There’s no one
I can sing it the same
It’s just an exercise to remind ourselves that a record can be anything, and you don’t have to overthink it. My hair has gotten out of the political game. When you need me
And everything I feel
Is all a love can be, Oh tomatoes right off the vine
I can say with certainty
Close your eyes
Jeff Tweedy = The King Favorite track: Gwendolyn. Folk and country type forms being the shapes that come most easily to me in a comforting way. O’ Opaline
wonderful to hear katie absolutely unleashing her voice here. Jeff Tweedy, Wilco. Save it for me
And it scared me, and I did a lot to trick myself into believing it wasn’t going to happen.
Oh I’m troubled Yeah. How much of the current tumultuous times played into what you created? At the end of the end Even if The Tweedy Show isn’t all sunshine and rainbows behind the scenes, it feels like an honest extension of the Tweedys’ family-band vibe. There’s a lot more spirit and there are a lot sharper edges to what is there, than it just being loud and yell-y, you know?
My best moments are with you Guess again A lot of things were taken for granted on the records that people associate with experimentalism. But reading his prose is really like having a conversation with Jeff — a really deep and meaningful one.”, Meaning in Tweedy’s creative life is intertwined with work. A lonely place
A light left on in an empty room
Oh that’s enough
He delved into Woody Guthrie’s archives with the punk rock troubadour Billy Bragg for the “Mermaid Avenue” albums, a project that was covered in two documentaries. Maybe it’s because it’s a solo record that people are hearing it as me. What I feel is that there was a band getting really good at doing something that I didn’t want to do anymore. But Tweedy insists that none of his work has ever ventured in spirit too far from a particular core. And I don’t want to die
Joy against sorrow. Love is the king Life isn’t fair Sammy wasn’t ever quite as focused on the musical instruments in our house until he got to be more of a teenager.
For me Out on the tollway stopping at the tolls His lyrics … Jeff Tweedy Is an Open Book One of today’s greatest songwriters discusses his new solo album, Wilco’s past and future, and why he’s cautiously optimistic about the 2020 election Wilco is an ensemble that is built around having more latitude to be good at those things — but also to branch off into tangents that would have been really, really difficult for the Summerteeth-era band.
(Tweedy’s wife and children were raised Jewish, and he converted to Judaism in 2013.).
Also, today we posted our review of the album and you can read that here. I don’t wanna die Make believe that you still love me It’s an apt description for an artist who has spent the better part of three decades crafting the kinds of soul-baring, emotionally layered songs that seem to transcend their time. There’s no one It depends on what you call "a song." For me Troubled 11. On Oct. 23, his third solo album, “Love Is the King,” will drop. “The candor with which he calls upon the nourishing elements of nature, gratitude and love is effortless. The craft of it is something that you can work on your whole life. Well, Wilco is a completely different band now. Emerging from quarantine to play music to a field of cars was strange enough. He escaped the anxiety and dislocation of being out at sea during a worldwide crisis and fell into the familiarity of the studio. One day But cry don’t you dare And then I’ll sit I’ll sing a song you’ll recognize
We’re four years into this nightmare, and the hair is still pretty long.
Jeff Tweedy’s new album, Love Is The King, is out now digitally. Sven B. Schreiber, The sophomore solo effort from Hiss Golden Messenger bassist Scott Hirsch offers a fresh batch of songs that kick back to classic country, tempered with a satisfying dose of psychedelia.
That will be going forward. Spencer actually did a lot of listening through the demos.
I was delusional, maybe, to some degree, or it was just something that I beautifully had at my disposal for some reason because I was left alone a lot. It was an insufficient reaction to a much more serious problem. Disaster This summer, you announced a plan to dedicate a share of your songwriting royalties toward reparations for black Americans, and you called for others to join you.
You recorded your new album entirely with your two sons, Spencer and Sammy Tweedy. You’ve talked openly about the disappointment - and in some cases anger – you felt after the 2016 election. Has that changed at all? A lot of songs were written in that style at that time that ended up on A Ghost is Born. I think everybody has an imagination.
Do you believe that? “The initial impetus was to self-soothe as a family and shield in the comfort of creativity. Is all a love can be I’ll be there Subsequent albums would burnish Tweedy’s reputation as a rock artist who embraced experimentation, technology and multiple forms.
For all of my grumpiness about some things we were just talking about, I feel overwhelmingly grateful that there are any records still being listened to by anybody. Oh I’m high Now that it’s out you can stream the whole thing below. On your face I want people to think of it as normal to create a poem. She holds my hand between her knees
When Gwendolyn, when she starts to speak I can say with certainty
'Collective': A Tragedy, a Cover-Up, an Expose — and the Best Documentary of the Year, ‘The Flight Attendant’: Kaley Cuoco Reaches New Heights, ‘Zappa’: 11 Things We Learned From the Long-Awaited Authorized Documentary, Flight Experts Weigh In on Traveling During Covid: Here’s How to Stay Safe, Carrie Underwood Unwraps Video for John Legend Christmas Duet ‘Hallelujah’, Phoebe Bridgers’ Goo Goo Dolls Cover Is Maddeningly Great, The Best Albums of October 2020: Ariana Grande, Bruce Springsteen, and More, Raekwon Breaks Down His 10 Favorite Albums of All Time. Watching with skill How has that project been going? Guess again And if you think that I have so much faith that that happens. Welcome her home In “How to Write One Song,” Tweedy works to demystify the creative process and instead extols the importance of making creativity part of your everyday life. And then also having the terrible news that you have to crawl out from under.” But that, he adds, is “what’s so beautiful about experience. Riding with the wind blowing in my hair Listen Live, by I haven’t given up on the thought. Jeff Tweedy Love Is The King, released 23 October 2020 1. This is due in part to the process that he outlines in “How to Write One Song.” For those intimate with Tweedy’s impressionistic lyrics (“I am an American aquarium drinker,” Wilco’s seminal 2002 album “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot” begins, “I assassin down the avenue”), his prose can be jarring. And for me, I have to feel that way. Like a desert in bloom Not long into Wilco’s North American tour, Tweedy’s natural instinct to return home was realized when all further dates were abandoned. He uses exclamation points.
You’re playing some really cool lead electric guitar on this new album, more than you’ve done in quite a while. I'm not sure why that happened or how that happened, but I'm very, very grateful. What drew you back to that? I don't necessarily think everything people call "a song" is what you should be aiming for. Jeff Tweedy’s final draft of the lyrics in Wilco’s Loft. But you Today, Tweedy has been sober for 15 years. For some reason, one of the last shows we did I told the audience ‘I’m really gonna miss you guys.’ It came out of the blue and I really didn’t know why I was saying it. As Tweedy set out to write a song a day for what he envisioned as a country album, over a stretch of two weeks he shared his work daily with two friends, the actor Nick Offerman and the author George Saunders (the three took a camping trip together not long ago), inviting feedback. More so than maybe a lot of people think. You spoke early on about being frustrated that there weren’t many other artists signing on to take the same pledge. It’s like a dream, I never know what it means
Jeff, do you think that anybody has the capability to write a song, or do you think that people are kind of born with "the stuff" and then you hone the craft? I haven't been to the sea for months now but "Shore" brings elements of it right into my ears.
I’m drinking again When did the idea for this new book, How to Write One Song, come up? “Love Is the King,” he adds, was born of a need “to sit downstairs in my house and think of the stupidest country song I can think of, just so I can say I made a country song” that day. Do you have any advice for how to stay creative when you’re also changing diapers or helping your kid with remote classes?
Just wanting there to be a wider section of my record collection to draw upon. Of a natural “To me, those are just the forms and shapes that are easiest for me to think in.”, In his younger years, Tweedy bristled at those associations. I think that’s possibly true. The title track is simply astounding, with its borrowing of Debussy's La Cathedrale Engloutie (The Sunken Cathedral). Now it’s just going to be hopefully a slow, steady return to some normalcy. Guess Again 10. But I would always stay far enough away I listen to everything maybe a few times.
24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. Are you feeling optimistic? I got frustrated with not being able to be both of those guys, and I had to make a prioritized choice. © 2020 Minnesota Public Radio.
Oh I’m not a bird I feel for you today David Safar
When you need me I’m not against any of those things, but I’m advocating for the idea that a little time dedicated to creative drive in your life could really be a good way to live.
Preorder: US Store • EU Store • AUS Store • Bandcamp • Amaz on • Apple Music • Spotify. That’s complete bullshit. Being so far away always hurts
It’s not like I’m a longtime trusted source of information about how to fix this situation. I’ll tell you about my wife and what she means to me I asked because, listening to the last few things you’ve done, it seems like you’ve gotten more comfortable with going back to that well of folk-y or country-ish music, not necessarily having to push it into another plane.
Oh I’m troubled Yeah. How much of the current tumultuous times played into what you created? At the end of the end Even if The Tweedy Show isn’t all sunshine and rainbows behind the scenes, it feels like an honest extension of the Tweedys’ family-band vibe. There’s a lot more spirit and there are a lot sharper edges to what is there, than it just being loud and yell-y, you know?
My best moments are with you Guess again A lot of things were taken for granted on the records that people associate with experimentalism. But reading his prose is really like having a conversation with Jeff — a really deep and meaningful one.”, Meaning in Tweedy’s creative life is intertwined with work. A lonely place
A light left on in an empty room
Oh that’s enough
He delved into Woody Guthrie’s archives with the punk rock troubadour Billy Bragg for the “Mermaid Avenue” albums, a project that was covered in two documentaries. Maybe it’s because it’s a solo record that people are hearing it as me. What I feel is that there was a band getting really good at doing something that I didn’t want to do anymore. But Tweedy insists that none of his work has ever ventured in spirit too far from a particular core. And I don’t want to die
Joy against sorrow. Love is the king Life isn’t fair Sammy wasn’t ever quite as focused on the musical instruments in our house until he got to be more of a teenager.
For me Out on the tollway stopping at the tolls His lyrics … Jeff Tweedy Is an Open Book One of today’s greatest songwriters discusses his new solo album, Wilco’s past and future, and why he’s cautiously optimistic about the 2020 election Wilco is an ensemble that is built around having more latitude to be good at those things — but also to branch off into tangents that would have been really, really difficult for the Summerteeth-era band.
(Tweedy’s wife and children were raised Jewish, and he converted to Judaism in 2013.).
Also, today we posted our review of the album and you can read that here. I don’t wanna die Make believe that you still love me It’s an apt description for an artist who has spent the better part of three decades crafting the kinds of soul-baring, emotionally layered songs that seem to transcend their time. There’s no one It depends on what you call "a song." For me Troubled 11. On Oct. 23, his third solo album, “Love Is the King,” will drop. “The candor with which he calls upon the nourishing elements of nature, gratitude and love is effortless. The craft of it is something that you can work on your whole life. Well, Wilco is a completely different band now. Emerging from quarantine to play music to a field of cars was strange enough. He escaped the anxiety and dislocation of being out at sea during a worldwide crisis and fell into the familiarity of the studio. One day But cry don’t you dare And then I’ll sit I’ll sing a song you’ll recognize
We’re four years into this nightmare, and the hair is still pretty long.
Jeff Tweedy’s new album, Love Is The King, is out now digitally. Sven B. Schreiber, The sophomore solo effort from Hiss Golden Messenger bassist Scott Hirsch offers a fresh batch of songs that kick back to classic country, tempered with a satisfying dose of psychedelia.
That will be going forward. Spencer actually did a lot of listening through the demos.
I was delusional, maybe, to some degree, or it was just something that I beautifully had at my disposal for some reason because I was left alone a lot. It was an insufficient reaction to a much more serious problem. Disaster This summer, you announced a plan to dedicate a share of your songwriting royalties toward reparations for black Americans, and you called for others to join you.
You recorded your new album entirely with your two sons, Spencer and Sammy Tweedy. You’ve talked openly about the disappointment - and in some cases anger – you felt after the 2016 election. Has that changed at all? A lot of songs were written in that style at that time that ended up on A Ghost is Born. I think everybody has an imagination.
Do you believe that? “The initial impetus was to self-soothe as a family and shield in the comfort of creativity. Is all a love can be I’ll be there Subsequent albums would burnish Tweedy’s reputation as a rock artist who embraced experimentation, technology and multiple forms.
For all of my grumpiness about some things we were just talking about, I feel overwhelmingly grateful that there are any records still being listened to by anybody. Oh I’m high Now that it’s out you can stream the whole thing below. On your face I want people to think of it as normal to create a poem. She holds my hand between her knees
When Gwendolyn, when she starts to speak I can say with certainty
'Collective': A Tragedy, a Cover-Up, an Expose — and the Best Documentary of the Year, ‘The Flight Attendant’: Kaley Cuoco Reaches New Heights, ‘Zappa’: 11 Things We Learned From the Long-Awaited Authorized Documentary, Flight Experts Weigh In on Traveling During Covid: Here’s How to Stay Safe, Carrie Underwood Unwraps Video for John Legend Christmas Duet ‘Hallelujah’, Phoebe Bridgers’ Goo Goo Dolls Cover Is Maddeningly Great, The Best Albums of October 2020: Ariana Grande, Bruce Springsteen, and More, Raekwon Breaks Down His 10 Favorite Albums of All Time. Watching with skill How has that project been going? Guess again And if you think that I have so much faith that that happens. Welcome her home In “How to Write One Song,” Tweedy works to demystify the creative process and instead extols the importance of making creativity part of your everyday life. And then also having the terrible news that you have to crawl out from under.” But that, he adds, is “what’s so beautiful about experience. Riding with the wind blowing in my hair Listen Live, by I haven’t given up on the thought. Jeff Tweedy Love Is The King, released 23 October 2020 1. This is due in part to the process that he outlines in “How to Write One Song.” For those intimate with Tweedy’s impressionistic lyrics (“I am an American aquarium drinker,” Wilco’s seminal 2002 album “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot” begins, “I assassin down the avenue”), his prose can be jarring. And for me, I have to feel that way. Like a desert in bloom Not long into Wilco’s North American tour, Tweedy’s natural instinct to return home was realized when all further dates were abandoned. He uses exclamation points.
You’re playing some really cool lead electric guitar on this new album, more than you’ve done in quite a while. I'm not sure why that happened or how that happened, but I'm very, very grateful. What drew you back to that? I don't necessarily think everything people call "a song" is what you should be aiming for. Jeff Tweedy’s final draft of the lyrics in Wilco’s Loft. But you Today, Tweedy has been sober for 15 years. For some reason, one of the last shows we did I told the audience ‘I’m really gonna miss you guys.’ It came out of the blue and I really didn’t know why I was saying it. As Tweedy set out to write a song a day for what he envisioned as a country album, over a stretch of two weeks he shared his work daily with two friends, the actor Nick Offerman and the author George Saunders (the three took a camping trip together not long ago), inviting feedback. More so than maybe a lot of people think. You spoke early on about being frustrated that there weren’t many other artists signing on to take the same pledge. It’s like a dream, I never know what it means
Jeff, do you think that anybody has the capability to write a song, or do you think that people are kind of born with "the stuff" and then you hone the craft? I haven't been to the sea for months now but "Shore" brings elements of it right into my ears.
I’m drinking again When did the idea for this new book, How to Write One Song, come up? “Love Is the King,” he adds, was born of a need “to sit downstairs in my house and think of the stupidest country song I can think of, just so I can say I made a country song” that day. Do you have any advice for how to stay creative when you’re also changing diapers or helping your kid with remote classes?
Just wanting there to be a wider section of my record collection to draw upon. Of a natural “To me, those are just the forms and shapes that are easiest for me to think in.”, In his younger years, Tweedy bristled at those associations. I think that’s possibly true. The title track is simply astounding, with its borrowing of Debussy's La Cathedrale Engloutie (The Sunken Cathedral). Now it’s just going to be hopefully a slow, steady return to some normalcy. Guess Again 10. But I would always stay far enough away I listen to everything maybe a few times.
24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. Are you feeling optimistic? I got frustrated with not being able to be both of those guys, and I had to make a prioritized choice. © 2020 Minnesota Public Radio.
Oh I’m not a bird I feel for you today David Safar
When you need me I’m not against any of those things, but I’m advocating for the idea that a little time dedicated to creative drive in your life could really be a good way to live.
Preorder: US Store • EU Store • AUS Store • Bandcamp • Amaz on • Apple Music • Spotify. That’s complete bullshit. Being so far away always hurts
It’s not like I’m a longtime trusted source of information about how to fix this situation. I’ll tell you about my wife and what she means to me I asked because, listening to the last few things you’ve done, it seems like you’ve gotten more comfortable with going back to that well of folk-y or country-ish music, not necessarily having to push it into another plane.