Belle & Sebastian, Herbie Hancock, Outkast, Talib Kweli, Ryan Adams, The Foo Fighters and more.
Below is the official track list for the album:
1. The Little Willies – “Love Me”
2. The Foo Fighters feat. Norah Jones – “Virginia Moon”
3. Sean Bones feat. Norah Jones – “Turn Them”
4. Willie Nelson feat. Norah Jones – “Baby It’s Cold Outside”
5. Norah Jones and Sasha Dobson – “Bull Rider”
6. Dirty Dozen Brass Band feat. Norah Jones – “Ruler of My Heart”
7. El Madmo – “The Best Part”
8. Outkast feat. Norah Jones – “Take Off Your Cool”
9. Q-Tip feat. Norah Jones – “Life Is Better”
10. Talib Kweli feat. Norah Jones – “Soon the New Day”
11. Belle & Sebastian feat. Norah Jones – “Little Lou, Prophet Jack, Ugly John”
12. Ray Charles feat.
Below is the official track list for the album:
1. The Little Willies – “Love Me”
2. The Foo Fighters feat. Norah Jones – “Virginia Moon”
3. Sean Bones feat. Norah Jones – “Turn Them”
4. Willie Nelson feat. Norah Jones – “Baby It’s Cold Outside”
5. Norah Jones and Sasha Dobson – “Bull Rider”
6. Dirty Dozen Brass Band feat. Norah Jones – “Ruler of My Heart”
7. El Madmo – “The Best Part”
8. Outkast feat. Norah Jones – “Take Off Your Cool”
9. Q-Tip feat. Norah Jones – “Life Is Better”
10. Talib Kweli feat. Norah Jones – “Soon the New Day”
11. Belle & Sebastian feat. Norah Jones – “Little Lou, Prophet Jack, Ugly John”
12. Ray Charles feat.
- 11/16/2010
- by Linny Lum
- Hollywoodnews.com
Norah Jones' next studio installment "...Featuring" is coming out across United States on November 16. In anticipation of that, she gives AceShowbiz an exclusive teaser of "Dear John", one track she worked with Ryan Adams. She recalled how they ended up on the duet, "I was having trouble writing and I was kinda depressed about just the fact that I couldn't really write consistently and I remembered Ryan at that time just being like 'what's wrong with you? I love your song. I'm coming over'."
Beside Ryan Adams, there are a lot of other stars contributing to this project, making it a star-studded affair. The content ranges from one of her earliest recording sessions with guitarist Charlie Hunter in 2001 and a classic one recorded by Ray Charles to new material by such innovators as Q-Tip and her most recent performance on a song called "Little Lou, Ugly Jack, Prophet John...
Beside Ryan Adams, there are a lot of other stars contributing to this project, making it a star-studded affair. The content ranges from one of her earliest recording sessions with guitarist Charlie Hunter in 2001 and a classic one recorded by Ray Charles to new material by such innovators as Q-Tip and her most recent performance on a song called "Little Lou, Ugly Jack, Prophet John...
- 11/3/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Blue Note Records is releasing a collection of songs on an album called "...Featuring," that Norah Jones recorded with a ridiculous roster of talent over the past decade. Jones, the preposterously adorable and talented daughter of Ravi Shankar, has collaborated with a diverse array of artists over the years, revealing her great versatility.
The 18 songs on "...Featuring" include duets with country stars Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton, hip-hop notables, Q-Tip and Talib Kweli and dudes like M. Ward. There are songs with bands, Belle and Sebastian and Foo Fighters, too, and they're surprisingly good. And, what would a collection be without Ray Charles and Herbie Hancock?
"It's so exciting and flattering and fun when I get asked to sing with somebody that I admire," says Jones. "It takes you a little bit out of your comfort zone when you're doing something with another artist. You don't know what to expect...
The 18 songs on "...Featuring" include duets with country stars Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton, hip-hop notables, Q-Tip and Talib Kweli and dudes like M. Ward. There are songs with bands, Belle and Sebastian and Foo Fighters, too, and they're surprisingly good. And, what would a collection be without Ray Charles and Herbie Hancock?
"It's so exciting and flattering and fun when I get asked to sing with somebody that I admire," says Jones. "It takes you a little bit out of your comfort zone when you're doing something with another artist. You don't know what to expect...
- 8/20/2010
- by Brandon Kim
- ifc.com
Jason Boesel- Hustler's Son A smart and much needed fresh slice of Americana, from a man who spends most of his time sitting behind the drums for Rilo Kiley and Bright Eyes, "Hustler's Son" finds Boesel trading in his drum mount for the songwriter's seat, and with help from David Rawlings and Benmont Tench, delivers a very strong debut. Check this record out, especially "Burned Out And Busted" and "Winking Eyes." You Will get lost. Elvis Costello- The Costello Show Volume 2: Live At Hollywood High The second installment of the new, ongoing, Umg Elvis Costello "Let's Suck The Life And Last Red Cent Out Of The Fans" campaign, is actually a step in the right direction. The legendary "Hollywood High" show from 1978 sees its first official release. This new series, which started with the infamous "El Mocambo" show, continues with this...
- 1/12/2010
- by Sal Nunziato
- Huffington Post
Longtime sideman takes the lead with first solo album It’s hard to believe A Friend of a Friend is David Rawlings’ first album under his own name. For more than 12 years, the Nashville-based musician has toured, written and recorded with Gillian Welch, exploring the well-worn byways of country, bluegrass and stringband music while making the old-timey sound new. As a hired gun, he’s played sideman to artists following in Welch’s wake or creating their own: Sara Watkins, Ryan Adams, Bright Eyes, Guy Clark, Mark Knopfler and Jay Farrar, among others. So his debut as Dave Rawlings Machine is either...
- 11/12/2009
- Pastemagazine.com
Like Gillian Welch and her inseparable, unbilled cohort David Rawlings, Madi Diaz is actually a duo. One half is Diaz herself, and the other is her performing and songwriting partner Kyle Ryan, whom she met while studying at Berklee College of Music in Boston. The two had begun playing music in their teens, and Diaz even had an odd, early brush with the spotlight: At 16, while attending Philadelphia’s now-infamous Paul Green School of Rock Music, she appeared in the documentary Rock School, which inspired the 2003 Jack Black flick.
Since then, with Ryan at her side, Diaz has matured into a fine, up-and-coming artist. She caught Paste's attention at this year's SXSW Music Conference with her laidback yet arresting performance at the historic Driskill Hotel’s Victorian Room. We caught up with Diaz and Ryan over sushi in their newly adopted hometown of Nashville, Tenn., last Sunday night. Just back...
Since then, with Ryan at her side, Diaz has matured into a fine, up-and-coming artist. She caught Paste's attention at this year's SXSW Music Conference with her laidback yet arresting performance at the historic Driskill Hotel’s Victorian Room. We caught up with Diaz and Ryan over sushi in their newly adopted hometown of Nashville, Tenn., last Sunday night. Just back...
- 6/10/2009
- Pastemagazine.com
First, there was the film, "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" And the film begot a soundtrack. And the soundtrack begot a concert. And the concert begot another film. And that film begot another soundtrack. And so on.
You can't accuse the Coen brothers of neglecting the synergy involved in their use of classic American bluegrass and country music in their recent film. Featuring such performers as bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, The Fairfield Four, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Chris Thomas King, Norman Blake and the late John Hartford, the soundtrack has become one of the biggest surprise hits of the year. This film -- by the documentary team of Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, and D.A. Pennebaker, and executive produced by T-Bone Burnett (the album producer) and the Coen brothers -- documents a concert at Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium in May 2000 featuring music from "O Brother". It is playing an exclusive theatrical engagement at New York's Screening Room.
Mixing onstage performances by the various artists with backstage interviews in which they discuss their music and their involvement with "O Brother", "Down From the Mountain", while it offers many stirring musical performances, doesn't stand out either as a concert film or an enlightening documentary. The musical segments are filmed in lackluster style, with little of the flair or excitement of the better concert films ("The Last Waltz", etc.). The backstage sequences are not particularly enlightening, and the interviews lack depth.
Still, the film is valuable if only for its recording of a group of great and sadly unappreciated American musicians who have toiled far too long in relative obscurity. Watching Stanley perform a stark, a cappella version of the mournful "O Death", Hartford comically warble through "Big Rock Candy Mountain" or the Cox Family raising chills with their rendition of "I Am Weary", one is vividly reminded of the utter triviality of most modern-day popular music.
DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN
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Directors:Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker
Executive producers:T-Bone Burnett, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Producers:Bob Neuwirth, Frazer Pennebaker
Cinematographers:Joan Churchill, Jim Desmond, Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, Bob Neuwirth, Jehane Noujaim, D.A. Pennebaker, John Paul Pennebaker
Editors:Nick Doob, D.A. Pennebaker
Color/stereo
Running time -- 98 minutes
No MPAA rating...
You can't accuse the Coen brothers of neglecting the synergy involved in their use of classic American bluegrass and country music in their recent film. Featuring such performers as bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, The Fairfield Four, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Chris Thomas King, Norman Blake and the late John Hartford, the soundtrack has become one of the biggest surprise hits of the year. This film -- by the documentary team of Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, and D.A. Pennebaker, and executive produced by T-Bone Burnett (the album producer) and the Coen brothers -- documents a concert at Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium in May 2000 featuring music from "O Brother". It is playing an exclusive theatrical engagement at New York's Screening Room.
Mixing onstage performances by the various artists with backstage interviews in which they discuss their music and their involvement with "O Brother", "Down From the Mountain", while it offers many stirring musical performances, doesn't stand out either as a concert film or an enlightening documentary. The musical segments are filmed in lackluster style, with little of the flair or excitement of the better concert films ("The Last Waltz", etc.). The backstage sequences are not particularly enlightening, and the interviews lack depth.
Still, the film is valuable if only for its recording of a group of great and sadly unappreciated American musicians who have toiled far too long in relative obscurity. Watching Stanley perform a stark, a cappella version of the mournful "O Death", Hartford comically warble through "Big Rock Candy Mountain" or the Cox Family raising chills with their rendition of "I Am Weary", one is vividly reminded of the utter triviality of most modern-day popular music.
DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN
Cowboy Booking International
Directors:Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker
Executive producers:T-Bone Burnett, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Producers:Bob Neuwirth, Frazer Pennebaker
Cinematographers:Joan Churchill, Jim Desmond, Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, Bob Neuwirth, Jehane Noujaim, D.A. Pennebaker, John Paul Pennebaker
Editors:Nick Doob, D.A. Pennebaker
Color/stereo
Running time -- 98 minutes
No MPAA rating...
First, there was the film, "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" And the film begot a soundtrack. And the soundtrack begot a concert. And the concert begot another film. And that film begot another soundtrack. And so on.
You can't accuse the Coen brothers of neglecting the synergy involved in their use of classic American bluegrass and country music in their recent film. Featuring such performers as bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, The Fairfield Four, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Chris Thomas King, Norman Blake and the late John Hartford, the soundtrack has become one of the biggest surprise hits of the year. This film -- by the documentary team of Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, and D.A. Pennebaker, and executive produced by T-Bone Burnett (the album producer) and the Coen brothers -- documents a concert at Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium in May 2000 featuring music from "O Brother". It is playing an exclusive theatrical engagement at New York's Screening Room.
Mixing onstage performances by the various artists with backstage interviews in which they discuss their music and their involvement with "O Brother", "Down From the Mountain", while it offers many stirring musical performances, doesn't stand out either as a concert film or an enlightening documentary. The musical segments are filmed in lackluster style, with little of the flair or excitement of the better concert films ("The Last Waltz", etc.). The backstage sequences are not particularly enlightening, and the interviews lack depth.
Still, the film is valuable if only for its recording of a group of great and sadly unappreciated American musicians who have toiled far too long in relative obscurity. Watching Stanley perform a stark, a cappella version of the mournful "O Death", Hartford comically warble through "Big Rock Candy Mountain" or the Cox Family raising chills with their rendition of "I Am Weary", one is vividly reminded of the utter triviality of most modern-day popular music.
DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN
Cowboy Booking International
Directors:Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker
Executive producers:T-Bone Burnett, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Producers:Bob Neuwirth, Frazer Pennebaker
Cinematographers:Joan Churchill, Jim Desmond, Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, Bob Neuwirth, Jehane Noujaim, D.A. Pennebaker, John Paul Pennebaker
Editors:Nick Doob, D.A. Pennebaker
Color/stereo
Running time -- 98 minutes
No MPAA rating...
You can't accuse the Coen brothers of neglecting the synergy involved in their use of classic American bluegrass and country music in their recent film. Featuring such performers as bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, The Fairfield Four, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Chris Thomas King, Norman Blake and the late John Hartford, the soundtrack has become one of the biggest surprise hits of the year. This film -- by the documentary team of Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, and D.A. Pennebaker, and executive produced by T-Bone Burnett (the album producer) and the Coen brothers -- documents a concert at Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium in May 2000 featuring music from "O Brother". It is playing an exclusive theatrical engagement at New York's Screening Room.
Mixing onstage performances by the various artists with backstage interviews in which they discuss their music and their involvement with "O Brother", "Down From the Mountain", while it offers many stirring musical performances, doesn't stand out either as a concert film or an enlightening documentary. The musical segments are filmed in lackluster style, with little of the flair or excitement of the better concert films ("The Last Waltz", etc.). The backstage sequences are not particularly enlightening, and the interviews lack depth.
Still, the film is valuable if only for its recording of a group of great and sadly unappreciated American musicians who have toiled far too long in relative obscurity. Watching Stanley perform a stark, a cappella version of the mournful "O Death", Hartford comically warble through "Big Rock Candy Mountain" or the Cox Family raising chills with their rendition of "I Am Weary", one is vividly reminded of the utter triviality of most modern-day popular music.
DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN
Cowboy Booking International
Directors:Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker
Executive producers:T-Bone Burnett, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Producers:Bob Neuwirth, Frazer Pennebaker
Cinematographers:Joan Churchill, Jim Desmond, Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, Bob Neuwirth, Jehane Noujaim, D.A. Pennebaker, John Paul Pennebaker
Editors:Nick Doob, D.A. Pennebaker
Color/stereo
Running time -- 98 minutes
No MPAA rating...
First, there was the film, "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" And the film begot a soundtrack. And the soundtrack begot a concert. And the concert begot another film. And that film begot another soundtrack. And so on.
You can't accuse the Coen brothers of neglecting the synergy involved in their use of classic American bluegrass and country music in their recent film. Featuring such performers as bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, The Fairfield Four, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Chris Thomas King, Norman Blake and the late John Hartford, the soundtrack has become one of the biggest surprise hits of the year. This film -- by the documentary team of Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, and D.A. Pennebaker, and executive produced by T-Bone Burnett (the album producer) and the Coen brothers -- documents a concert at Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium in May 2000 featuring music from "O Brother". It is playing an exclusive theatrical engagement at New York's Screening Room.
Mixing onstage performances by the various artists with backstage interviews in which they discuss their music and their involvement with "O Brother", "Down From the Mountain", while it offers many stirring musical performances, doesn't stand out either as a concert film or an enlightening documentary. The musical segments are filmed in lackluster style, with little of the flair or excitement of the better concert films ("The Last Waltz", etc.). The backstage sequences are not particularly enlightening, and the interviews lack depth.
Still, the film is valuable if only for its recording of a group of great and sadly unappreciated American musicians who have toiled far too long in relative obscurity. Watching Stanley perform a stark, a cappella version of the mournful "O Death", Hartford comically warble through "Big Rock Candy Mountain" or the Cox Family raising chills with their rendition of "I Am Weary", one is vividly reminded of the utter triviality of most modern-day popular music.
DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN
Cowboy Booking International
Directors:Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker
Executive producers:T-Bone Burnett, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Producers:Bob Neuwirth, Frazer Pennebaker
Cinematographers:Joan Churchill, Jim Desmond, Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, Bob Neuwirth, Jehane Noujaim, D.A. Pennebaker, John Paul Pennebaker
Editors:Nick Doob, D.A. Pennebaker
Color/stereo
Running time -- 98 minutes
No MPAA rating...
You can't accuse the Coen brothers of neglecting the synergy involved in their use of classic American bluegrass and country music in their recent film. Featuring such performers as bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, The Fairfield Four, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Chris Thomas King, Norman Blake and the late John Hartford, the soundtrack has become one of the biggest surprise hits of the year. This film -- by the documentary team of Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, and D.A. Pennebaker, and executive produced by T-Bone Burnett (the album producer) and the Coen brothers -- documents a concert at Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium in May 2000 featuring music from "O Brother". It is playing an exclusive theatrical engagement at New York's Screening Room.
Mixing onstage performances by the various artists with backstage interviews in which they discuss their music and their involvement with "O Brother", "Down From the Mountain", while it offers many stirring musical performances, doesn't stand out either as a concert film or an enlightening documentary. The musical segments are filmed in lackluster style, with little of the flair or excitement of the better concert films ("The Last Waltz", etc.). The backstage sequences are not particularly enlightening, and the interviews lack depth.
Still, the film is valuable if only for its recording of a group of great and sadly unappreciated American musicians who have toiled far too long in relative obscurity. Watching Stanley perform a stark, a cappella version of the mournful "O Death", Hartford comically warble through "Big Rock Candy Mountain" or the Cox Family raising chills with their rendition of "I Am Weary", one is vividly reminded of the utter triviality of most modern-day popular music.
DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN
Cowboy Booking International
Directors:Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker
Executive producers:T-Bone Burnett, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Producers:Bob Neuwirth, Frazer Pennebaker
Cinematographers:Joan Churchill, Jim Desmond, Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, Bob Neuwirth, Jehane Noujaim, D.A. Pennebaker, John Paul Pennebaker
Editors:Nick Doob, D.A. Pennebaker
Color/stereo
Running time -- 98 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 6/26/2001
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
First, there was the film, "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" And the film begot a soundtrack. And the soundtrack begot a concert. And the concert begot another film. And that film begot another soundtrack. And so on.
You can't accuse the Coen brothers of neglecting the synergy involved in their use of classic American bluegrass and country music in their recent film. Featuring such performers as bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, The Fairfield Four, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Chris Thomas King, Norman Blake and the late John Hartford, the soundtrack has become one of the biggest surprise hits of the year. This film -- by the documentary team of Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, and D.A. Pennebaker, and executive produced by T-Bone Burnett (the album producer) and the Coen brothers -- documents a concert at Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium in May 2000 featuring music from "O Brother". It is playing an exclusive theatrical engagement at New York's Screening Room.
Mixing onstage performances by the various artists with backstage interviews in which they discuss their music and their involvement with "O Brother", "Down From the Mountain", while it offers many stirring musical performances, doesn't stand out either as a concert film or an enlightening documentary. The musical segments are filmed in lackluster style, with little of the flair or excitement of the better concert films ("The Last Waltz", etc.). The backstage sequences are not particularly enlightening, and the interviews lack depth.
Still, the film is valuable if only for its recording of a group of great and sadly unappreciated American musicians who have toiled far too long in relative obscurity. Watching Stanley perform a stark, a cappella version of the mournful "O Death", Hartford comically warble through "Big Rock Candy Mountain" or the Cox Family raising chills with their rendition of "I Am Weary", one is vividly reminded of the utter triviality of most modern-day popular music.
DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN
Cowboy Booking International
Directors:Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker
Executive producers:T-Bone Burnett, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Producers:Bob Neuwirth, Frazer Pennebaker
Cinematographers:Joan Churchill, Jim Desmond, Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, Bob Neuwirth, Jehane Noujaim, D.A. Pennebaker, John Paul Pennebaker
Editors:Nick Doob, D.A. Pennebaker
Color/stereo
Running time -- 98 minutes
No MPAA rating...
You can't accuse the Coen brothers of neglecting the synergy involved in their use of classic American bluegrass and country music in their recent film. Featuring such performers as bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley, Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, The Fairfield Four, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Chris Thomas King, Norman Blake and the late John Hartford, the soundtrack has become one of the biggest surprise hits of the year. This film -- by the documentary team of Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, and D.A. Pennebaker, and executive produced by T-Bone Burnett (the album producer) and the Coen brothers -- documents a concert at Nashville's historic Ryman Auditorium in May 2000 featuring music from "O Brother". It is playing an exclusive theatrical engagement at New York's Screening Room.
Mixing onstage performances by the various artists with backstage interviews in which they discuss their music and their involvement with "O Brother", "Down From the Mountain", while it offers many stirring musical performances, doesn't stand out either as a concert film or an enlightening documentary. The musical segments are filmed in lackluster style, with little of the flair or excitement of the better concert films ("The Last Waltz", etc.). The backstage sequences are not particularly enlightening, and the interviews lack depth.
Still, the film is valuable if only for its recording of a group of great and sadly unappreciated American musicians who have toiled far too long in relative obscurity. Watching Stanley perform a stark, a cappella version of the mournful "O Death", Hartford comically warble through "Big Rock Candy Mountain" or the Cox Family raising chills with their rendition of "I Am Weary", one is vividly reminded of the utter triviality of most modern-day popular music.
DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAIN
Cowboy Booking International
Directors:Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker
Executive producers:T-Bone Burnett, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Producers:Bob Neuwirth, Frazer Pennebaker
Cinematographers:Joan Churchill, Jim Desmond, Nick Doob, Chris Hegedus, Bob Neuwirth, Jehane Noujaim, D.A. Pennebaker, John Paul Pennebaker
Editors:Nick Doob, D.A. Pennebaker
Color/stereo
Running time -- 98 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 6/20/2001
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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