Jackson Browne

Jackson Browne Returns to an Old Favorite Hear The Birds of St. Marks

August 18, 2014

Six years after Time the Conqueror, a Bush-era LP that found him addressing subjects like Hurricane Katrina and the Iraq War,  Jackson Browne is preparing to release Standing in the Breach, a new studio album due October 7th. For the lead single, the singer-songwriter returned to “The Birds of St. Marks,” a tune he wrote when he was playing guitar with Nico in the late Sixties, and recruited his new ensemble of musicians to give the track a fuller arrangement.

“I was freeloading off friends on the Lower East Side,” Browne says. “I came to New York with no money at all, and I got this job playing for Nico, which sort of saved me because I had nothing going. I was suggested for the job by Tim Buckley. I went to go see Tim, whom I knew, and Nico was there with Sterling Morrison backing her up. And other nights it would be Lou Reed I guess. She actually offered the job to Tim Buckley, but he started laughing and said, ‘I don’t think she realizes that I have gigs!'”

“The Birds of St. Marks,” in turn, was inspired partly by the singer’s admiration for  Byrds guitarist Jim McGuinn: “This is a song I always heard as a Byrds song, and that was even part of the writing of the song because Nico loved the Byrds. She even said on a couple of occasions, ‘Oh, you can play something like Jim McGuinn?'” Her tastes were really eclectic. She also knew Ornette Coleman and he was really responsible for the way she began to play the pump organ. He told her, ‘Yeah, you should play the melody with your left hand.’ And she thought that McGuinn was like an avant-garde guitarist.”

The finished version of the song features Greg Leisz playing a McGuinn-esque 12-string guitar and can be streamed here. Browne, meanwhile, is in the middle of a tour that includes stops at venues like New York’s Beacon Theatre, Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium and London’s Royal Albert Hall.

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Jackson Browne Announces U.S. And U.K. Fall Tour Dates In Support Of His New Studio Album To Be Released October 6/7

July 15, 2014

Band Shows Begin At The Kennedy Center In September, Ending In November At Londons Royal Albert Hall

Singer-songwriter Jackson Browne announces fall tour dates in the U.S and U.K to support his new studio album, Standing In The Breach, scheduled for release on October 6 (international) and 7 (U.S.). The fall shows with Jackson and his band begin on September 14 at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. and end on November 24, at Londons Royal Albert Hall. new studio album can be pre-ordered with each purchased concert ticket, and is also available for pre-order now thru Amazon at:
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Accompanying Jackson on the road this fall are longtime band mates Val McCallum (guitar), Mauricio Lewak (Drums), Jeff Young (keyboards) and Bob Glaub (bass), with the addition of acclaimed multi-instrumentalist Greg Leisz (guitar, lap steel, pedal steel). Standing In The Breach, Jackson’s fourteenth studio album, is a collection of ten songs, at turns deeply personal and political, exploring love, hope, and defiance in the face of the advancing uncertainties of modern life.

This is my ideal band, with some of my favorite players, all of whom appear on the new CD, and whose combined gifts provide the musical foundation and emotional underpinnings of my new songs, says Jackson. The interplay between Val McCallum and Greg Leisz on this album – the effortlessness of their chemistry is a gift really, that just dropped into my lap. I feel fortunate to have them out on the road for this tour.

Currently, Jackson Browne is on a solo tour thru August 23rd, with two (2) band shows on August 4 and 5, in a co-bill with John Fogerty at PNC Bank Arts Center (Holmdel, NJ) and Jones Beach (Wantagh, NY).

For more information, visit www.jacksonbrowne.com.

SUMMER 2014 TOUR DATES:
Solo Acoustic
July 15 – Riverside Theater – Milwaukee, WI
July 16 – Overture Center for the Art -Madison, WI
July 18 – State Theater – Minneapolis, MN
July 19 – Paramount Theatre Cedar -Rapids, IA
July 21 – Orpheum – Wichita, KS

Full Band shows
August 4 – PNC Bank Arts Ctr (with John Fogerty) – Holmdel, NJ
August 5 – Nikon At Jones Beach (with John Fogerty) – Wantagh, NY

Solo Acoustic
August 9 – State Theatre Center for the Arts – Easton, PA
August 11 – Artpark – Lewistown, NY
August 13 – The Landmark Theatre – Syracuse, NY
August 14 – The Palace Theatre – Albany, NY
August 16 – Boston Opera House – Boston, MA
August 17 – Merrill Auditorium – Portland, ME
August 19 – Capitol Center – Concord, NH
August 20 – Providence PAC – Providence, RI
August 22 – Toyota Presents the Oakdale Theatre – Wallingford, CT
August 23 – Hippodrome Theatre – Baltimore, MD

FALL TOUR (U.S)
Full Band
September – 14 Kennedy Center – Washington, DC
September – 27 Newport Folk Fest Presents Way Over Yonder – Santa Monica, CA
October 4 – Strand Capitol Performing Arts Center -York, PA
October 7 – Beacon Theatre -New York, NY
October 10 – Academy of Music- Philadelphia, PA
October 12 – Benedum Center – Pittsburgh, PA
October 14 – Chicago Theatre – Chicago, IL
October 15 – E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall- Akron, OH
October 17 – Palace Theatre – Columbus, OH
October 18 – Murat Theatre – Indianapolis, IN

FALL TOUR (U.K.)
Full Band
November 17 – Symphony Hall – Birmingham, UK
November 18 – Bridgewater Hall – Manchester, UK
November 20 – The Sage – Gateshead, UK
November 21 – Royal Concert Hall – Glasgow, UK
November 24 – Royal Albert Hall – London, UK

Jackson Browne, Loretta Lynn Among Top Americana Honorees

July 8, 2014

by Adam Gold – Rolling Stone

Known the world over for such hits as “Running on Empty,” “Somebody’s Baby” and “Doctor My Eyes,” and revered for classic albums the likes of Late for the Sky and The Pretender, Browne straddles the roots-y space between Sixties folk, Seventies song-craft and country-tinged classic AM radio rock that defines the Frankenstein DNA of Americana. His contributions to the Eagles, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Nico and Linda Ronstadtcatalogs alone — including penning “Take It Easy” and “These Days”; and not to mention basically teaching longtime friend Glenn Frey the discipline of songwriting — are a lifetime achievement unto themselves. Browne will receive the AMA’s “Spirit of Americana, Free Speech in Music Award,” which is presented in conjunction with the First Amendment Center.

“In Seventies post-Vietnam America, there was no album that captured the fall from Eden; the long, slow after-burn of the Sixties — its heartbreak, its disappointments, its spent possibilities — better than Jackson’s masterpiece Late for the Sky,” Bruce Springsteensaid of Browne’s 1974 signature LP in his 2004 speech inducting the singer into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. “When those car doors slam at the end of the record, they still bring tears. And there was no more searching, yearning, loving music made for and about America at the time.”

Lynn will receive AMA’s Lifetime Achievement Award for Songwriting. No stranger to such accolades — and a bona fide trailblazer with a canon boasting such indelible classics as “Don’t Come Home a Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ on Your Mind),” “I’m a Honky Tonk Girl,” “Dear Uncle Sam” and “Rated X” — the 82-year-old living legend is already a Country Music Hall of Fame member and, like Browne, a Songwriters’ Hall of Fame inductee, as well. Lynn’s hard-worn, rags-to-riches life story was immortalized on celluloid in the classic 1980 Academy Award-winning biopic Coal Miner’s Daughter — based on her best-selling autobiography named after her most iconic song.

But the singer’s story didn’t end there. Lynn’s 2004 Jack White-produced, Grammy winning smash Van Lear Rose ignited a twilight career resurgence for the singer, who still tours to this day.  This makes Lynn’s third lifetime achievement award. She received at the 2010 Grammy Awards, in addition to receiving a Kennedy Center Honor in 2003.

Harlem-hailing, genre-journeying multi-instrumentalist Taj Mahal (nee Henry Saint Clair Fredericks) is being honored in AMA’s Lifetime Achievement category for Performance. The voracious musicologist has had an incalculable influence on the blues by way of integrating styles ranging from jazz, folk, country, gospel, rock, R&B and zydeco, to reggae, Latin, Carribean, African and beyond, over a 40-plus-year career. Fredericks, 72, has inspired and performed with heavy hitters like the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton and Etta James. A two-time Grammy winner, he first rose to fame in the early Sixties alongside Ry Cooder in California blues-folk outfit the Rising Sons.

Somewhat of a wild card among this class of recipients, but by no means less deserving of the honor, Grammy winning Texas accordion virtuoso Flaco Jimenez — whose country, rock and tejano punch card includes names the likes of Bob Dylan, Doug Sahm, Dr. John, Carlos Santana, The Mavericks, Dwight Yoakam, Buck Owens, Ry Cooder and the Rolling Stones — gets the AMA Lifetime Achievement Award for Instrumentalist.

Previous Americana Lifetime Achievement honorees include Levon Helm, Emmylou Harris, Dr. John, Bonnie Raitt, Gram Parsons, John Fogerty, Gregg Allman, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Townes Van Zandt, Wanda Jackson, Joe Ely, Jason and the Scorchers, Duane Eddy, John Mellencamp, Guy Clark, Cowboy Jack Clement, Joan Baez, John Prine, Billy Joe Shaver, Willie Nelson, Lyle Lovett, Old Crow Medicine Show, Sam Phillips and T Bone Burnett.

Lynn, Browne, Fredericks and Jimenez will be celebrated as part of the Americana Honors and Awards Ceremony September 17th at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville. The event kicks off AmericanaFest 2014. Now in its 15^th year, the festival and conference runs September 17^th through 21^st and will feature 160 acts at various Nashville venues. Appearing artists include the Avett Brothers, Lee Ann Womack, Marty Stuart, Rodney Crowell, Hayes Carll, Rhett Miller, Billy Joe Shaver, Tony Joe White, Robyn Hitchcock, Buddy Miller and more.

Episode 91: Guantanamera| Playing For Change

July 1, 2014

Watch and enjoy “Guantanamera”, another Song Around The World from our new album. We started the song with Carlos Varela, and it features over 75 Cuban musicians around the world, from Havana and Santiago to Miami, Barcelona and Tokyo. We recorded and produced this track with Jackson Browne, who explains that “traveling with Playing For Change across Cuba was one of the most rewarding and inspiring musical experiences of my life.”

Guantanamera| Playing For Change from Playing For Change on Vimeo.

Music brings us so much light and helps us find our way back home. In honor of the late great Manuel Galbán, “un hombre sincero de donde crece la palma”, with music you live in our hearts forever.

Inside Recordings Announces 40th Anniversary Reissue Of Jackson Browne’s Late For The Sky

June 3, 2014

Remastered And Available Worldwide On June 23/24 In New CD Eco-packaging And On All Digital Formats Including HD Audiophile 192kHz/24bit & 96kHz/24bit and Mastered for iTunes

Jackson Browne Solo Acoustic Tour Dates Currently On Sale

Jackson Browne’s Late For The Sky, originally released forty years ago, will be reissued worldwide on June 23 (internationally) and June 24 (in the United States), thru Inside Recordings and Rhino Records. This new 40th anniversary edition was re-mastered from the original analog tapes and will be available on CD in a new plastic-free, eco-digipak, with lyrics included, for the very first time; the album will also be available on all digital platforms, including Mastered for iTunes, and HD Tracks. Late For The Sky is currently available for pre-order on both Amazon and iTunes

This July and August, Jackson Browne is touring solo acoustic. Playing guitar and piano, he will perform songs from his entire body of work, with varying set lists each night. Tickets are on sale and available at www.jacksonbrowne.com. Jackson will also perform two full band shows, co-headlining with John Fogerty August 4th and 5th in Holmdel, NJ and Wantagh, NY. And, this fall, Jackson will release a new studio album, the thirteenth of his career.

Jackson Browne has written and performed some of the most literate and moving songs in popular music and has defined a genre of songwriting charged with honesty, emotion and personal politics. He was honored with induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2004, and the Songwriter’s Hall of Fame in 2007. Beyond his music, he is known for his advocacy on behalf of the environment, human rights, and arts education. He’s a co-founder of the groups Musicians United for Safe Energy (MUSE) and Nukefree.org.

2014 TOUR DATES: (more dates to be announced):

Solo Acoustic
June 30 Door County Auditorium Fish Creek, WI – Benefit for Tambourine Collaboratory
July 2 Orpheum Theatre Omaha, NE
July 3 Uptown Theatre Kansas City, MO
July 5 Gillioz Theatre Springfield, MO
July 7 Peabody Opera House St. Louis, MO
July 8 Peoria Civic Center Peoria, IL
July 10 Michigan Theater Ann Arbor, MI
July 15 Riverside Theater Milwaukee, WI
July 16 Overture Center for the Arts Madison, WI
July 18 State Theater Minneapolis, MN
July 19 Paramount Theatre Cedar Rapids, IA
July 21 Orpheum Wichita, KS

Full Band shows
August 4 PNC Bank Arts Ctr (with John Fogerty) Holmdel, NJ
August 5 Nikon At Jones Beach (with John Fogerty)Wantagh, NY

Solo Acoustic
August 9 State Theatre Center for the Arts Easton, PA
August 11 Artpark Lewistown, NY
August 13 The Landmark Theatre Syracuse, NY
August 14 The Palace Theatre Albany, NY
August 16 Boston Opera House Boston, MA
August 17 Merrill Auditorium Portland, ME
August 19 Capitol Center Concord, NH
August 20 Providence PAC Providence, RI
August 22 Toyota Presents the Oakdale Theatre Wallingford, CT
August 23 Hippodrome Theatre Baltimore, MD

Full Band shows
September 27 Way Over Yonder Newport Folk Fest Santa Monica, CA