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Song Premiere: Brett Dennen - "You Ain't Going Nowhere"

Having nearly 80 Bob Dylan covers all in one place sounds almost too good to be true. The fact that the proceeds from these never-before-released versions also benefit Amnesty International’s continuous efforts to support free speech and free political prisoners around the world is even better.  read more

Stream Amnesty International's Bob Dylan Tribute Album

To commemorate its 50th anniversary, Amnesty International has announced the release of an exhaustive four-CD collection of Bob Dylan cover songs. Spanning material from all parts of the folk singer's long career (he's been around for about as long as Amnesty International), the compilation, titled Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International, features a full 75 tributes to Dylan.  read more

Ozzy Osbourne Covers John Lennon for Amnesty International

In honor of what would’ve been John Lennon’s 70th birthday, Ozzy Osbourne decided the designate all profits from his “How?” rendition to Amnesty International....  read more

The xx Auctions Lightboxes for Amnesty International

Yesterday, The xx put up the lightboxes from their stage show for auction on eBay to benefit Amnesty International....  read more

Portishead Releases Benefit Single for Amnesty International

[Photo by Mark C. Austin] Portishead’s music is kind of like a glacier. It’s beautiful and awe-inspiring, and it moves for nobody—11 years passed between the band’s second (1997’s Portishead) and third (last year’s haunting and appropriately-named Third) records....  read more

Mugison to Play in All Five of NYC's Boroughs in One Day for Amnesty International

Icelandic musical curiosity Mugison is never content with the status quo, which is part of the reason that he featured in our 2008 Best of What's Next list. With last year's Mugiboogie securing his status as a genre-defying pop wizard, he's turned an eye towards breaking different conventions: namely, the idea that you can only do one show (or two, max) in a city in a given day. On Aug. 18, he's going to try his hand at breaking a world record by playing shows in all five boroughs of New York City in one day....  read more

David Byrne Relives Everything

Nearly 30 years after their first and only album together (not counting the three Talking Heads records they collaborated on), Talking Heads frontman David Byrne and Brian Eno collaborated once more for 2008's Everything That Happens Will Happen Today. Between then and now, Byrne has been touring the record. ...  read more