Anyone who’s read any of Robert Gordon’s previous books, like Can’t Be Satisfied, for instance, his great biography of Muddy Waters, will no doubt be looking forward to Respect Yourself: Stax Records And The Soul Explosion, Gordon’s history of the legendary Memphis label, which is published this month by Bloomsbury.
Bob Dylan is to release a Deluxe Edition of The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration.
The concert took place on October 16, 1992 and included performances from Neil Young, Lou Reed, Johnny Cash, George Harrison, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, The Band and Dylan himself.
This Deluxe Edition will be released by Columbia Records and Legacy Recording on March 3, 2013 on Blu-ray, 2 DVD and 2 CD sets.
A rare live recording of Syd Barrett is to be released.
The performance dates from January 27, 1972, at the Corn Exchange in Cambridge.
The tapes were originally put up for auction at Bonham's in June 2010, listed as "1/4 inch reel-to-reel tape on 10inch BASF spool in Agfa PE36 box with handwritten recording details, with statement of provenance". They were later told to the Easy Action label.
Belle & Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch has confirmed that the band will record a new album inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest.
Speaking to Rolling Stone at the Sundance Film Festival, where he is promoting new film God Help The Girl, Murdoch revealed that he hopes to have the album finished in time for an autumn release as well as discussing it's unusual premise.
Bruce Springsteen played his first live gig of 2014 at the 1,600 capacity Paramount Theater in Asbury Park, New Jersey on Saturday [January 18].
The event was the 14th Annual Light Of Day benefit to raise funds for Parkinson's Disease.
Scroll down to watch five songs from Springsteen's set.
Slowdive are rumoured to be close to announcing reunion details.
Former members of the band - who split in 1995 - have been Tweeting a countdown, prompting rumours of the band's reunion, according to a report in The Guardian.
A week of revelations here, I suppose, since a bunch of albums that I’ve had to strategically redact from recent lists, until they’re formally announced, can now be identified and previewed.
Please note, then, the appearance of new albums by Damon Albarn, Elbow and Real Estate among the 20-odd things below. The Real Estate is especially fantastic – more like Felt and The Feelies than ever, maybe – and I’ll try and write something more extensive about it in the next week or so.
Last night [January 19] Neil Young played the final date of his four 'Honor The Treaties' concerts to raise money for the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Legal Defense Fund.
The show took place at Jack Singer Concert Hall, Calgary, Alberta.
Jackson Browne is to be honoured by a new tribute album, Looking into You, due for release on April 28 from Music Road Records.
Among the artists covering Browne's songs are Bruce Springsteen, Don Henley, Lucinda Williams, Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Hornsby, JD Souther and Joan As Police Woman.
You can hear Don Henley cover Browne's "These Days" here.
The tracklisting for Looking Into You is:
