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The Swell Season Take Time Off to Work on Separate Projects

Conor Masterson The Swell Season, fronted by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, have stayed busy touring since releasing their latest album, 'Strict Joy.' But the next chapter for the two musicians may take them in separate ways, at least for a brief period of time. The Frames, Hansard's original band, have recently announced a handful of upcoming ...

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Brandi Carlile Devastated by Canceled Lilith Fair Dates

David Bergman, Getty Images When news got around about Lilith Fair canceling many of its dates due to slow ticket sales, there was certainly disappointment in the air for fans who were going to be missing out on the festival. But perhaps even more frustration hit the artists slotted to take the stage, especially Brandi Carlile. "It was a huge ...

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Kevin Devine 'Feels Good' About Bad Books

Getty Images | FilmMagic After years of playing shows together, Kevin Devine and Manchester Orchestra's Andy Hull have found friendship and respect for one another's music -- Devine's even covered Manchester's 'The Only One' while Hull took on Devine's 'I Could Be With Anyone,' both of which Spinner premiered in January. Come this fall, the two ...

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Kevin Devine's 'Goddamn Band' T-Shirts Banned by Disney

Tim Mosenfelder, Getty Images | Jordan Noel of GingerGroupDesigns When Kevin Devine got a call on July 1 informing him that the staff of Walt Disney World's House of Blues in Orlando, Fla. wouldn't let him sell his band's T-shirt at the concert he was playing that night, he thought he was being pranked. A month into a tour with Thrice, he was ...

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Kevin Devine, 'She Stayed as Steam' -- Free MP3 Download

Andreas Hornoff Kevin Devine has been talking about putting out his new EP, 'She Stayed as Steam,' since the day he determined that its previously unreleased songs -- 'She Stayed as Steam' and 'Big Bad Man' -- weren't going to make it onto his latest full-length album, 'Brother's Blood.' To this day, his decision still somewhat surprises him. ...

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Newport Folk Festival Brings a Multi-Genre Musical 'Family' Together

Douglas Mason, Getty Images At this weekend's 51st Newport Folk Festival, situated around 18th-century Rhode Island military base Fort Adams in such a way that made it easy to hear Andrew Bird opening with 'Thinking the Sky Is Falling' yet float over to another stage in time to catch Dawes frontman Taylor Goldsmith's dad invited on stage for the ...

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Elvis Presley's 75th Anniversary Marked by 'Elvis on Tour' DVD Release

The 75th anniversary of Elvis Presley's birth will be celebrated with the release of the Golden Globe-winning documentary 'Elvis on Tour' on newly restored and remastered Blu-ray and DVD versions on Aug. 3. The film, which follows the King on a 15-city tour across the United States in 1972 and gives a one-of-a-kind live performance experience, is ...

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