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Jack White's 'Third Man Records' partners with Detroit Tigers for exclusive vinyl release

Detroit's Jack White is partnering with the Detroit Tigers for an exclusive Third Man Records vinyl record release.

Here's the info from the team:

Calling all lovers of vinyl records! Purchase this package and get a ticket to see the Tigers battle the Minnesota Twins on September 24 plus an exclusive Third Man Records 7" vinyl record.

One side of the record is the song "Strike Out" by "The Brushoffs" - a group featuring Third Man Records artists Brendan Benson, Ben Blackwell, Dominic Davis and Olivia Jean. On the other side, Third Man Records founder Jack White interviews 1984 World Series Champion Kirk Gibson. This record is pressed in the Tigers colors (blue and orange) specifically for this ticket package and will not be available anywhere else. The photos on the record sleeve were shot by Detroit Tigers pitcher, Daniel Norris.

A portion of the proceeds benefit the Kirk Gibson Foundation and The Detroit Tigers Foundation.

Country music legend Glen Campbell dead at 81

U.S. country singer Glen Campbell died on Tuesday (Aug 8) at the age of 81, his publicist announced.  Campbell, famous for hits like "Rhinestone Cowboy" and "Wichita Lineman," had been suffering from Alzheimer's Disease for several years.

His publicist Sanford Brokaw said he died on Tuesday in Nashville at an Alzheimer's facility surrounded by his family.

Campbell was one of the biggest stars of the late 1960s and 1970s, selling more than 45 million records.  He garnered 12 gold albums and 75 chart hits. He co-starred with John Wayne in the 1969 hit movie "True Grit" and had a weekly audience of some 50 million people for his "Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour" on CBS-TV from 1969 to 1972.

 

 

May I Have This Dance feat. Chance the Rapper - Watch!

Peter Gabriel-esque???-   May i Have This Dance

Yusuf / Cat Stevens' "Blackness Of The Night" Inhabits Doomed Child Soldiers, Broken Families & The Plight Of Refugees

Yusuf / Cat Stevens has debuted "Blackness Of The Night," which will appear on his highly anticipated new album, The Laughing Apple, out September 15  via his Cat-O-Log Records label exclusively through Decca Records. "Blackness Of The Night" aches of lost innocence, as Yusuf alludes to doomed child soldiers, broken families, and waning hope atop elegiac organ and Yusuf's plaintive guitar. 

Said Yusuf recently to Entertainment Weekly: ""Blackness Of The Night" was one of my first protest songs for the 60's. Growing up in London after the War, the memories were strong and bombed ruins still riddled the City. "Blackness Of The Night" reflected the feeling of emptiness wandering the streets at night alone, pondering how to survive in a dark unknown future. It's got a lot of relativity to the situation of many refugee kids today, lost and abandoned, finding themselves separated from their families and homes in a hostile world."

The song was originally recorded 50 years ago for Yusuf's 1967 album 'New Masters' but flourishes in a lush new arrangement shared exclusively with Entertainment Weekly. Listen to the tune, below.

The Laughing Apple was announced last month with the premiere of "See What Love Did To Me," which Rolling Stone called "a charming update on the breezy, singalong-friendly sound that Yusuf / Cat Stevens helped to pioneer on classic albums such as Tea for the Tillerman" and Stereogum deemed "a lovely folk-pop sway." The new album follows the common '60s template of combining newly-written songs with a number of covers - except that all the covers are from Yusuf's 1967 catalogue. The Laughing Apple celebrates some of his earliest material, presenting the songs as he has always wished they had been recorded.

Carole King Tapestry: Live at Hyde Park Concert (CD/DVD)

The Carole King Tapestry : Live at Hyde Park release (out on September 15 via Legacy Recordings) celebrates the 45th anniversary of Carole King's masterpiece album with a spectacular concert for more than 65,000 fans in London's Hyde Park on July 3, 2016 and includes the first-ever performance of the entire album in sequence.

The Hyde Park performance was recorded on July 3, 2016, is Ms King's first British concert since 1989 and features her leading a full band (including rhythm guitarist Danny Kortchmar, who played on the original Tapestry album) through each of the album's 12 songs along with her favorite compositions from her impressive songbook.

Guest performers include her daughter, Louise Goffin, who joins on several tracks including Where You Lead (which the duo re-recorded as the theme song to the popular television series Gilmore Girls), plus the Laurence Olivier Award-winning West End cast of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.

John Prine at Newport Folk Fest 2017

Check John Prine's full Newport Folk Fest set, that features Miss Margo Price, Roger Waters and  Justin Vernon

Watch The Isley Brothers & Santana On ‘CBS Sunday Morning’

About five years ago guitarist Carlos Santana bumped into a singer that he's revered since hearing the original version of “Twist and Shout” in 1962: Ron Isley, of the legendary Isley Brothers. That meeting resulted in the new album, Power of Peace. Maurice DuBois went to St. Louis to talk with the stars of the new album: Ron Isley and his wife, Kandy Johnson Isley; Ernie Isley and his wife, Tracy; and Carlos and Cindy Blackman Santana.

Power of Peace by the Isley Brothers & Santana is OUT NOW

Watch The Isley Brothers & Santana On CBS Sunday Morning, here

The Rolling Stones 'Sticky Fingers Live At The Fonda Theatre 2015' Out 9/29

On 29 September 2017, Eagle Rock Entertainment release “From The Vault – Sticky Fingers: Live At The Fonda Theatre 2015” by The Rolling Stones. This is the fifth release “From The Vault”, a series of live concerts from The Rolling Stones archive which are getting their first official releases. This is a simultaneous release on DVD, Blu-ray, DVD+CD, DVD+3LP [Cat Nos EREDV1289, ERBRD5335, EAGDV089, ERDVLP105], and on Digital Video and Digital Audio. This incredible release includes Stones classics like Brown Sugar, Wild Horses, Start Me Up, Jumpin’ Jack Flash, Bitch, Dead Flowers, When The Whip Comes Down and more. 

This latest addition to the acclaimed “From The Vault” series captures a truly unique event in the long and eventful history of The Rolling Stones. On the 20th May 2015 at the Fonda Theatre in Hollywood, California, the band performed the entire Sticky Fingers album live in concert for the first and so far only time in their career. The show celebrated the reissue of the Sticky Fingers album and was the opening night of The Rolling Stones Zip Code Tour of North America that would run over the next two months. The intimate setting of the Fonda Theatre was in contrast to the huge stadiums in which the band would perform for the rest of the tour and made this an incredibly special occasion for those fans lucky enough to get a ticket. 

Stagecoach Spotlight Announces Tour Featuring Lukas Nelson & Promise Of The Real And Nikki Lane

Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real and Nikki Lane will embark on a thirteen date Stagecoach Spotlight Tour kicking off November 1 in Chicago, and including a stop November 18 at the iconic Levon Helm Studios.

Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real have quietly developed into one of America’s most dazzling new live acts, playing hundreds of shows and major festivals all over the world, attracting a deeply devoted underground following.

Still, with a bounty of invaluable experience under their belts, nothing foretold the artistic leap of Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real’s new, self-titled album; a mesmerizing, emotionally genuine, endlessly rewarding work of cosmic country soul set for release on August 25 via Fantasy Records. The new album includes twelve Lukas Nelson originals that draw on his country and rock lineage, including literate Texas songsmiths like his father, Willie Nelson and ‘uncles’ Kris Kristofferson and Waylon Jennings, along with the enduring influence of J.J. Cale, The Band, Clapton-era Delaney & Bonnie and of course, his mentor Neil Young. Jess Wolfe and Holly Lessig of the indie-pop group Lucius contribute background vocals on five tracks evoking Exile on Main St.’s ecstatic, gospel-rooted harmonies, and Lady Gaga added stirring background vocals to “Carolina” and “Find Yourself.” Listen to “Find Yourself,” “Forget About Georgia,” and “Set Me Down On A Cloud”.

“We have seen some incredible strides by Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real over the past year and this new record seems to be something truly special. We have been discussing doing something together for a long time and we have decided now is the time,” said Stacy Vee, talent buyer for Stagecoach and the Stagecoach Spotlight Tour. “We also decided our work with Nikki Lane was far from done so we asked her to come along. This tour will be one for the storybooks! 

LCD SOUNDSYSTEM Add Dates To 2017 World Tour

LCD Soundsystem has added five new U.S. dates to its 2017 world tour supporting its forthcoming AMERICAN DREAM album, out September 1 on Columbia Records/DFA.

The just announced headline shows include second nights at The Anthem In Washington, D.C. and the Masonic Temple Theatre in Detroit, a show at Nashville’s Municipal Auditorium, and two nights at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago.

For information on tickets for the newly announced headline dates, updates, etc. please continue to check lcdsoundsystem.com.

Bill Nelson's “Chance Encounters In The Garden Of Lights” 2CD Remastered & Expanded Edition With Bonus Tracks Out Now

Esoteric Recordings' imprint Cocteau Discs, dedicated to the work of BILL NELSON, are proud to announce the release of a deluxe 2 disc digipak limited edition of the classic collection Chance Encounters in the Garden of Lights”

Originally issued on Bill’s Cocteau label in 1987, the double set featured two distinct works; “The Angel at the Western Window” and “The Book of Inward Conversation.” In his note for the original release Bill Nelson declared; “The music presented on these two albums marks the consolidation of several years of musical and philosophical practice. Almost every piece was conceived during moments of intense stillness or 'magical vacuity.' Of all the music I have made, this is, perhaps, the most personal and yet the
least demonstrative.”

“Chance Encounters in the Garden of Lights” has now become a highly regarded collection of beautifully evocative ambient music in the prolific discography of Bill Nelson. Long out of print, this Cocteau Discs remastered limited edition presents this wonderful double album once again, restoring the original artwork in the collection in a deluxe 2CD digipack set.

Gregg Allman "Southern Blood" new album news

Rounder Records has announced the release date for Gregg Allman's final studio album. SOUTHERN BLOOD and it will arrive everywhere on Friday, September 8^th. NPR premiered the album's first song, "My Only True Friend" this week`.

 

HEAR "MY ONLY TRUE FRIEND"

 

SOUTHERN BLOOD is available for pre-order now, via here.  A special and unique part of the deluxe package and the first run of the vinyl will be the inclusion of a painting that Allman and his daughter Layla commissioned from visual artist Vincent Castiglia. The beautiful portrait Castiglia painted was made with Gregg's actual blood in the paint. The process served as inspiration for the album title. On August 4^th, a limited edition numbered double-sided picture disc will be available at local record shops or with pre-orders of the album via allman's site

 

SOUTHERN BLOOD serves as a remarkable final testament from an artist whose contributions have truly shaped rock & roll throughout the past four decades. Allman's first all-new recording since 2011's GRAMMY Award-nominated solo landmark, LOW COUNTRY BLUES, the album is among the most uniquely personal of the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer's career, an emotionally expansive collection of songs written by friends and favorite artists including Jackson Browne, Willie Dixon, Jerry Garcia & Robert Hunter, Lowell George and Spooner Oldham & Dan Penn, meant to serve as a salutary farewell to his legion of devoted fans and admirers. Allman collaborated on his closing project with manager and dear friend Michael Lehman andGRAMMY Award-winning producer Don Was, a longtime acquaintance and staunch supporter committed to helping the rock icon actualize his very specific aspirations.

GARY NUMAN RELEASES NEW VIDEO FOR SINGLE "MY NAME IS RUIN"

Arriving almost four years after his album Splinter (Songs From A Broken Mind) earned the best reviews of his career and his highest chart-placing in 20 years, the iconic and highly influential Gary Numan will release his 22nd album Savage (Songs From A Broken World) on September 15. The announcement comes shortly after the British electro pioneer was awarded the Inspiration Award for songwriting and composition at the Ivor Novellos.

 

B-52s Cindy Wilson announces new album

Kill Rock Stars has announced the release of CHANGE, the eagerly anticipated debut solo album from the legendary B52s founding member, Cindy Wilson. Change arrives everywhere in November. The album is heralded by the shimmering first single, "Mystic," which premiered this week- 

 

LISTEN TO "MYSTIC" HERE

 

CHANGE is available now for pre-order at all digital music retailers; here. CHANGE marks an important milestone for Cindy Wilson: her first solo effort during a 40-year career with the legendary B-52s. Wilson feels that this project allowed her to be free to experiment with genre and sound in a new way, and she wanted to include her fans in this process by launching an exclusive campaign with PledgeMusic. Here, Cindy's many loyal fans will have access to things no one else can get: from exclusive signed colored vinyl LPs to having Cindy cook you dinner or take you on a personal tour of Athens, GA, Pledgers will be involved in a unique experience - a journey that the band will take with them.