Jack White paid tribute to Eddie Van Halen and performed tracks from across his career during his last-minute musical guest spot on Saturday Night Live. White’s first performance featured a medley built around the White Stripes’ “Ball and Biscuit,” with the rocker reworking the Elephant favorite to feature both a …
Read More »See Jack White Perform at Bernie Sanders Rally in Detroit
This past Sunday, Bernie Sanders held a rally at Detroit’s Cass Technical High School, where Jack White — a Detroit native and graduate of Cass Tech — got onstage to stump for the candidate and perform a short set of songs. White and his band opened with a mashup of …
Read More »The Raconteurs Detail New Album 'Help Us Stranger'
The Raconteurs – Jack White, Brendan Benson, Jack Lawrence and Patrick Keeler – have announced their third album. Help Us Stranger will be released via Third Man Records on June 21st. The group’s first new album in more than a decade, the LP follows 2008’s Consolers of the Lonely. Written …
Read More »Jack White's Euphoric Nashville Homecoming Concert Won't Be Forgotten
Jack White took my phone and locked it in a bag. To be fair, it was actually Yondr, a company that specializes in phone-free experiences, like White’s homecoming concert on Tuesday night at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. But the no-technology, no-distractions edict was clearly the famously analog musician’s idea. And a …
Read More »The End of Owning Music: How CDs and Downloads Died
If you visited Austin’s Waterloo Records recently, you might have noticed a construction project that was unthinkable not so long ago: The 36-year-old Austin music staple was replacing 24 feet of CD racks with space for more vinyl. “After 30 years of CDs, a lot of people are moving on …
Read More »Jack White Plots North American Tour
Jack White will embark on a North American tour this spring in support of his new solo album, Boarding House Reach. The headlining trek kicks off April 19th at the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan and includes stops in Milwaukee, Omaha, Austin, Dallas, Houston, St. Louis, Washington D.C. and …
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