HCPress : Country Music Royalty Rosanne Cash Plays Boone’s Schaefer Center on April 9 →

The Schaefer Center Presents series, presented by Appalachian State University’s Office of Arts and Cultural Programs, welcomes award-winning singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash to Boone on Saturday, April 9 at 7pm. The iconic Americana artist will close out the 2021-22 season with a concert spanning new songs (“Crawl into the Promised Land”), revered classics (“Seven Year Ache”) and all the memories in between.

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Music Connection : LOVE ROCKS NY AT THE BEACON THEATER (by Alex Kluft) →

The 6th annual Love Rocks NY took place Thursday night at the Beacon Theater in NYC lasting nearly four hours. The event featured a stellar lineup of artists including the reunion of Keith Richards and the X-Pensive Winos, Mavis Staples, baseball legend Bernie Williams, Hozier, Anders Osborne, and Larkin Poe as well as several celebrity speakers.

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Rock Cellar Magazine : The Weight Band (ft. Former Members of The Band and The Levon Helm Band) Releasing ‘Shines Like Gold’ LP 4/1 →

The Weight Band, an ensemble featuring former members of The Band and The Levon Helm Band, will release a new record titled Shines Like Gold on Friday, April 1. Shines Like Gold is the second album from the group, and was previewed with a video for “Out of the Wilderness”.

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Live for Live Music : Warren Haynes Postpones Gov’t Mule Tour Due To Shoulder Injury (by James Sissler) →

Warren Haynes announced via social media that Gov’t Mule‘s spring tour, which was scheduled to commence on April 6th, has been postponed due to a shoulder injury he suffered while on vacation with his family in Costa Rica this past weekend. As noted in the announcement, Warren Haynes is expected to recover in time for Gov’t Mule to hit the road this summer, as planned, according to doctors. View a list of the postponed spring tour dates below, and stay tuned for updates.

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NEWS.COM EU : Australian music greats join forces to raise money for Red Cross (by Emily Cosenza) →

Australian music greats have banded together to help raise money for flood-ravaged communities in the nation’s east.

Part of Queensland and NSW were submerged in waters, forcing locals to flee their homes.

Dozens of people also lost their lives in the unprecedented weather event.

The rest of the nation has been asked to dig deep into their pockets and raise money to help the hundreds of thousands of flood victims.

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Live for Live Music : From Keith Richards To Bill Murray & Beyond, Love Rocks NYC Packs Star Power Into The Beacon Theatre [Videos] (by Andrew O'Brien) →

On Thursday evening, some of the music and entertainment world’s biggest stars came together at the Beacon Theatre for the sixth edition of Love Rocks NYC, the marathon benefit for Gods Love We Deliver produced by famed fashion designer John Varvatos alongside Greg Williamson and Nicole Rechter.

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Variety : ‘It’s a Declaration of Love,’ Says Charlotte Gainsbourg About Her Film Dedicated to Mom Jane Birkin (By Marta Balaga) →

Despite forging her own way as a successful actor and singer, acclaimed for her collaborations with Lars von Trier, Charlotte Gainsbourg has been compared to her father Serge and mom Jane Birkin all her life, she says. In directorial debut “Jane by Charlotte,” she comes back to the subject on her own terms. Shown at the Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival this week following its Cannes premiere, the film is sold internationally by The Party Film Sales.

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The Berkshire Eagle : Angélique Kidjo's 'Yemandja' is a family drama and historical thriller (by Sharon Smullen) →

Around the world, Benin-born singer, songwriter and activist Angélique Kidjo is musical royalty. Widely considered the “Queen of African Music,” she has performed at United Nations, Olympic and Nobel Prize ceremonies, collaborated with musical luminaries from Bono to Philip Glass and recorded numerous albums, four of which have won Grammy Awards.

On Friday, March 4, at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams, she will become a goddess in “Yemandja.”

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48 hîlls : Live Shots : Roseanne Cash and John Leventhal work their way through “The List” (by Jon Bauer) →

The first night of married couple Roseanne Cash and John Leventhal’s four-day run at SFJAZZ (through Sun/27, tickets still available) mostly explored her vaunted family legacy. Cash shone while gave us songs from “The List,” the 100-track rundown of the most essential sounds in country music history, as assessed by her knowledgeable dad, Johnny Cash. There were a few surprises though—including her delivery of two Dylan songs.

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