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Eric Burdon - 'Til Your River Runs Dry

Mon, April 29 2013 11:24am - Source: Uncut.co.uk

One of several pleasant surprises on 'Til Your River Runs Dry is to hear Eric Burdon , who made his name as a blues shouter, croon achingly on "Wait", a slow, self-written Latin piece with a tango rhythm.

SXSW 2013: Eric Burdon Brings 'Water' to the Rock Room

Sat, March 16 2013 5:39pm - Source: Rolling Stone

Former Animals and War frontman Eric Burdon hit the stage at the Rolling Stone Rock Room Friday afternoon at SXSW to play tunes from this year's 'Til Your River Runs Dry. He played album-opener "Water," which, he told Rolling Stone in an interview after the se t, was inspired by a conversation he once had with Mikhail Gorbachev.

SXSW 2013: Charles Bradley, Eric Burdon Bring Blues and Noise to Rolling Stone Rock Room

Sat, March 16 2013 1:13am - Source: Rolling Stone

Charles Bradley asked a packed crowd of SXSW day partiers in Austin.

The irrepressible beast of Eric Burdon

Thu, March 14 2013 7:29am - Source: Telegraph - London - UK [Music]

And today, a year on from Springsteen's endorsement, it will be Burdon giving a speech at SXSW.

Eric Burdon interview

Sun, March 10 2013 8:29am - Source: Telegraph - London - UK [Music]

How is your health after last year's back surgery?

Soul Serenade: War, “Slippin’ Into Darkness”

Thu, February 07 2013 12:54pm - Source: Pop Dose

War. Their very name indicated that their music was going to be something more than bland pop, or even the smooth soul of Motown.

Eric Burdon Speaks His Mind on New LP

Tue, February 05 2013 4:43pm - Source: Rolling Stone

Eric Burdon doesn't regard himself as much of a firebrand anymore, but don't think he'll hesitate to express a strongly held opinion.

Eric Burdon Q&A: Rock Legend on Springsteen, Back Pain and Racial Divides

Fri, February 01 2013 7:02pm - Source: Spinner

Following years of intense back pain after falling on a patch of ice, the former Animals and War frontman is all healed up and just released a new album, 'Til Your River Runs Dry. Spinner recently caught up with the legendary rocker to discuss the record, his grueling SXSW stint, performing with Bruce Springsteen and how he bridged the racial divide with his War bandmates.

New Music Monday: Eric Burdon, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite

Mon, January 28 2013 1:55pm - Source: Something Else!

New Music Monday spans a dizzying range of styles, from rootsy stuff to jazz, from blues to classic rock.

Album Premiere: Eric Burdon Gets Personal on ''Til Your River Runs Dry'

Sat, January 26 2013 2:21pm - Source: Rolling Stone

It's been 50 years since Eric Burdon joined the Animals.

One Track Mind: Eric Burdon, “Water” from ‘Til Your River Runs Dry (2013)

Thu, January 17 2013 12:35pm - Source: Something Else!

In many ways, Eric Burdon is still that leather-throated scruff who rose to fame barking "I've Gotta Get Out of This Place" in the mid-1960s, giving voice to the most visceral feeling of a generation of GIs serving in a meaningless war.

‘They’ll hate me even more’: Eric Burdon on the bad blood behind ‘We Gotta Get Out of this Place’

Sun, January 13 2013 7:39pm - Source: Something Else!

Eric Burdon's blistering take on "We Gotta Get Out of this Place," a 1965 hit with the Animals, gained new life last year when Bruce Springsteen lauded it as part of his keynote speech at SXSW.

Mike Ragogna: A Real "Mensch": A Conversation With Germany's Biggest Pop Star, Herbert Grönemeyer

Mon, November 26 2012 5:41am - Source: The Huffington Post - Entertainment

Herbert Groenemeyer is Germany's most successful recording artist ever, with album sales of over 18 million.

The Animals' Eric Burdon on His New EP With the Greenhornes

Fri, November 23 2012 4:29pm - Source: Rolling Stone

Eric Burdon does not like to waste time in the recording studio, which made working with the Greenhornes a particular pleasure for the former Animals frontman: they knocked out their new four-song EP in a single weekend this past spring.

Eric Burdon and the Greenhornes

Fri, November 23 2012 4:22pm - Source: Rolling Stone

At a time when widespread opposition to the Vietnam War had only just started to build, the Fugs satirized the absurdity of war by putting the lyrics of "Kill for Peace" to a crude rocker reminiscent of "Twist and Shout."

Track was inspired by back pain and Winston Churchill

Tue, October 16 2012 1:14pm - Source: Rolling Stone

The four-song collection, Eric Burdon and the Greenhornes , is due November 23rd as part of Record Store Day's "Black Friday."

Digging for Gold: The Time-Life “AM Gold” Series, Part 55

Wed, July 25 2012 12:27pm - Source: Pop Dose

This week's installment proves, once and for all, that we are not the cynical, cold-hearted bunch we seem to be sometimes.

Awesome Album Covers: Eric Burdon/Jimmy Witherspoon – “Guilty”

Sat, November 05 2011 11:26pm - Source: WNEW

Black men trapped in a prison inside the head of a blank-faced white man.

Let’s Argue About the 2012 Rock Hall Nominees

Tue, September 27 2011 7:39pm - Source: Pop Dose

Ian McLagan's response: " He has a point.

WayBack Wednesday - Jimmy Witherspoon and Eric Burdon - Guilty! 1971

Wed, September 21 2011 7:59pm - Source: MOG

In his book "Good Times", Dionisio Castello notes that (a) "Goin' Down Slow" and "Home Dreams" were performed by Eric Burdon & WAR while the other tracks were recorded by Burdon and Witherspoon, (b) the provisional title for the album was "The Time Has Come" with the cover featuring a photo of Barry Jenkins (ex The Animals and Eric Burdon & The Animals drummer) strapped to the electric chair and (c) despite Burdon indicating in 1971 interviews that it was a live album from the May 1971 gig at San Quentin Prison with Witherspoon and Muhammad Ali, the only track on the album from that gig is "Going Down Slow" by Eric Burdon & WAR.

Rock’s Greatest Voices: Eric Burdon

Fri, July 01 2011 1:30am - Source: WNEW

What Janis Joplin was to the blues as a white woman, Eric Burdo n was to the blues as a white man.

Video Classics: ‘Spill the Wine’ – War With Eric Burdon

Tue, June 14 2011 2:19am - Source: WNEW

Released on the album Eric Burdon Declares War , "Spill the Wine" kept with its album title's theme by proceeding to make a frontal assault on the charts.

The Isley Brothers - Givin' It Back

Thu, June 02 2011 12:17am - Source: MOG

The LP starts off with a sizzling version of Neil Young's "Ohio" fused with Jimi Hendrix's "Machine Gun." The song speaks not only to the Kent State campus killings of 1970 but the less publicized incident 10 days later at Jackson State University in Mississippi, where two black students were killed and a dozen more were injured by police trying to stop a demonstration.

Here’s Something Else!: The Isley Brothers Still Make Us Want To Shout

Tue, April 12 2011 3:55pm - Source: Pop Dose

In a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame career dating back to the early 1950s, the Isley Brothers stayed on the move — transforming themselves from gospel shouters to doo-woppers to early rock 'n' rollers to nasty funksters to lover-man balladeers.

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Eric Burdon - 'Til Your River Runs Dry

SXSW 2013: Eric Burdon Brings 'Water' to the Rock Room

SXSW 2013: Charles Bradley, Eric Burdon Bring Blues and Noise to Rolling Stone Rock Room

The irrepressible beast of Eric Burdon

Eric Burdon interview

Soul Serenade: War, “Slippin’ Into Darkness”

Eric Burdon Speaks His Mind on New LP

Eric Burdon Q&A: Rock Legend on Springsteen, Back Pain and Racial Divides

New Music Monday: Eric Burdon, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite

Album Premiere: Eric Burdon Gets Personal on ''Til Your River Runs Dry'

One Track Mind: Eric Burdon, “Water” from ‘Til Your River Runs Dry (2013)

‘They’ll hate me even more’: Eric Burdon on the bad blood behind ‘We Gotta Get Out of this Place’

Mike Ragogna: A Real "Mensch": A Conversation With Germany's Biggest Pop Star, Herbert Grönemeyer

The Animals' Eric Burdon on His New EP With the Greenhornes

Eric Burdon and the Greenhornes

Track was inspired by back pain and Winston Churchill

Digging for Gold: The Time-Life “AM Gold” Series, Part 55

Awesome Album Covers: Eric Burdon/Jimmy Witherspoon – “Guilty”

Let’s Argue About the 2012 Rock Hall Nominees

WayBack Wednesday - Jimmy Witherspoon and Eric Burdon - Guilty! 1971

Rock’s Greatest Voices: Eric Burdon

Video Classics: ‘Spill the Wine’ – War With Eric Burdon

The Isley Brothers - Givin' It Back

Here’s Something Else!: The Isley Brothers Still Make Us Want To Shout

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