Author: Lauren Leadingham

Sometimes the best way to distill the kind of complex emotions a tragic event may bring is through the power of song.

The refashioned face shield both protects and celebrates the 40th anniversary of Devo’s infamous Energy Dome.

Levon Helm and Emmylou Harris make guest appearances on the lost album.

The Prince Estate will host a 3-day online watch party for COVID-19 relief.

Billy offers words of comfort during a time when quiet can be the most disquieting thing one can experience.

Inspired by Billy Bragg’s locked-down Mother’s Day release, City Winery All-Stars and Bragg are co-producing a special multi-artist Mother’s Day concert to benefit United Nations Foundation fund.

Sonny Charles talks 40 plus years with Backtrack Blues Band and the new album.

The show must roll on!

The great Steve Martin is here to remind us that the percussive arts — namely just one man and his banjo in the woods — can have healing properties. The actor, comedian, and longtime champion of bluegrass has been taking to Twitter with his Deering Clawgrass banjo and clawhammer technique to distract us in the best way, if only for 80 seconds at a time. Steve originally recorded “The Great Remember for Nancy” with his band, Steep Canyon Rangers, for 2011’s Rare Bird Alert.  The song is dedicated to Martin Short’s late wife, Nancy Jane Dolman, who passed away from…

Pathway to Paris, a nonprofit organization named for the Paris Climate Agreement which was signed on Earth Day in 2016, will celebrate Earth Day’s 50th anniversary with a virtual edition of their annual festival this Sunday, April 26. Among the performers of Earth Day 50 are Patti Smith, Michael Stipe, Ben Harper, Flea, Cat Power, and the Strokes’ Nikolai Fraiture.  Founded in 2014 by musicians and activists Jesse Paris Smith (daughter of Patti Smith) and Rebecca Foon, Pathway to Paris brings together musicians, artists, activists, experts, academics, politicians, innovators, and all citizens to participate in a series of events and…