By Jem Aswad
06.04.2020 - 00:05 / pitchfork.com
Justin Vernon performed a new Bon Iver song during Bernie Sanders’ virtual town hall about the COVID-19 pandemic Saturday night. It’s called “Things Behind Things Behind Things.” Vernon also performed “Towers,” and “Blood Bank,” and a cover of Bob Dylan’s “With God on Our Side” during the broadcast. Watch it all below—Soccer Mommy performs “Circle the Drain” at the beginning, and Vernon’s performance begins at the 01:02:30 minute mark.
Earlier this year, Vernon stumped for Sanders at a rally in
Bob Dylan has released another new song, making it the second single he's dropped in just three weeks. The 78-year-old singer-songwriter made the announcement just before midnight on Friday on his social media accounts.The new tune is titled "I Contain Multitudes," and in a tweet written Friday, he reveals the names of 19th-century historical figures and artists he references in the lyrics.
Bon Iver are back with a new song called “PDLIF,” which is an abbreviation for “Please Don’t Live in Fear.” Listen to it below. Proceeds from the song will go to Direct Relief, who offer support to health care workers during the coronavirus pandemic.
By Chris Willman
Bob Dylan is back with “I Contain Multitudes,” his second surprise release in a month.
Just weeks after releasing the 17-minute song 'Murder Most Foul'
Bob Dylan is back with another new song after the recent release of “Murder Most Foul.” This one’s called “I Contain Multitudes.” Have a listen below.
Naeem Juwan, the Baltimore-born and Los Angeles–based artist formerly known as Spank Rock, has announced his new album Startisha. The LP is out June 12 via 37d03d. According to a press release, Naeem began working on Startisha four years ago in Philadelphia. He later continued work on the record at Justin Vernon’s home studio. Startisha features contributions from Vernon, Francis and the Lights, Ryan Olson, Swamp Dogg, Velvet Negroni, Amanda Blank, and Micah James.
Chris Martin served as a music guest during Saturday Night Live's first "At Home" episode on April 11.In a live black-and-white recording, the Coldplay frontman performed an acoustic cover of Bob Dylan's "Shelter From the Storm." Martin delivered the classic 1974 track alone surrounded by instruments and with the words "Entrance to Trains" written behind him, likely a reference to SNL's Grand Central-themed stage in New York.His song choice was especially appropriate given that most people
Bob Dylan made personal history this week, as his new single "Murder Most Foul" debuted atop the Rock Digital Song Sales chart (dated April 11), becoming the legend's first-ever No. 1 song as a performer on a Billboard chart. The track started with 10,000 downloads sold in the week ending April 2, following its March 27 rel
“The song itself becomes a lifeline thrown into our current predicament"
For the first time in his storied career, Bob Dylan has a No. 1 song on a Billboard chart."Murder Most Foul," the iconic singer-songwriter's nearly 17-minute chronicle of the 1963 assassination of President John F.
The music world is reacting to the death of John Prine, who died today (April 7) of COVID-19 complications at the age of 73. “A simple majority of who I am as a person, let alone a musician, is because of John Prine,” Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon tweeted. “He is my number 1.” Amber Coffman wrote, “I grew up on John Prine’s music—his was some of the first music I remember hearing as a little kid.” Find more remembrances below.
Paul James and Bob Dylan struck a chord while the legendary Toronto bluesman was actually changing chords.
Soccer Mommy also performed as part of the online event
When he joined the thousands of Americans sheltering at home to help slow the spread of the coronavirus, New York-based producer and multi-instrumentalist Seth Applebaum says he "sprung into action" from his Queens apartment, making one-minute experimental tracks and remixing his own songs to keep busy. "It started out as me messing around in the basement," says Applebaum, the brains behind 10-