Lou Reed News

Today, Nashville’s prolific singer-songwriter Stone Jack Jones finds himself collaborating with kindred spirit, Adia Victoria. Jones’ deep connection with Victoria is rooted in their shared love of the South and their intuitively synchronized creative process. 

'Chris brought 'Chasm Killer' in, fully formed, in the earliest stages of the band getting together and it immediately became a live staple,' the band's Kunal Prakash says. 'It's one of maybe 2 or 3 songs of ours that we've played at every single show. You can find a lot of what we are trying to do as a band in this one song.'

Alberta Bair Theater will partner with Gospel legends Blind Boys of Alabama on Good Friday, April 2 at 7 p.m. for a special Easter livestream from City Winery in Nashville.v

Park Avenue Armory announced today the launch of Social Distance Hall, with a season of new commissions of dance, music, and theater created by artists during and in response to the pandemic.

The song is from Ghost of Vroom's debut album, GHOST OF VROOM 1, out via Mod y Vi Records Friday, March 19. Pre-orders are available now.

Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company presents its latest production, Promise of America: A Celebration of Jewish American Song, MJTC's third show of its 2020-2021 Season – Theater Six Feet Apart! Performance is virtual, pay-per-view online.

Fans who pre-order GHOST OF VROOM 1 will receive a download of “I Hear The Ax Swinging.” An official companion video – directed by renowned humorist/cartoonist David Rees – is currently in post-production and will premiere later this month.

The song is the third unveiled from the band’s anticipated new album, Hunter And The Dog Star, which will be released February 19 via Thirty Tigers (pre-order here). The album features eleven new tracks including “Tripwire” and “My Power,” which debuted this past fall to critical acclaim.

Legendary guitarist Gary Lucas retrospective THE ESSENTIAL GARY LUCAS via Knitting Factory Records offers ample evidence of this maverick artist’s trailblazing and unique career.

During the Great Quarantine Of 2020, when a large part of the music industry came to a grinding halt, many bands and artists were content to wait until the pandemic passed and normal business resumed while other artists decided to make the most of the unusual times and try a little something different!

Did you know that it was Jewish composers who wrote some of your favorite songs? Whether it was Take Me Out to the Ball Game or Over the Rainbow, Piano Man or Send in the Clowns, to Da Doo Ron Ron or Hold On, some of the best-known songs ever written were written by Jewish composers. 

At Home Artist Project Presents: A Short Play Festival, featuring three short length plays. At Home Artists Project is a virtual space for new work.

Lou Reed infused his music with an art-pop edge and paved the groundwork for alternative music for generations to come. This February, Art of Time Ensemble celebrates Reed's lasting legacy through a Virtually Live concert featuring performances from of our 2015 show, Magic and Loss: A Tribute to Lou Reed, available for free streaming on YouTube from February 4th at 7:30pm through February 7th at 7:30pm.

Edie Brickell & New Bohemians’ new song, “Tripwire,” is debuting today. Watch/share the official music video below.

HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH is a cult-classic, a powerhouse genre-defining rock musical that truly rocks. Hed-Heads are still in love with her story 23 years later. In this exclusive interview, Oklahoma City's Hedwigs Matthew Alvin Brown and Jared Blount break down what this character means to them, and how she changed the narrative on live theatre.

Long Island Music Hall of Fame Inductees Darryl 'DMC' McDaniels, Chuck D, Big Daddy Kane & Eric B. join Tom Needham on THE SOUNDS OF FILM NEW YEAR'S EVE SPECIAL. The radio special airs before the Long Island Music Hall of Fame's Best of the Awards Galas TV show on News 12+.

By the mid-sixties Jimmy Slattery, born in the Long Island suburb of Massapequa in 1944, had become Candy, a gorgeous blond actress and throwback to Hollywood’s golden age.

Long Island Music Hall of Fame (LIMHOF) announces its New Year’s Eve Best of the Awards Galas TV special.

Known for her critically acclaimed band Alyeska, Alaska Reid has stepped out on her own for the upcoming Big Bunny EP, a collection of short stories in songs out this Friday, December 11 on Terrible Records.

This joyous holiday streaming show will feature songs from the Blind Boys' 2014 Talkin' Christmas! album as well as the band's previous Grammy-winning Christmas recording, Go Tell It on the Mountain, along with Blind Boys' gospel classics and other gems from their 70-plus-year career.