Dave Longstreth

read Jim James' essay on Grateful Dead's 'American Beauty' & Dave Longstreth's on 'Workingman's Dead'

The essays are part of the new Grateful Dead box set that’s out via Vinyl Me, Please.

new Grateful Dead vinyl box set ft. essays by Mountain Goats, The National, MMJ, AnCo mems & more

This new Grateful Dead box set features eight classic studio and live albums on colored vinyl and essays by modern musicians, including members of The Decemberists, Animal Collective, My Morning Jacket, Margo Price, and more…

Dirty Projectors stream new LP, played The Strand, announce more tour dates

The album features Fleet Foxes frontman Robin Pecknold, former Vampire Weekend member Rostam, Amber Mark, Empress Of, Syd and Dear Nora.

Dear Nora reunited, add East Coast shows

For most of the 2000s, Portland/San Francisco-based musician Katy Davidson led the lo-fi project Dear Nora. She revived the moniker this year to reissue Mountain Rock on Owen Ashworth’s Orindal Records and tour the West Coast. Now she’s finally coming East…

Bombino releasing Dave Longstreth-produced album, going on tour (dates & new video)

Tuareg guitarist Bombino‘s last album was 2013’s Dan Auerbach-produced Nomad on Nonesuch, and for its followup he’s got a different rock producer and la…

Joanna Newsom announces new album, 'Divers,' shares first single "Sapokanikan" & Paul Thomas Anderson-directed video

Joanna Newsom‘s 2010 album, Have One On Me, is still one of the very best albums of this decade so far, and its followup has been much anticipated for a while…

Paul McCartney, Kanye West & Rihanna share video, playing the Grammys (like Madonna, AC/DC & more)

You probably know by now that Kanye West and Paul McCartney have teamed up not only once but twice this year, most recently for the Rihanna collaboration, “FourFiveSeconds” (also featuring Ty Dolla $ign and Dirty Projectors frontman Dave Longstreth)…

Dave Longstreth (Dirty Projectors) premiering new music w/ the Calder Quartet at The Met in November

Dirty Projectors in Brooklyn in 2012 (more by Greg Cristman) Dirty Projector Dave Longstreth is no stranger to playing music in museums, and he’ll do just that on November 1 at The Met, when he premieres new work in addition to new arrangements of Dirty Projectors songs with the Calder Quar……

Dirty Projectors, Walkmen, Cass McCombs, Devendra Banhart, Vampire Weekend, Real Estate @ Occupy Sandy benefit (pics)

Without the rhythm section, meticulous vocal work was overwhelming. The songs seemed less tightly wound, voices filling up the tall room in a wash, punctuated only by the peculiar, skewed twang of Longstreth’s guitar playing…
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