Jeff Buckley

Jeff Buckley — Grace Around The World

The cult of Jeff Buckley continues to grow, and with good reason. Although Buckley only released one full-length album during his lifetime before he accidentally drowned at the age of 30, Grace is rightly recognized as a classic. Buckley placed much emphasis on live performance, and that's the main idea behind Grace Around The World. The CD/DVD...
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Jeff Buckley's Grace Around The World

I Read The News Today... For June 23, 2011

Hey! Hey Rosetta! are touring! This! Summer! Whoa! You Europeans will likely need a healthy dose of the macabre to balance out your good times kickin' back with a cold one on the patio in the sunshine, so here are Timber Timbre's upcoming shows. The Dears are apparently performing with Prince next week at the Montreal Jazz Festival. Or at least...
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I Read The News Today... For June 16, 2011

Really? This guy says he only got $2,500 to allegedly shoot Tupac? Doesn't that seem a little low to you? Hatebreed vocalist Jamey Jasta's solo album will feature guest appearances from members of Lamb Of God, As I Lay Dying and All That Remains, along with Black Label Society's Zakk Wylde. Play it around your mom to annoy her. Metallica are...
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I Read The News Today... For April 20, 2011

If you've been waiting over three years to hear some falsetto folk crooning, you won't have to much longer: Bon Iver's self-titled sophomore album is out June 21. First Rusty reunited... now SIANspheric have reunited. Or will reunite on May 14 to play a show with stoner rockers Quest For Fire in Hamilton, Ont. —Facebook Diamond Rings has signed...
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I Read The News Today... For April 11, 2011

TheScore sports television network is releasing a compilation called TheScore Rocks on April 19. It'll feature all the jock rock jams you'd expect to hear at sports games, like tunes from Nickelback, Disturbed, Billy Talent, Shinedown and more. Limp Bizkit's Gold Cobra album has been pushed back to June 28. Can't they just push the release date...
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I Read The News Today... For Jan. 24, 2011

Well, here's one heck of a delicious sounding tour that's going to be one hot mess of sloppy guitar rock. Black Lips and Vivian Girls are hitting the road together from late February to April. —Pitchfork Winnipeg singer/songwriter Christine Fellows will release her new Femmes De Chez Nous album on Feb. 1 through Six Shooter. The bilingual release...
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Scarlett Johansson Covers Jeff Buckley

Scarlett Johansson has thus far only recorded one original song, and that trend continues with her recent cover of Jeff Buckley's "Last Goodbye." Katy Perry's inspiration covered the Buckley track for the soundtrack to her latest movie, He's Just Not That Into You. The movie is bizarrely based on a self-help book that was inspired by...
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"Hallelujah" Charts Three Times In U.K.

Jeff Buckley fans didn't succeed in preventing an X Factor version of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" from taking the Christmas #1 spot on the U.K. singles chart as they'd hoped, but they bought so many digital copies that Buckley's version ended up in second place. X Factor finalist Alexandra Burke's version of "Hallelujah" has...
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Jeff Buckley Comp Gets Reissued

Jeff Buckley might be dead, but he may already have a leg up on any X Factor artist as far as next year's album sales go, because a compilation of his songs will be re-released in January in the U.K. So Real: Songs From Jeff Buckley will come out on Jan. 19 through Sony. It was originally released in 2007, but will be reissued with a live...
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10th Anniversary Of Jeff Buckley's Death Brings New Album And DVD

Ten years after Jeff Buckley's drowning death, fans still want more from the singer/songwriter. To mark the anniversary of his untimely demise at age 30, Columbia/Legacy will release both a CD compilation and a DVD of the Amazing Grace documentary on May 22. So Real: Songs From Jeff Buckley combines Buckley's most notable tracks from his sole...
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Feature Film To Be Made About Jeff Buckley

Critically acclaimed singer/songwriter Jeff Buckley will be documented in a biopic that will chronicle his career from its early stages to his death at age 30. Writer-director Brian Jun, whose Steel City was recently nominated for the grand jury prize at the Sundance Film Festival, will write and direct the film. It will be produced by Buckley'...
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Tim And Jeff Buckley Get The Tribute Treatment

Tim Buckley and his son Jeff received more critical acclaim than fame and fortune during their respective careers. But they seem to have developed larger followings after they both met with untimely deaths. Their legends are only likely to grow next year with Rykodisc's January 31 release of Dream Brother: The Songs Of Jeff & Tim Buckley...
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Ours: Jimmy Gnecco Is Not Jeff Buckley!

Any fans of the late Jeff Buckley might want to start getting excited about the upcoming release of an album that will more than likely make them cry with joy. It's near blasphemous to even consider a singer/songwriter who can elicit comparisons to the perfect beauty of Buckley's voice and music, but Jimmy Gnecco (pronounced Neck-oh) is already...
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Jeff Buckley — Mystery White Boy: Live '95-'96

A collection of performances from 1995-1996, this is an excellent document of the late Jeff Buckley and his band for any fan, especially the ones who never got the opportunity to experience this act live. This CD contains passionate versions of the songs featured on Grace as well as a few non-album tracks and covers of Big Star's "Kanga...
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Jeff Buckley - Mystery White Boy: Live '95-'96
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