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“Jeff’s like, ‘That’s the most expensive guitar in this building.’ I was like, ‘Get it away from me’”: Jeff Tweedy opened his guitar vault for this cult indie artist – and it put him on edge

Recording with the Wilco man meant Cut Worms got to explore his wealth of guitars, but had to pull himself away from one

Guitar World

“We didn’t have time to fix it, so I traded it for a Fender Twin. But I know where they are”: Jeff Tweedy on the two guitars he regrets selling – and how Billy Gibbons ended up with them

The sharp-dressed guitar hero doesn’t seem to be in the mood for letting them go...

Guitar World

“I bought it for 100 bucks. The guy didn’t think it was fixable. Years later, he came to a show and saw me playing it. He was mad – said I took advantage of him”: Jeff Tweedy says his mom has an eye for guitar bargains – these are the cheapest gems yet

The $100 purchase was in poor condition, and when he got it singing, its former owner was vexed...

Guitar World

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“I was so poor. I was pushing 50 years old. I thought, ‘I might have to get a job again’”: Guitar wizard Nels Cline was about to get a day job before Jeff Tweedy changed his life and asked him to join Wilco

Cline was about to look at alternative income streams before Tweedy came out of the blue and asked him to join Wilco

Guitar World

Post your questions for Mavis Staples

As the 86-year-old music legend prepares to release a new album, she will take on your questions

The Guardian - UK

“It might be Fender Japan’s biggest collab to date and it’s not even with an artist”: All the new guitar gear that has caught my eye this week – including an affordable recreation of one of Nerdville’s rarest Les Paul Customs

A boatload of new PRS SE models, a new signature for Wilco's Jeff Tweedy, and a monstrous collaboration from Fender Japan all arrived this week

Guitar World

“Someone buys a guitar with my name on it and takes it home – I hope it becomes a part of their daily habit”: Martin teams up with Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy for a new signature model – and reintroduces an old favorite

Martin is reissuing Tweedy's popular 2012 signature acoustic, and rolling out a 000 Junior model that guarantees a “warm, balanced voice”

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The queens of collaboration in Lucius are finding themselves again musically

Singers Holly Laessig and Jess Wolfe have worked with a roster of greats in the two decades they've been together — people like Harry Styles, Brandi Carlile, Sheryl Crow, Jeff Tweedy and the Killers

The Independent UK

“I remember it being very uncomfortable. My body would just vibrate with anxious energy listening back”: When their lead guitarist was fired, Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy had to step up to the plate. The result was an iconic record with a “panic attack” solo

Tweedy recalls 2004’s A Ghost is Born as a crash course in taking over lead guitar, as he breaks down his attitude to songwriting, explains why the best artists are experts in failure – and suggests modern players might be too good to be remembered

Guitar World

“Sometimes you have to take the piss out of the nerdiness in yourself!” How Geddy Lee geeked up for his Big Beautiful Book of Bass

Rush icon planned to buy 12 instruments for his own enjoyment – but when his collection reached 250 he decided to justify the expense by writing a 600-page book (of which 408 were published)

Louder

The best Taylor Swift gifts for super fans

From a book that reveals the stories behind the record-breaking singer’s songs to her favourite kind of red lipstick, these pressies picked by our music editor will delight the Swiftie in your life

The Guardian - UK

15 best tracks from the 2000s to test your hi-fi system

Songs released between 2000 and 2009 that will put your system through the wringer...

What Hi-Fi?

Cult singer-songwriter Bill Fay: ‘I didn’t leave the music business, the music business left me!’

In his last ever interview, the 80-year-old – admired by stacks of stars from Nick Cave to Jeff Tweedy – explains how God and war informed his distinctive folk pop, and how he got a second chance at success late in life

The Guardian - UK

Jeff Tweedy Just Said Dolly Parton Should Never Have Written 'I Will Always Love You'

Yikessss, Jeff.

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Wilco's Jeff Tweedy on religion, music — and the Dolly Parton song he dislikes

Jeff Tweedy's new book is his tribute to the songs and songwriters that inspired him to start making music in the first place — and then to keep doing it for a long time.

Chicago Sun-Times

Afternoon Edition: Pastor pioneers resettlement program for migrants living at police stations

Plus: Young shooting survivor preps to lead basketball team, the cost of in-person work and more.

The Independent UK

Jeff Tweedy is a prolific songwriter and poignant lyricist. So why does writing scare him?

Jeff Tweedy is known to fans as a prolific songwriter and poignant lyricist

The Guardian - UK

Wilco: Cousin review – a band rediscovering their experimental side

Jeff Tweedy and co’s 13th album bears a close family resemblance to Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, but with Cate Le Bon in the producer’s chair, it has an appealing wash of left-field weirdness and its lyrics express an older man’s anxieties

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From me to your inbox: 33 of the best Substack newsletters

The fast-growing US writing platform has come of age. But how do you find the good stuff? We pick some of the best by theme

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Wilco review – guitar fireworks fused with complex emotions

The still-startling sonics of Jeff Tweedy and his Chicago survivors keeps them sharp-edged as they return to their Americana roots

The Guardian - UK

Wilco review – venerated band remain startlingly brilliant alt-rock greats

Jeff Tweedy is initially a little distant with his devoted audience, but the chemistry between the group soon ignites

Louder

Ian Hunter: an absolutely epic interview

He’s older than rock’n’roll itself, and back with an all-star cast on his new album on Sun Records. Here he talks to about working with Jeff Beck and Taylor Hawkins, punk rock, Alex Harvey, David Bowie, and sex and drugs in the 70s

Guitar World

Watch Derek Trucks and Nels Cline bring different worlds of lead guitar greatness together in stunning live call-and-response duel with Wilco

The Chicago alt-rock lifers invited the Tedeschi Trucks Band slide ace to the stage in St. Augustine, Florida for a version of their fan favorite extended guitar workout, Impossible Germany

Chicago Sun-Times

How Johnson and Vallas became rivals for mayor, COVID’s lasting impact on hospitals and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is about an eight-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Wilco residency filled with the familiar and the new in country-infused opener at the Riv

Jeff Tweedy and company are in the midst of a three-night run at the North Side club, promising a different set each night.

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