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Journal Archives for Jeff Tweedy

  • Wilco "Being There" [cover]
    Thursday, September 10, 2009
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    Glide Columnist Recalls Wilco First Listen: "I Was Immediately Floored"

    Wilco front man Jeff Tweedy is featured in Glide's biweekly look at favorite singer-songwriters. Columnist Jason Gonulsen reflects on the impact Tweedy's songwriting has had on him over the years, dating back to an unforgettable first listen to "Misunderstood," from Being There, the 1996 double disc slated for vinyl reissue next month. "I was immediately floored," Gonulson recalls, following a through line to the band's latest release, Wilco (the album).

  • Wilco "Ashes of American Flags" [DVD cover]
    Wednesday, April 8, 2009
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    Colorado Daily: Wilco's "Blazing, Sweaty Sets" Leave Audiences "Mesmerized with Every Moment" in New Concert Film

    Ashes of American Flags, the new film by Christoph Green and Fugazi’s Brendan Canty documenting the live Wilco concert experience, is due out on DVD in the Nonesuch Store on Saturday, April 18, and will be screened at the Boulder Theater in Boulder, Colorado, tonight. "The members of Wilco are road dogs," says the Colorado Daily, an idea brought to life in the film, which sees them playing "playing blazing, sweaty sets at historic concert halls ... The movie’s concert scenes show the members of Wilco celebrating every stage moment, while the audiences are mesmerized with every moment of the performances."

  • Jeff Tweedy
    Tuesday, March 31, 2009
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    Rolling Stone: Jeff Tweedy Brings "Crisp Vocals and Rich Vocal Inflection" to Solo Set

    Jeff Tweedy performed two solo sets this past weekend, at the Calvin Theater in Northampton, Massachusetts, Friday night, and at Beacon High School in upstate New York, in a fundraiser for the Clearwater organization co-founded by Pete Seeger, who also performed. Rolling Stone says "Tweedy, like Seeger, engaged the crowd throughout his set ... He also sang with crisp vocals and rich vocal inflection on 'Passenger Side' and played haunting harmonica lines on 'Via Chicago.'” The Republican says Tweedy was equally humble and successful with the sold-out crowd at the Calvin: "Tweedy was magnificent over the course of his 25-song set, recounting the Wilco catalog in acoustic form."

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    Monday, November 24, 2008
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    Jeff Tweedy Talks Chicago with NY Times; Wilco Nominated for Four Chicago Music Awards

    With the election of Chicago favorite son Barack Obama to the Presidency, a considerable amount of outside attention has been paid of late to the city. The New York Times recently talked to another of the city's favorite sons, Jeff Tweedy, a longtime supporter of the President-elect, about changing perceptions of Chicago. Wilco tops the list of nominees for the 28th annual Chicago Music Awards: Songwriter of the Year for Jeff, plus Pop Entertainer of the Year, Best Rock Entertainer, and Most Outstanding Band or Group for Wilco.

  • Glenn Kotche
    Thursday, November 20, 2008
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    Chicago Sun-Times: Glenn Kotche, eighth blackbird Concert Offers "Fierce" Performance from "Kindred Musical Souls"

    "Glenn Kotche is not your average rock-and-roll percussionist," says the Chicago Sun-Times in its review of Glenn's joint concert on Tuesday with new-music ensemble eighth blackbird at Chicago's Harris Theater. The paper calls the performers "kindred musical souls," mild in temperament, perhaps, but "as fierce as any garage band or chamber players hurtling through a late Beethoven string quartet." Chicagoist's editors faced a conundrum in deciding how to spend their Tuesday night but "realized just how foolish we would be to pass up" what was "a stellar performance" with "a jaw dropping solo rendition of 'Monkey Chant' by Kotche" and, ultimately, "a truly remarkable evening."

  • Monday, June 25, 2007
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    Jeff Tweedy on WNYC's Soundcheck

    Tune in to New York public radio station WNYC’s Soundcheck on 93.9 FM today at 2:15 PM to hear Jeff Tweedy discuss Wilco's new album, Sky Blue Sky. You can also listen to the show live online at wnyc.org.

  • Monday, October 9, 2006
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    Jeff Tweedy: "The Thanks I Get"

    Check out Jeff Tweedy's performance of "The Thanks I Get," from Sunken Treasure, his forthcoming solo concert DVD, out on Nonesuch on October 24.