Genesis

In more basic terms, I feel like we wanted to make a little bit more of an up album, like maybe you're cleaning your house while you're listening to it, rather than drinking your tea. Read More

The other day we heard the first sounds from Peter Gabriels' all orchestral indie rock covers LP, Scratch My Back , with his take on Arcade Fire's "My Body Is A Cage." Read More

Genesis is set to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in a couple of months, but original vocalist Peter Gabriel says he has no plans to sing with his old band at the show. Read More

Scratch My Back ," Gabriel's eighth studio album since departing Genesis in 1977, is due in stores Feb. 15 . Read More

"Scratch My Back," Gabriel's eighth studio album since departing Genesis in 1977, is due in stores Feb. 15. Read More

I'm bummed, but not completely surprised. Read More

Five years ago Gabriel held a meeting with the classic Genesis lineup of Phil Collins, Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford and Steve Hackett to discuss a possible staging of their 1974 prog-rock epic The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway . Read More

Five years ago, when the French-Canadian Genesis tribute band the Musical Box made its Albany debut at the Palace Theatre with a production of the classic Genesis rock opera, "The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway," the band had already been together for more than a decade and were devoted exclusively to the Peter Gabriel-era of the band, 1973-1975. Read More

We've spoken about Scratch My Back , Peter Gabriel's anticipated Bob Ezrin-produced orchestral covers collection featuring reinterpretations of Radiohead, Arcade Fire, the Magnetic Fields, Bon Iver, Elbow, Talking Heads, Lou Reed, Regina Spektor, David Bowie, etc. In a couple of interesting, intimate-seeming podcasts, Gabriel gives plenty of background and insight into the project. Read More