Brendan Benson

Gumroad wants to empower musicians, in fact everyone, to sell" as easily as they share"; and so far its 19 year old founder has raised $8.1 million to make his goal a reality. Read More

On the last day of recording the new Cory Chisel and the Wandering Sons album, Old Believers , Chisel was arrested and thrown in prison for the night. Read More

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It's no mere coincidence that Brendan Benson recorded his seventh album, What Kind of World , at a studio called Welcome To 1979. Read More

Jack White is an elusive fellow, so we'll never know what happened between him and British model Karen Elson that led to their big divorce party last year -- matter of fact, we're still a little confused about Meg -- but we can gather from "Blunderbuss" that it got a little messy. Read More

On "What Kind of World," the opening title track of his latest solo album, Brendan Benson laments about being, "So looked over, so underrated" over a somber organ and appregiated guitar chords, and you can't help to think that the guy kind of has a point. Read More

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The gods of power pop are perennially unkind. Read More

NPR is streaming the new Rufus Wainwright album, Out of the Game (out May 1st). Read More

On his first four albums, Brendan Benson proved that he could balance his classicist approach to composition with a thoroughly modern point of view that was always guarded in its optimism. Read More