New Eagles video: ‘How Long’

A week ago we had a sneak peek on [tag]Eagles[/tag]’ first single in 14 years, How Long, now it’s time for the video. Let’s say that old age might have caught up a bit with the mighty birds of pray, as frankly they don’t look very ecstatic in the video, and off it for that matter, for ‘huge’ comeback from 15 years of new release hiatus, i would expect a little more spirit. Anyway, you…

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Bob Dylan and Elvis Costello team up for fall tour

[tag]Bob Dylan[/tag] and [tag]Elvis Costello[/tag] are set to tour together in an 13 dates long string of gigs, all around the US. The tour featuring the two iconic figures will kick off in Duluth, Georgia on September 22, before coming to a epic halt in Rochester, NYC on October 9. Presale tickets can be bought Bob Dylan’s website. Dates after the jump.

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Neil Young with a new album soon

Canadian folk/rock legend [tag]Neil Young[/tag] has recently revealed, at his website, plans to release a new record called “Chrome Dreams II”. You might ask why the “II” ? Apparently Neil had a project called “Chrome Dreams”, way back in 1977, that unfortunately was shelved and never saw the light of day. The new album will feature 10 tracks, 7 brand new ones and  3 which were already written, probably from the old ’77 unreleased LP….

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New Eagles single: ‘How Long’

So you’re having your daily stroll with the car, heading to your local Wal-Mart, listening to your favorite radio station, when all of a sudden a strange deja-vu hits you like a punch to the kisser. You stop the car and say to yourself ‘Man this a [tag]Eagles[/tag] song, but I’ve never heard this before’. That’s because this is their first single in 14 years, called ‘How Long’, released all over the air waves and…

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Lori McKenna: ‘Unglamorous’

Artist name: Lori McKenna Album name: Unglamorous Label: Warner Bros Records Gender: Country/Folk Release date: August 14, 2007 ZMErating: 8/10 Website: http://www.lorimckenna.com/ Lori McKenna is a mother of five from Stoughton, Mass. (pop. 27,000), about 20 miles outside Boston. Almost every info you can find about her begins with that and so when listening to the album you should not let yourself be influenced by that. Was not quite sure what to expect and when…

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Ryan Adams announces North American dates

Bad boy gone good, country/folk/rock/whatever star [tag]Ryan Adams[/tag] has just recently announced the details concerning his upcoming autumn North American tour, but this after he’ll have a short series of gigs in New Zealand and Australia. Ry will be joined by his band The Cardinals on the tour that will see him and co. play across North America, supporting Ry’s latest LP Easy Tiger, on such venus as: NY, Milwaukee, Birmingham, Chicago or Madison.

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Keith Richards working on memoir

The Rolling Stone Keith Richards is working on a memoir, the object of a multimillion-dollar bidding war that will be published by Little, Brown and Company in 2010. Would be nice to find out what he would have said in the 70s or 80 about publishing something like that in 2010. “It will be his life’s story,” Little, Brown publisher Michael Pietsch said Tuesday. “For nearly 50 years, he has been at the very centre…

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Eagles almost ready with new album

After 5 years of production the new [tag]Eagles[/tag] album is closer to completion then ever. The californian rockers haven’t released any material since their 1979 “The Long Run”, now their latest work, dubed “The Long Road To Eden” is “almost out. We’re just finishing vocals and mixing it. We’re all finally signing off on it.” As guitarist Joe Walsh recently confessed. It will be interesting to see how this new album will be greated, things…

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Lori McKenna: ‘Unglamorous’ preview

Acclaimed singer-songwriter Lori McKenna, a plumber’s wife and mother of five from tiny Stoughton, MA was thrust into the limelight when Faith Hill included “Stealing Kisses” and two other songs on 2005’s #1 pop/country Fireflies. With 4 albums under her belt, Lori is now ready for her first major label debut album, dubbed “Unglamorous”, set to be in a store near you on August 14. Produced by Tim McGraw and Byron Gallimore for their Stylesonic…

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