Wilco News

If you don't have a ticket to Wilco's Solid Sound Festival this weekend, don't worry - there will still be plenty to do and see outside of the Mass MoCA campus, according to local organizers.

As mentioned , Bob Dylan 's AmericanaramA is coming to the NYC area for a few shows in July, including one at Camden, NJ's Susquehanna Bank Center on July 28 with Wilco and My Morning Jacket .

In the two years since Wilco released their eighth album, The Whole Love , frontman Jeff Tweedy has busied himself with an impressive array of extracurriculars.

Climb high enough on the tree of American rock 'n' roll history and you will reach two branches, one marked Elvis Presley, the other Bob Dylan .

Now in its seventh decade, Mavis Staples ' career has taken her through chart-topping hits with the gospel-soul family band The Staple Singers, performances for Martin Luther King Jr., enshrinement in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and a recent string of highly regarded solo albums.

Wilco played a healthy set at Bonnaroo last night in Manchester, Tennessee, joined on a couple of songs by the guys from Calexico .

As far as The Spin was concerned, all of Bonnaroo Friday was just a pre-party for Sir Paul .

The Whipsaws, a band from Anchorage, Alaska, makes its first appearance on Mountain Stage , recorded live on the campus of the University of Alaska at Fairbanks.

I wonder who will fill in for Bob/Slim. If they go the Big Star route and bring in a huge fan as a ringer they could get Jeff Tweedy.

Nicole Henry at the Overtown Rhythm & Arts Festival Saturday, June 22, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Local songstress Nicole Henry and saxophonist Earnest Walker, Jr. headline the third annual Overtown Rhythm & Arts Festival.

Mavis Staples has been in the studio working on a new album with Wilco 's Jeff Tweedy and the result, One True Vine , comes out on June 25. Staples, of course, has been recording since the '50s, when she began performing with her siblings as the Staple Singers .

Just a few things to cover this week in the world of Wilco , the first being their most recent show on June 1st at the Nelsonville Music Festival , in Nelsonville, Ohio.

In a couple of weeks, soul legend Mavis Staples will drop her second Jeff Tweedy -assisted album, One True Vine .

It's a given that, ever since its inception, almost 20 years ago, Son Volt has been one of the most important and influential bands on the alt-country scene.

The first, "Racy" by Nels Cline and Julian Lage, is the jazz duo's first commercial release.

After years of tour-watching, speculation and crossed fingers, it's happening: Bob Dylan will perform in Duluth.

Tucked away in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains is the tiny city of Nelsonville, Ohio, a former coal mining town that's quaint, cozy and charming.

While JamBase favorites Wilco have an extremely busy summer ahead in which they'll throw their own festival and perform as part of the traveling AmericanaramA festival, the band hadn't played a gig in the States in 2013 until Saturday night.

Inspired by the music scene that continues to thrive in Austin, Texas, Austin City Limits has, for 33 years, presented viewing audiences with live concerts from many of the world's most acclaimed artists.

Once again your rockin' writer felt the need to resurrect his " Listen Again " series.