Liverpool Sound City has confirmed John Cale and Thurston Moore as keynote speakers.
The event, which takes place from May 1-2 at the Liverpool Hilton Hotel and Liverpool ONE will see Cale and Moore joined by a third keynote speaker, former Chief Executive of The Premier League and former CEO of Liverpool Football Club, Rick Parry.
Last night [January 9], Neil Young played the third show in his four-date residency at New York's Carnegie Hall.
Young had played identical sets at the previous two shows.
However, for last night's show he made three changes: dropping "Mr Soul" and adding "Helpless" and "Journey Through The Past".
Scroll down to read the full set list.
Set 1
Hank To Hendrix
Helpless
On The Way Home
Only Love Can Break Your Heart
Love In Mind
When you’re in the business of writing about/codifying/making up a musical scene, it always helps if you can locate its nexus. Reading the small print on record sleeves, a good few of the American musicians negotiating the space between roots music and avant-garde jamming these past few years - part of what used to be called free folk, for a while - all turn out to have recorded at Black Dirt Studios in upstate New York.
The Hold Steady are set to release their new album, 'Teeth Dreams', on March 25.
The Hold Steady are set to release their new album, Teeth Dreams, on March 25.
The US rock band will put out the follow-up to 2010's Heaven Is Whenever this spring, reports Billboard. The LP will be released Stateside on Razor & Tie's new imprint, Washington Square.
Paul McCartney has paid tribute to Phil Everly, who died last week aged 74.
In a statement on his website, McCartney said that Everly was one of his "great heroes" and cited the Everly Brothers as a key influence on The Beatles.
Robert Plant Presents the Sensational Space Shifters has announced the first of their 2014 European tour dates.
The tour will support a new album out this year, with dates beginning June 10 in Gothenberg, Sweden and across Europe including Russia, Ireland, Germany and more, with a special date at Glastonbury Abbey on August 9.
The Dead Weather are to release two new songs next week.
According to a Tweet from their Third Man label, "Open Up (That's Enough)" and "Rough Detective" will be available for purchase digitally worldwide next Tuesday [January 14].
Scroll down to hear "Open Up (That's Enough)".
