"Christmas Carol Week" on 'The Colbert Report' wrapped up last night with Mavis Staples joining Sean Lennon and Wilco's Jeff Tweedy for a version of the John Lennon/Yoko Ono holiday classic 'Happy Xmas (War Is Over),' complete with backing from the Harlem Gospel Choir.
Now that Jeff Tweedy's thoughts on all those "dad rock" jokes are known once and for all, Wilco can get back to focusing on straight-up rocking -- and the band is already preparing to do just that, confirming plans to bring back the Solid Sound Music and Arts Festival next summer. The gathering is set for June 21-23 at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art in North Adams, Mass.
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Wilco's Jeff Tweedy finally addresses all those "dad rock" jokes, once and for all.
After Jeff Tweedy and Jay Farrar each released albums with their new groups in 1995 following the breakup of their band Uncle Tupelo the previous year, it looked like Farrar’s Son Volt would be the one people would be talking about 10 years later. ‘Trace’ was an instant alt-country classic; Wilco’s ‘A.M.’ mostly sounded like leftovers from Tweedy’s Tupelo days.
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With Wilco already in New York City for a few gigs earlier this week , the band made sure to make time for a visit to 'Late Night With Jimmy Fallon' on Wednesday night (July 26). Wilco are in the middle of an extensive summer shed tour and thus playing like a well-oiled machine, and it showed -- both their performance of 'Art of Almost,' the lead track off their latest album, 'The Whole Love,' for the TV show, and the web-exclusive 'Laminated Cat,' a cut that was recorded by Wilco side project Loose Fur, were amazingly tight.
