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Listen to The Music Is You: A Tribute to John Denver via NPR Music’s First Listen series

Last week, we premiered a moving cover of John Denver’s “Some Days Are Diamonds” by Philly’s Amos Lee. It comes from the excellent John Denver tribute LP The Music Is You, out next week on ATO Records, and this week you can hear the entire star-studded compilation – which features contributions from My Morning Jacket, … Continue reading

The Week So Far: 11 must-read stories on The Key (incl. Amos Lee, SXSW and Purling Hiss)

Dave Grohl gave an inspiring and insightful Keynote Speech at last week’s SXSW [link] Cursive and The Good Life frontman Tim Kasher came to Folkadelphia in his solo acoustic capacity for this week’s live session [link] Mondays’ My Morning Download featured L.A. five piece The Lonely Wild and their track “Everything You Need” [link] Florida … Continue reading

Exclusive Listen: Amos Lee covers “Some Days Are Diamonds” from The Music Is You: A Tribute to John Denver

Singer-songwriter Amos Lee joins a star-studded group of WXPN favorite musicians including Dave Matthews, Kathleen Edwards, My Morning Jacket, Brandi Carlile, and Lucinda Williams for The Music Is You: A tribute To John Denver, out on ATO Records on April 2nd. Listen to Amos’s version of Denver’s “Some Days Are Diamonds.” Below, listen to My … Continue reading

Listen to My Morning Jacket cover John Denver’s “Leaving On A Jet Plane” (MMJ lead singer Jim James playing sold out show at Union Transfer in April)

My Morning Jacket cover “Leaving On A Jet Plane” on a new John Denver tribute album, The Music is You: A Tribute To John Denver, out on April 2nd on ATO Records. MMJ lead singer Jim James recently played Johnny Brenda’s and returns to town to play a sold out show at Union Transfer on … Continue reading

Watch a trailer for Amos Lee’s Live from the Artists’ Den DVD

Philly songwriter-done-good Amos Lee is releasing a new live DVD on March 12 – his installment of the Live from the Artists’ Den series filmed during the Mission Bell tour at Tuscon’s Fox Theater. The show included a collaboration with Calexico and a cover of Willie Nelson and Ray Charles’ “Seven Spanish Angels”, while backstage … Continue reading

The Week So Far: 10 must-read stories on The Key

Titus Andronicus raged in the First Unitarin Church basement [link] Picking the left-of-center mind of Jeffrey Lewis, who plays World Cafe Live tonight [link] A haunting appearance by Bad Braids on The Key Studio Sessions [link] Meet Family Vacation, a really really new Philly band [link] John Wesley Harding celebrates Hideaway Music’s 10th anniversary with … Continue reading