Jeff Tweedy: Last News

Virginia singer-songwriter Kate Bollinger is on a hot streak. After two self-released EPs of dreamy, soul-infused indie-pop miniatures — I Don't Wanna Lose and A word becomes sound in 2019 and 2020 respectively — she hit the road in 2021, supporting the likes of Jeff Tweedy, Faye Webster, and Real Estate on tour.

Wilco have announced the full line-up for this year’s edition of their Solid Sound festival, with two dozen acts spanning a diverse range of genres and formats.Riding hot on the heels of this month’s Sky Blue Sky – the four-day Mexican festival that saw Wilco play three separate shows, as well as a solo set from frontman Jeff Tweedy – Solid Sound will take place at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) over the extended weekend of May 27-29.Joining the alt-rock icons will be a slew of their contemporaries both established and emerging, with acts like Japanese Breakfast, Sylvan Esso, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Iceage and Hand Habits billed high.Tweedy will also play a special set with a range of as-yet-unannounced guests, billed on the poster (which you can find below) as ‘Jeff Tweedy & Friends’.Elsewhere at the festival, John Hodgman and Jean Grae will host a showcase of stand-up comedy, with guests like Negin Farsad, River Butcher and Nick Offerman.Other standout inclusions are a set by the Sun Ra Arkestra directed by Marshall Allen, a performance by Nels Cline’s Consentrik Quartet, and the ‘On Fillmore’ installation led by Finnish pop singer Jonna Tervomaa.A post shared by Wilco (@wilco)Tickets for Solid Sound will include full access MASS MoCA – hailed as the US’ most expansive gallery of contemporary art – with current attractions including installations by the likes of James Turrell, Laurie Anderson, Sol LeWitt, Jenny Holzer, and Anselm Kiefer. Three-day passes can be purchased from the festival’s website.Meanwhile, Wilco were recently inducted into the Austin City Limits Hall of Fame.

Wilco have concluded their Sky Blue Sky festival in Mexico with guest appearances from Pavement frontman Stephen Malkmus and Spoon frontman Britt Daniel during their headlining set.The band brought out Malkmus to sing lead vocals on a cover of Pavement’s 1994 single ‘Cut Your Hair’, a song Wilco have covered several times over the years. Daniel, meanwhile, was enlisted on vocals and acoustic guitar during a performance of ‘Kamera’, lifted from Wilco’s 2001 album ‘Yankee Hotel Foxtrot’.

Jeff Tweedy has shared a cover of Neil Young‘s ‘The Old Country Waltz’ – you can listen to it below.The Wilco frontman’s new take on the 1977 song will appear on a forthcoming deluxe edition of his 2020 album, ‘Love Is The King’. Set for release on December 10 via dBpm Records, the collection comprises live versions of tracks from the original record.You can pre-order ‘Love Is The King / Live Is The King’ from here, with Tweedy’s rendition of ‘The Old Country Waltz’ available as an instant download.An official performance video is also available on YouTube.

Jeff Tweedy has released two new tracks for the Sub Pop Singles Club series, ‘C’mon America’ and ‘UR-60 Unsent’.‘C’mon America’, the A-side on the seven-inch vinyl release, is a slacker-influenced number plucked “from an unreleased group of songs with mostly sci-fi lyrics”. Meanwhile, ‘UR-60 Unsent’ was described by Sub Pop as “a pitiful tale of an unsent lovesick mixtape, taken from a separate batch of unreleased songs with mostly pitiful lyrics”.Listen to the two tracks below:The sixth volume of Sub Pop’s Singles Club will also include contributions from TV Priest, Hand Habits and Porridge Radio, among other acts.

Wilco singer-guitarist Jeff Tweedy appears on the latest soundtrack for Apple TV+ series Ted Lasso, performing a stripped-back version of the show’s theme.Given season 2 is nearing the end, WaterTown Music has now unveiled the current soundtrack on Apple Music. Tweedy’s take on ‘Ted Lasso Theme’ opens the album, which was once again scored by Marcus Mumford and famed composer Tom Howe.The signature track was originally performed by Mumford himself and can be found on Ted Lasso soundtrack of season 1.Take a listen to Tweedy’s acoustic take on the television theme below, or listen to the full soundtrack here.Earlier this year, Tweedy shared an original track for Parks and Recreation, written as his character Scott Tanner.

Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy has shared an intimate cover of Japanese Breakfast‘s ‘Kokomo, IN’ via his latest Instagram Live.Tweedy, from a side profile, is seen seated in front of some outlandish curtains, his cozy acoustic version of Japanese Breakfast’s ‘Jubilee’ cut matching the original’s dreamlike ambience.Upon seeing Tweedy’s rendition, Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner shared a post to Instagram (July 2) conveying her excitement, saying: “Words can’t begin to express how mind blowing it is to discover this vid of Jeff Tweedy covering ‘Kokomo, IN’.“Wilco has been such a huge influence on my music for so many years.”Zauner continued to detail those influences, highlighting various nuances from some of Wilco’s most colourful tracks,

Wilco have announced new dates for a planned run of shows across the US, following coronavirus-enforced postponements.Originally announced in March 2020, the band will embark on their ‘It’s Time’ co-headline tour with Sleater-Kinney throughout this August. Wilco will then go it alone for a number of festival and solo headline shows.In October, the band will then begin the ‘Ode To Joy’ tour, in support of their 11th LP ‘An Ode To Joy’.

Wilco‘s Jeff Tweedy has shared a new song as Scott Tanner, his character from his Parks and Recreation cameo.In the show, Tanner was the frontman of local band Land Ho! which Chris Pratt’s character Andy Dwyer successfully reunited for a benefit concert.Tweedy (as Tanner) has now released ‘Cold Water’, a track written for ‘The Awesome Album’, the recently-announced debut album from Dwyer’s fictional band in the show, Mouse Rat.Featuring on the song is Duke Silver, the saxophone-wielding alter-ego of the show’s character Ron Swanson (Nick Offerman) – watch its surreal video below.‘The Awesome Album’ is a 15-track record and will arrive on August 27 through Dualtone Music Group and Entertainment 720 (the company founded by Aziz Ansari’s

Wilco‘s Jeff Tweedy and his son Spencer have covered Sharon Van Etten and Angel Olsen‘s new collaborative single – watch the performance below.The pair shared the single ‘Like I Used To’ last month, complete with its own video and subsequent late night TV performance.Jeff and Spencer’s performance of the song came as part of the duo’s long-running livestream show The Tweedy Show.“That’s the best I can do with not knowing the lyrics perfectly yet,” Jeff says after the performance.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorWilco frontman Jeff Tweedy will be the first performer at Brooklyn Made, a new, 500-capacity music venue opening in the borough’s Bushwick neighborhood this fall.Tweedy will open the club with a special two-night run of shows on September 30 and October 1, followed by Greg Dulli on October 2 and Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue on October 4 and 5.  The current full lineup is listed below; tickets for all shows will go on sale at noon on June 11.“This venue is truly the headquarters for Brooklyn Made Presents,” said the company’s co-founder Anthony Makes.  “Myself and my partner Kelly Winrich wanted to create the most amazing club and I know we’ve accomplished this with Brooklyn Made.  The bells and whistles

Wilco have announced the lineup for the second edition of their own festival, Sky Blue Sky.The destination festival will come to the Hard Rock Hotel in Riviera Maya, Mexico next year, and feature Stephen Malkmus, Waxahatchee, Thundercat and more.Also playing the festival, which is set to take place over the weekend of January 17-22, 2022, are Spoon, Kurt Vile & The Violators and Wilco themselves, who will play three shows over the course of the event.See the full lineup for Sky Blue Sky below, and get tickets here from May 27.A post shared by Wilco (@wilco)Last year, Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy announced that he would be donating 5% of his songwriting royalties to Black Lives Matter moving forwards, and set out a plan for reparations to be

Chris Willman Music WriterRodney Crowell has an excellent e-Rolodex, and it’s on display in a new compilation album, “Songs From Quarantine Vol. 1,” which has an all-star cast of singer-songwriter, country and Americana VIPs sending in tracks from their own splendid isolation.Six of the 13 artists represented — Ry Cooder, Elvis Costello, Joe Henry, Ronnie Dunn, John Hiatt and Crowell himself — contribute original songs that have never been released before in any context.

Chris Willman Music WriterThe live music web hub Bandsintown is introducing a streaming concert subscription service, Bandsintwon Plus, that will offer shows from independent artists like Phoebe Bridgers, Jeff Tweedy, Soccer Mommy, Joe Bonamassa, Fleet Foxes and Mt. Joy  for a flat $9.99 monthly fee.The “all access pass” for Bandsintown Plus promises more than 25 concerts a month.The coming show by Adrianne Lenker is touted as her first solo livestream outside of the Big Thief band she also fronts.

Jeff Tweedy, Bully, Lucius, Molly Davis, Kate Davis and more will play on an upcoming Daniel Johnston tribute for World Mental Health day.The tribute will be in the form of a livestream and is presented by the Hi, How Are You Project, a non-profit organisation creating awareness and removing stigmas around mental health issues. The foundation was created with the support of Daniel Johnston and his family.The livestream will take place on October 11 1am BST and will be hosted by Fantastic Negrito.

Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy has shared a new single, ‘Gwendolyn’, alongside a star-studded music video directed by Jamie Fleischel.The visual features Tweedy initially singing the song in a surgical mask. When he removes it, the lower halves of various well-known faces materialise and begin to lip-sync the lyrics for him.

Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy has composed some new music to accompany a photography project.Tweedy has written the music for a video to accompany photographer Gregory Crewdson’s collection, ‘An Eclipse of Moths’ – you can listen to the new music below.The collection, which debuted this week in LA, will be on show until November 21.Speaking about the collection, Crewsdon said: “These pictures are a meditation on brokenness, a search, a longing, and a yearning for meaning and transcendence.“The figures are surrounded by vast decaying industrial landscapes and the impinging nature – and there’s a certain underlying suggestion of anxiety.

Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy has announced his fourth solo album and revealed two new singles. Take a listen to both below.‘Love Is The King’ will be released digitally on October 13 via dBpm Records, with a physical release date still to be confirmed.Ahead of the release, Tweedy has shared the mellow ‘Guess Again’, and the darker title track.“At the beginning of the lockdown I started writing country songs to console myself,” Tweedy said of the release.“Folk and country type forms being the shapes that come most easily to me in a comforting way.

Phoebe Bridgers, Beck and more are set to take part in a special tribute to Daniel Johnston on the anniversary of his death.The cult musician died one year ago today (September 11) from a heart attack. He was 58 years old.Bridgers and Beck will be joined by Jeff Tweedy, Maya Hawke and Jesse Harris, Waxahatchee, Devendra Banhart, The Lemon Twigs, Kevin Morby, Adam Green and more on the livestream titled Honey I Sure Miss You.

Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy has put an acoustic spin on Billie Eilish‘s stirring song, ‘I Love You’, for a second time, as part of the 77th episode of his livestream show, The Tweedy Show.Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, Tweedy has undertaken a series of regular Instagram livestreams with his family. As part of the streams, Tweedy has performed covers by the likes of Neil Young, My Bloody Valentine and Mazzy Star with his sons.On Monday (July 27) Tweedy aired episode 77 of his series and took on ‘I Love You’ from Eilish’s 2019 debut album, ‘When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?’You can watch Tweedy’s performance below, beginning around the 16:20 mark.It’s not the first time Tweedy has covered the Eilish banger.

Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy has set out a plan for reparations to be made within the music industry.It comes after Tweedy last month announced that he would be donating 5% of his songwriting royalties to Black Lives Matter moving forwards.“The modern music industry is built almost entirely on Black art. The wealth that rightfully belonged to Black artists was stolen outright and to this day continues to grow outside their communities,” he wrote at the time.Now, talking to Rolling Stone in a new interview, Tweedy set out his vision for a wider set of reparations from the music industry as a whole.“It’s not an exaggeration to say our culture wouldn’t be our culture without black genius.