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MTV's Unplugged Returns with Adele, Silversun Pickups and Katy Perry
There are a few essential steps in a musician’s career that signify big-time success: releasing a best-of album, headlining a festival, and throughout the 1990s, performing live on MTV’s Unplugged. Alhough the series was hugely popular for a time, when major rock artists like Nirvana and Eric Clapton graced the stage with acoustic-only versions of their biggest hits, after eight seasons, Unplugged left the air, to return only for special occasions in the following years. Today, it makes a comeback, returning to MTV.com with a series of monthly performances from popular contemporary artists like Adele, Silversun Pickups and Katy Perry.... read more
Found in: Culture, News50 Best Bob Dylan Covers of All Time
As we began to compile this list of the 50 Best Bob Dylan Covers of All Time—asking for input from Paste readers, writers and editors—someone suggested that it might be easier to compile a list of artists who haven't covered Dylan. I've listened to literally hundreds of Dylan covers over the course of the past week, trying to weigh choices like, "Who's version of 'Tomorrow Is a Long Time' is better, Nick Drake or Nickel Creek?" But I don't mean to make it sound like grueling work. My biggest take-away from this exercise is that going to Dylan for source... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayMy First... Indigo Girls
After self-releasing their debut album, Strange Fire, in 1987, folk-rock duo the Indigo Girls signed to major label Epic for another nine records, before putting one out with Hollywood Records... read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesFive Cool, Loosely Vacation-Themed Songs by Artists Playing the Paste-Sponsored Cayamo Cruise
In less than 48 hours, I'll be floating in the middle of the Caribbean, covering singer/songwriter cruise Cayamo, which Paste is co-sponsoring this year. Here are a few loosely-themed vacation songs fellow cruisers and I might hear by artists busy rockin' the boat.... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DaySix good songs about airplanes
I’ve been booking flights all day, so I’ve got planes on the brain. Check out these songs about airports and airplanes:... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayNew Indigo Girls record set for early 2009 release
You know, sometimes the Indigo Girls get a little tired... read more
Found in: Music, NewsCatching Up With... Amy Ray
Indigo Girl Amy Ray released her third solo studio album, Didn’t It Feel Kinder, on Aug. 5. Paste editor-in-chief Josh Jackson recently spoke with Ray about her songwriting, her experiences as a label head and the Indigo Girls’ first album as independent artists... read more
Found in: Music, Features, Local:AtlantaIndigo Girl Amy Ray readies Kinder album
Indigo Girl Amy Ray recently announced that her third solo album, Didn't It Feel Kinder, will be released on August 5 on Daemon Records. The album features songs that deal with heavy fare that includes the Virginia Tech killings, religious conservatism and our cultural obsession with war. “What ties the record together for me is this human yearning to be understood and the yearning to become empathetic with other people," Ray said in a statement. "How to love each other and be kind even when we're brutally angry." Ray doesn't merely write and sing about issues of import; she tackles... read more
Found in: Music, NewsIndigo Girls Quick Hit from ACL
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Found in: Featured VideosIndigo Girls -- Despite Our Differences
New Indigo Girls album delivers solid results with their well-tested and familiar folk-rock formula read more
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