Visual albums — a bunch of videos strung together to commemorate the release of new work from a musical artist — typically either feel like shameless promotion or a vanity project. “Songs From the ...

As robust as streaming, premium cable and PBS have made the documentary marketplace in recent years, you wouldn’t be wrong to feel that there’s a glut of similar stories being told in similar ways. If ...

Songs from the Hole is an innovative documentary/visual album composed by JJ’88, a musician incarcerated at 15 and serving a life sentence.Told through first-person narration and lyrical journal ...

A little while back, we mentioned that Courtney Love would be doing some Northeast shows with Starred this summer. That run of dates has been expanding into a much larger North American tour. You can ...

When American Songwriter spoke with longtime Nirvana touring sound engineer Craig Montgomery, he told us about Courtney Love’s impact on the legendary grunge band and its frontman Kurt Cobain. In ...

This documentary-musical looks at a young man in prison, asking bedeviling questions about crime, punishment and forgiveness. By Lisa Kennedy When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed ...

There’s another new Arcade Fire song out in the world. Two nights ago, the band played a show at New Orleans’ Toulouse Theatre, where they debuted a bunch of new material including forthcoming single ...