Black Crowes, Devendra tell American stories in song
The Black Crowes, Devendra Banhart and Martha Wainwright are among the artists contributing to a three-disc compilation that tells stories of American history through song.
The idea was originally proposed by US Attorney General Janet Reno, and has taken shape in the form of 'Song Of America', which is due out in the US on September 18.
The songs on the compilation tell stories of Native Americans, the arrival of European immigrants, the American Revolution, the Civil War and two world wars, as well as major events leading up to the present-day.
Also contributing to the compilation are John Mellencamp, Blind Boys of Alabama and Andrew Bird. |
Queens Of The Stone Age map Canadian tour
Queens Of The Stone Age have added a string of Canadian dates to their Duluth Tour.
The band will play six shows, kicking off in London, Ontario on August 22. They will make their way west, wrapping up the stint in Vancouver on September 1. |
Sage Francis Hooks Up With Artist Inkymole
Transcending visual and sonic artistic boundaries, Sage Francis and London-based visual artist Inkymole have built a mutually inspiring relationship of late. Francis is the muse of Inkymole's If A Girl Writes Off The World exhibit, which will come to New York in the beginning of May, and Inkymole has provided artwork for Sage Francis's LP, Human The Death Dance, due out May 8 on Anti-.
Having completed a residency in London that began last October, Inkymole's exhibit was met with substantial acclaim. In a press release about her involvement with Human The Death Dance, which?a month from its releasemdash;has already pre-sold 3,000 copies on Francis's website, she says, "I couldn't wait, but I was suddenly terrified of this new client I was also a mad fan of."
If A Girl Writes Off The World will inhabit New York City's Old Portico Space at the Chelsea Market from May 1-7, wrapping up just in time for the May 8 release of Human The Dead Dance. |