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Phosphorescent: To Willie
Brooklyn-relocated Athens, Ga., artist Matthew Houck picked Nelson's saddest tracks... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsNine Great Songs About Roads
The Paste staff is slowly trickling back into the office after our holiday trips, and I think I can safely speak for everyone when I say that, if we're not completely happy to be home, then at least we're thrilled to be off the roads for a bit. Not that Atlanta traffic is much better, but hey, better the snarled, congested, crazy-making concrete devil you know, right? In tribute to coming home from the holidays, and in celebration of all the travels 2009 will bring, here are nine great songs about roads. Listen to them all on the last page,... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayPhosphorescent to release Willie Nelson covers album
Matthew Houck doesn't play live as Phosphorescent alone anymore. It's a change, but a good one, as 2007's wondrous Pride featured dark-cloud chorales and otherwise lush treatment of Houck's folk tunes—layers that the live show now reflects.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsAlejandro Escovedo, Kanye, many more perform at DNC
The Democratic National Convention kicked off last night in Denver, Colo. with a tribute to Ted Kennedy and a heartwarming speech from Michelle Obama. All well and good, mind you, but it's the four-day bonanza of musicians set to perform that boggles the mind. While music has been prevalent in campaigns for the last few decades, Barack Obama and the DNC take the cake with a truckload of inspiring and interesting choices for this year's convention.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsWillie Nelson 2008 tour dates announced
Septuagenarian and holder of the number 15 spot on Paste's 100 Best Living Songwriters list, Willie Nelson hits the road tomorrow for an end-of-summer tour. He'll cap it all off with a performance at Radio City Music Hall with guest Jakob Dylan and The Gold Mountain Rebels.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsJohn Mellencamp takes next Farm Aid to New England
For the first time, a Farm Aid concert will be taking place in New England. John Mellencamp will be bringing the annual big-ticket fundraiser to the Comcast Center in... read more
Found in: Music, NewsWillie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis work on new album
Willie Nelson is no stranger to collaborations. A partial list of his working buddies includes Bob Dylan, Bonnie Raitt, Paul Simon, Sinéad O'Connor, David Crosby, Kris Kristofferson, Julio Iglesias, Johnny Cash and Ryan Adams. Wynton Marsalis is also no stranger to collaborations. So it makes sense that these two non-strangers to collaborations have decided to record an album together. Although our preferred title, He’s a Little Bit Country, He’s a Little Bit Jazz and Classical, was sadly eschewed for the more evocative Two Men With The Blues, the album is still an exciting event. Two Men features songs recorded during... read more
Found in: Music, NewsWillie Nelson to get roasted, toasted, turn 75 on the road
Willie Nelson is the epitome of a modern-day renaissance man—the singer/songwriter, actor, author, activist, current Grammy nominee, environmentalist and, lately, conspiracy theorist, also has a wide comic streak amidst his legendary bandanna-ed braids. In that spirit, Comedy Central has announced plans for an early-June roast of the Redheaded Stranger, who turns 75 on April 30 (and who possibly let the parbaked roast news out of the bag a bit ahead of schedule in an interview with Spinner.com). Not that age is anything but a number to Nelson, who released his latest album, Moment of Forever, on Jan. 29, and promptly... read more
Found in: Music, NewsWillie Nelson To Picnic At The Gorge
For more than 30 years, Willie Nelson has strapped on his red, white and blue bandana every Fourth of July and invited fellow musicians, family and friends to join him as he celebrates our nation's heritage in the form of a good ole-fashioned picnic. The first of these annual gatherings was held in 1973 in Dripping Springs, Texas, and every year since the event has been held somewhere in the Lonestar State. That's why this year's picnic will make history, as Son Volt, Drive-By Truckers, a recently-reunited Old 97's and Amos Lee will join Willie in a performance-laden picnic at... read more
Found in: Music, NewsWillie Nelson - The Complete Atlantic Recordings
Willie’s crucial transitional works collected in one fine anthology read more
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