Jay Farrar

Newport Folk Fest 2012 lineup (My Morning Jacket, Iron & Wine, Conor Oberst, Dawes, Deer Tick, much more)

The Newport Festivals Foundation continues to celebrate the festival’s historic past by featuring emerging young artists alongside some of folk music’s most venerable names…

Jim James, Will Johnson, Jay Farrar & Anders Parker team for Guthrie project album & tour (dates & song stream)

Jim James, Jay Farrar, Will Johnson (who previously collabroated with Jim James in Monsters of Folk), and Anders Parker (who previously collaborated with Jay Farrar in Gob Iron), have teamed up to record an album titled New Multitudes, which comes out February 28 via Rounder Records…

Jay Farrar is here, Jason Isbell, James McMurtry & Robert Ellis will be soon (dates, CMJ shows & pics of Ellis @ ACL Live)

Jay Farrar plays his third NYC show in a row at City Winery on Sunday night (10/16). Laura Cantrell opens and tickets are still on sale. Check out a picture of the setlist from Saturday’s show below…

Duke & the King, Bebel Gilberto, Keren Ann, Tom Morello, Jay Farrar, Marianne Faithfull, Martha Wainwright & other shows

The Duke & The King at Mercury Lounge in 2009 (more by Jacob Blickenstaff) The Summer BBQ Blow Out Festival is coming to City Winery this Saturday (8/6)…

Wilco, The Autumn Defense, Nels Cline & Jay Farrar shows

Wilco at Sasquatch (more by Josh Darr) The Autumn Defense (John Stirratt and Pat Sansone of Wilco) have announced a NYC show before they play WIlco’s Solid Sound Festival later this month…

Jay Farrar schedules June solo dates w/ Mark Spencer

Son Volt’s Jay Farrar has scheduled a few solo headlining and festival dates for June. Two of those will take place in the NYC-area. On June 4th he hits Maxwell’s in Hoboken (on sale now)…

Mountain Jam (6/4-6) the Clearwater Festival (6/19-20) have announced initial 2010 NY concert lineups & tickets

Pete Seeger @ Clearwater Festival 2009 (more by Chris La Putt) Clearwater Festival, the annual benefit for the Hudson River environmental group of the same name, will be happening this year at Croton-on-Hudson’s Croton Point Park on June 19th & 20th…

last night: 3 shows, but many indie rock members (Death Cab, Son Volt, Long Winters, Nada Surf, They Might Be Giants, Wrens, National, Pixies...)

Nada Surf @ Music Hall of Williamsburg (Jack Groetzinger) There weren’t a ton of shows going on in NYC last night (10/28), relatively speaking, but members/collaborators of most indie rock bands in existence were part of them…

John Roderick opening for Jay Farrar & Ben Gibbard (Webster Hall tonight), playing Union Hall

Ben Gibbard & Jay Farrar @ Bimbo’s 365 Club, 10-24-09 (pneyu) John Roderick of the Long Winters is the opener of the Ben Gibbard & Jay Farrar Kerouac-tour that ends with a show at Webster Hall in NYC tonight (10/28)…

Ben Gibbard (married) & Jay Farrar (played Irving) made Kerouac's Big Sur soundtrack, playing shows (tour dates)

Aside from getting married this week, Mr. Zooey Deschanel (aka Ben Gibbard) is keeping busy. He’ll be playing a few shows this October with Jay Farrar of Son Volt in support of their new collaborative record, One Fast Move Or I’m Gone: Kerouac’s Big Sur…
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