Pearl Jam welcomed surprised guest Peter Frampton last night (May 8) at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, bringing up the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame guitarist for a rendition of their vintage ballad “Black.” Frampton, 75, has suffered for several years with the progressive muscle disorder inclusion body myositis but has continued to perform live. He…
Name Paul Leary More from Spin: Swamp Dogg: ‘We Did Damn Good. Success Just Came’ Pearl Jam Welcome Peter Frampton For ‘Black’ In Nashville Lord Huron Get ‘Cosmic’ On Fifth Album Best known for Guitarist and occasional vocalist and bass player for Butthole Surfers, and producer of Sublime’s self-titled album. I was also the guitar player for The…
The music career of the man called Swamp Dogg has been like no other, with highs and lows, big hits and weird side trips, sometimes getting himself dropped from one label or another. He always bounced back. More from Spin: 5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Paul Leary of Butthole Surfers Pearl Jam Welcome Peter Frampton…
The Who announced their first farewell tour in 1982, but the rock legends are saying goodbye for good on a North American jaunt cleverly dubbed The Song Is Over. Anchored by 81-year-old vocalist Roger Daltrey and nearly 80-year-old guitarist Pete Townshend, the tour will run from Aug. 16 in Sunrise, Fl., through Sept. 28 in…
Now Hear This is a monthly A&R column that provides you with exciting new sounds we discovered through the innovative new music platform Groover. Each month, you can expect a varied bouillabaisse of songs from a vast spectrum of artists from all over the globe, regardless of genre or geography. More from Spin: Qobuz Shares Streamable…
Lorde will support her upcoming album, Virgin, with the two-leg Ultrasound world tour later this year, beginning Sept. 17 in Austin, Tx. The European segment of the jaunt will start Nov. 9 in Luxembourg and conclude Dec. 9 in Stockholm. Among the opening acts are Blood Orange and Jim-E Stack, both of whom contributed to Virgin,…
Fifteen-year-old breakout country artist Maddox Batson has always been surrounded by music. Growing up, his father sang and played the guitar all the time. Batson, however, was much more into sports, playing baseball, basketball, and football. But when he was diagnosed with Osgood-Schlatter disease in his right knee in 2022, his life took a different…
“Connection is a hell of a thing…it’s the life jacket we all need,” says Adam Duritz, frontman of Counting Crows, a band that’s built their 30-year career through heartfelt live performances, emotional lyrics, and recurring, world-building themes in their songs. Ironic, then, that growing up, Duritz says he didn’t know how to make connections with…
“The arts are a wonderful way to keep people’s legacies alive,” Ben Harper tells me. He’s been doing a bit of that lately: he appears in the upcoming Jeff Buckley documentary It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January. And he mourns another artist who is no longer with…
Artists age differently—it comes through in their work. Some turn contemplative, some opt for acceptance, some even refuse to admit they’re getting older (looking at you, Rolling Stones). On Silver Shade, famed Bauhaus vocalist and post-punk pioneer Peter Murphy reveals how he chooses to face his golden years: with an album of grand, baroque defiance…
