UNCUT’s cover story finds Michael Stipe, Peter Buck and Mike Mills reflecting on their early years and in particular Fables of the Reconstruction as it turns 40: a pivotal record in the band’s story. For more information on how you can order a copy of the issue, visit Uncut Magazine‘s site.
Athens is in for a real shindig this Thursday April 24th at the Hotel Indigo’s Rialto Room in Athens, GA as Peter, Kevn Kinney, and Angie Aparo will entertain those gathered with great tunes and memorable tales. Hope to see you there! Ticket information here.
Peter and Kevn Kinney will be back at the Rialto Club this Thursday at Hotel Indigo in downtown Athens for what promises to be a great show (along with Angie Aparo)—it’s the finale of Kevn’s four concert residency, so you won’t want to miss it. 8pm EDT, doors at 7pm. Get your tickets here. … Continued
Peter & Kevn Kinney will play a special Easter Sunday show at the Rialto Club at Hotel Indigo this weekend. Visit the hotel’s website for more information.
Today marks the 44th anniversary of the day R.E.M. first went up to Winston-Salem, NC to record 3 songs with young producer Mitch Easter: Radio Free Europe, Sitting Still and Wh. Tornado at Mitch Easter’s Drive-in Studio in Winston-Salem. It was released on Hib-Tone Records three months later and things were off and running! Peter … Continued
Michael is in the latest issue of 3 Objects magazine, an interview based publication that explores the emotional and symbolic connections between people and their most cherished objects. Visit the link below for more information on the magazine and to learn about Michael’s “3 objects.” 3 Objects
Great story from NPR, words and music, and altogether the story… #REM45 on Saturday, a busy day in Belgium and the United States and everywhere else for that matter. Check it out here. photo by Melanie Peeples
On Wednesday night, Michael performed at “People Have The Power, A Celebration of Patti Smith” at Carnegie Hall in NYC. Thanks to Mercer Brockenbrough and Ethan Kaplan for sharing these photos.
In more earth stopping news from the peripatetic lives of legendary globe trotter and bon vivant Perer Buck, a new Luke Haines Peter Buck LP has been announced! I’m Going Down to the River to Blow My Mind! An excursion into depths of the twisted psyches of Luke Haines, Peter Buck, Scott McCaughey and Linda Pitmon. … Continued
Last week, Michael was recognized as the 2025 McNair Honoree at the Koger Center for the Arts at the University of South Carolina where he also participated in the 2025 McNair Conversation on the American South. Visit the link in bio to watch his conversation with moderator Mark Smith, Director of the Institute for Southern … Continued
So much fun last night with Michael Shannon, Jason Narducy ++ and FRIENDS playing their last show of the month-long American tour in hometown Evanston, Chicagoland, Illinois. The place was SPACE, the space was packed, the joint was jumpin’, and lucky friends, family, and fans were right there for every song— lots lot of songs! … Continued
So this is the final weekend of Michael Shannon/Jason Narducy and friends presenting the music of Fables of the Reconstruction (and much more from the R.E.M. canon): The Metro tonight, SPACE in Evanston tomorrow, both shows long since sold out. With most all of the guys playing being from or based in Chicago, there won’t … Continued
Bertis’s first Postcard from the Road in a long while— inspired by the reconstruction of the fables and those guys out there touring it: Bertis says, “First, let me allay any concerns: no, I have not joined the circus or anything crazy like that, but I am a self-professed superfan of the people and this … Continued
“Here is the second episode of Barrett Martin’s world music travelogue, Singing Earth. This one is focused on Brazilian music. I’m in it a bit, but don’t hold that against it!” – Peter Check it out!
A star-studded cast of musicians and artists including Gogol Bordello, Jackson Browne, Laurie Anderson, Patti Smith, Michael Stipe, Orville Peck, Arooj Aftab, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Allison Russell, Tune-Yards, Angélique Kidjo, the Philip Glass Ensemble, Tenzin Choegyal, and the Scorchio Quartet turned out for last night’s 38th Annual Tibet House US Benefit Concert at Carnegie Hall. Michael … Continued