Now Its Overhead

Jason Isbell announces guest-filled Georgia charity covers LP, shares R.E.M. "Driver 8" cover

It features covers of R.E.M., Cat Power, Otis Redding, Gladys Knight & the Pips, The Allman Brothers Band, and more, and contributions from Julien Baker, Brandi Carlile, Amanda Shires, Béla Fleck, Chris Thile, Adia Victoria, and more…

Jason Isbell promises charity covers album if Biden wins Georgia, releases song w/ Barry Gibb

Jason says the covers album will feature ”my favorite Georgia songs- REM, Gladys Knight, Vic Chesnutt, Allmans, Cat Power, Precious Bryant, Now It’s Overhead, etc…”

Patti Smith, Michael Stipe, Flea, Talib Kweli, Joan Baez, Cat Power & more played the Pathways to Paris benefit in NYC (pics, videos)

The Carnegie Hall show saw Joan Baez covering Antony, Talib Kweli playing “Get By” with Flea while Joan Baez danced on stage, Michael Stipe covering The Velvet Underground, and the whole lineup playing Patti Smith’s “People Have the Power” together…

CLOSENESS = Todd Fink from The Faint + Orenda Fink from Azure Ray (listen)

CLOSNESS are touring, including SXSW and the Knockdown Center in Queens.

Orenda Fink released a new LP, touring (dates & video)

Orenda Fink‘s been quite the prolific Saddle Creek artist for the past decade-plus. She spent time in the now-defunct (and missed) Now It’s Overhead, she’s in the long-running Azure Ray, has done one-off collaborations like Art in Manila (with members of The Anniversary, The Good Life and more) and O+S (with a member of Remy Zero), and has put out a handful of solo al…