Showing posts with label Liz Phair. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Liz Phair. Show all posts

Friday, January 15, 2021

Pete Yorn releases classics covers LP on Bandcamp featuring Liz Phair + winning Tracy Ullman cover out today

Happy Friday everybody! Cool new music from Pete Yorn to get the weekend going. I love his reworkings of the Bob Dylan classic "Lay Lady Lay," the Tracey Ullman hit "They Don't Know" and the other gems here. My full-length review of the album will run next week but you can see the media release about the new collection below...Robert Kinsler


Pete Yorn releases full length covers album, 'Pete Yorn Sings The Classics'

ALBUM AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY ON BANDCAMP NOW - ORDER HERE

STUNNING SINGLE “THEY DON’T KNOW” A NEW VERSION OF KIRSTY MACCOLL’S PREVIOUSLY REIMAGINED BY TRACEY ULLMAN IS AVAILABLE ON ALL DSP’S  - LISTEN HERE

TUNE IN TO PETE’S PERFORMANCE ON ELLEN ON JANUARY 19th 
Photo credit: Beth Yorn

Today, platinum-selling singer-songwriter, Pete Yorn, releases his covers album Pete Yorn Sings the Classics (via Shelly Music) exclusively on Bandcamp. Its lead single “They Don’t Know” - is a charming cover of Kirsty MacColl’s original track from 1979, which was also reimagined by Tracey Ullman in 1983. That single is available now on all DSP’s. Yorn will be performing “They Don’t Know” for the first time on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on January 19th. 
 
The Classics is Yorn's first solo studio album since the release of Caretakers in 2019. Pete has also been busy with a string of successful livestream shows throughout the last year that The New York Times highlighted as must-watch content. 
 
Yorn’s covers album celebrates his musical influences, with a collection of songs originally performed by Bob Dylan, The Beach Boys, The Velvet Underground, The Stone Roses, Simon and Garfunkel and more. Liz Phair sings with Pete on "Here Comes Your Man" and "Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You're Going To)". Rami Jaffee (Wallflowers, Foo Fighters) plays on the majority of the songs on the record.
 
Yorn, who produced Pete Yorn Sings the Classics with Marc “Doc” Dauer, says of the collection, “...all of these songs resonate so deeply with me, they just made me want to sing along. They affected me emotionally, psychologically, and viscerally at one cosmic moment in time or another, and I carry a torch for them still.” 
 
BUY PETE YORN SINGS THE CLASSICS ON BANDCAMP HERE

Since his extraordinary 2001 debut album musicforthemorningafter, Yorn has released a total of eight albums of angsty, critically-acclaimed rock. In 2019, Yorn released Caretakers (via Shelly Music), his first solo album in three years featuring the top 2 AAA single “Calm Down”. The New Yorker Magazine praised the album’s “dreamy synths-and-strings jangle” and in All Music’s 4 star review they described the music as “lush yet spare, tuneful but not forceful, cinematic yet small scale… an appealing blend that sets it apart from most other albums in 2019." Yorn performed songs from the album on Ellen, Jimmy Kimmel Live! and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. 

Monday, April 30, 2018

OHANA Festival line-up announced

Wow! The just-announced line-up for the 2018 OHANA festival sounds amazing; Eddie Vedder, Mumford & Sons, Beck, Amos Lee, Johnny Marr, John Doe, Bahamas, Switchfood...What a terrific lineup!



OHANA FESTIVAL
2018 LINE-UP INCLUDES
ERIC CHURCH, EDDIE VEDDER, MUMFORD & SONS,
BECK, NORAH JONES, YEAH YEAH YEAHS,
AMOS LEE, LIZ PHAIR
AND MORE THAN 25 ACTS
THIRD ANNUAL EVENT SET FOR
SEPTEMBER 28, 29 AND 30
AT DOHENY STATE BEACH IN DANA POINT, CA

Pictured (left to right): Eddie Vedder and Kelly Slater
OHANA FESTIVAL will once again return to beautiful Doheny State Beach in Dana Point, CA for a third year this September with performances from Eric Church, Eddie Vedder, Mumford & Sons, Beck, Norah Jones, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Amos Lee, Liz Phair and many others (full line-up below). The acclaimed three-day festival--set for Friday, September 28, Saturday, September 29 and Sunday, September 30--celebrates some of the top singers, songwriters and musicians, taking place just steps away from the sands of one of Southern California's most iconic beaches.

After a successful launch in 2016 OHANA returned in 2017 as an expanded three-day event with more than 35,000 attendees. In the "Ohana" tradition of family, the grassy festival site is dotted with blankets and fans enjoying a weekend of music, food and activities.

The initial 2018 OHANA line-up is as follows: Eric Church, Eddie Vedder, Mumford & Sons, Norah Jones, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Amos Lee, Liz Phair, Young the Giant, Nikki Lane, Bahamas, Switchfoot w/ Rob Machado, John Doe Folk Trio, Plague Vendor, Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, Hiss Golden Messenger, The White Buffalo, NoMBe, Fantastic Negrito, The War + Treaty, Lauren Ruth Ward, Allan Rayman, Dave Hause, Nick Hakim, Kevin Devine, Billy Raffoul, Timmy Curran, Lilly Hiatt, The Palms, Desure, The Alive.
Here's some media feedback on OHANA 2017:
"...a unique concert with a salty-air twist...Ohana, which translates to "family" in Hawaiian, is more than just about music. The event serves as a fundraiser for ocean-minded nonprofits, including the Wyland Foundation, the Ocean Institute, the San Onofre Parks Foundation and Doheny State Beach Interpretive Association."
--OC REGISTER, 9-9-2017
"It's location at the idyllic Doheny State Beach makes it easy to go for a surf in the morning, and take in tunes in the afternoon."
--OC WEEKLY, 9-11-2017
"Ohana Fest, the three-day music festival organized by Eddie Vedder and his pro surfing buddy Kelly Slater, returned to Dana Point, California's Doheny State Beach for its second year yesterday. Last year, Vedder was everywhere at the fest, performing with Elvis Costello, X, Jack Irons, Band Of Horses, and more, and it seems like he's making it his mission to play with everyone at this year's fest too."
--STEREOGUM, 9-9-2017
"This past weekend, Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder headlined the Ohana Fest in Dana Point, California's Doheny State Beach. It was the second year of the festival, which Vedder and pro surfer Kelly Slater organized, and it looks like it was a good time."
--STEREOGUM, 9-12-2017
"Eddie Vedder has played a big role in the emergence of the Ohana Festival on the music scene, so it's fitting that he was popping up all over the place this weekend."
--LOUDWIRE, 9-10-2017
"Set up on a stretch of pristine California beach and state park grounds, with an eclectic line-up of friends, admired artists, and buzz-making newcomers all curated by Pearl Jam front man Eddie Vedder, the three-day event was an even more expanded version from its previous year's debut. The laid back vibe of what is turning out to be the summer's best music festival, included an abundance of various food trucks, drink options and family friendly activities including an on-site video arcade, various interactive games, food tastings and a row of hammocks that if you were lucky enough to score you could swing on and soak up the sun and sweet ocean air."
--CIVILIZED, 9-13-2017
"The Ohana Festival, curated by Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder, was another massive success in its second year of existence. Thousands of music fans flocked to Doheny State Beach in Dana Point, California for the three-day festival which featured the likes of The Pixies, Eddie Vedder, Social Distortion, Haim, and Jack Johnson. The festival produced some impressive collaborations between Vedder and many of the other headlining bands, with Apple joining Vedder during his headlining set on the second day of the festival to perform the Neil Young classic "Rockin' in the Free World."
--MXDWN, 9-13-2017
Tickets for OHANA go on sale Friday, May 4 at 10:00 AM (PT) atwww.ohanafest.com. Single day GA passes start at $99.75, weekend GA passes are $275, single day VIP passes are $499.00, and VIP weekend passes are $1,200, all prices are + fees. A portion of the proceeds from OHANA will benefit the San Onofre Parks Foundation, a California non-profit that cooperatively works with the California State Parks to develop, preserve and enhance the recreation and experience of California's unique and beautiful coastal parks.  OHANA is produced by Live Nation.
Snapchat: TheOhanaFest

About Live Nation Entertainment: Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE: LYV) is the world's leading live entertainment company comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, Live Nation Media & Sponsorship and Artist Nation Management. 

For additional information, visit www.livenationentertainment.com.