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Watch Phosphorescent Live at Paste
Click the image to watch Phosphorescent play a few songs live in the Paste studio.Related links:Phosphorescent on MySpacesaltandblues.com... read more
Found in: Live at PastePhosphorescent Announces Tour
It must be nice being Willie Nelson. Not only do you get the universal "Hey, look! It's Willie Nelson!"-type of attention, but you get full albums dedicated to you. It's like being the Queen of England, except the music is actually, you know, praiseworthy.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsOne on One: 20 Single-Artist Cover Albums Worth A Listen
A well-done cover song is a beautiful thing—and, by extension, so is a compilation of tracks by a slew of musicians paying tribute to one of their heroes. But it takes a special combination of love and guts and a hearty dash of hubris for a single artist to tackle the oeuvre of another—whether a friend or a legend—all by their lonesome. Sometimes the result is a mess (like Dirty Dancing songstress Jennifer Warnes' maudlin, schlocky Leonard Cohen tribute, Famous Blue Raincoat), but when the stars align, it can be really wonderful. Here are a few of our favorites. (Scroll... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayWilco, Jason Mraz, Phosphorescent Added to Farm Aid Lineup
For 29 years, music-and-food fest Farm Aid has been raising money and awareness for America's farmers. This year's concert, held in Maryland Heights, Mo. on Oct. 4, is shaping up to be quite an addition to the festival's rich history.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsPhosphorescent Meets Willie Nelson, Will Perform on His Sirius XM Radio Channel Tonight
After showing his appreciation for music legend Willie Nelson by releasing To Willie and touring during the Spring in support of the covers album, it seems like all of his hard work has paid off and Phosphorescent frontman Matthew Houck has finally met his musical hero.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsSXSW 2009: Day Two Photos ft. Justin Townes Earle, Daniel Johnston, Samantha Crain, No Age and more
[Above: Phosphorescent]Photos taken by Amber Roussel (Earle, Johnston, Crain, Bird, Harper), Mike White (Simone, Cursive, Datarock, Obits, TAAS) and Jonathan Jackson (Phosphorescent, No Age)... read more
Found in: Blogs, 1000 WordsPhosphorescent takes Willie on the road again
Phosphorescent will embark in a month-long tour across the U.S. starting Feb. 26 in Massachusetts, in support of the band's Willie Nelson covers album, To Willie.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsPhosphorescent: To Willie
Brooklyn-relocated Athens, Ga., artist Matthew Houck picked Nelson's saddest tracks... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsPhosphorescent to tour South through November
Last we heard from Matthew Houck, Phosphorescent's 2007 album Pride was making grown men weep into their whiskey neats from Athens, Ga. to New York City—a move Houck had just made himself.... read more
Found in: Concerts, NewsCurrent Events: "Joe the Plumber" Megamix
Last Wednesday night, a blue-collar hero went down in history. Toledo, Ohio’s own Joe Wurzelbacher—aka “Joe the Plumber”—was invoked no less than 26 times, making him more central to the third presidential debate between John McCain and Barack Obama than anything else, including taxes, education, the war, terrorism, the environment and energy independence.Seeing as how a playlist about plumbers would’ve been pretty short, today’s Current Events megamix will focus simply on great songs about guys named Joe. Here’s to you, plumber man!... read more
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