Day in Rock Report for 04/11/2022

The Black Crowes have shared their cover of The Temptations' "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" to celebrate the announcement of their forthcoming, "Amazon Original EP, 1972."

The special tribute to the 50th anniversary of some of the best rock-and-roll during its prime was recorded at the Sunset Sound in Los Angeles in January 2022 and features six songs that were specifically selected through a collaboration between the band and Amazon Music. (read more)

The Judds have announced that they will be launching their first tour in over a decade, The Final Tour, which will feature Martina McBride on select dates.

The 10-date arena trek will be kicking off on Friday, September 30th in Grand Rapids, MI at Van Andel Arena, making stops in Toledo, Green Bay, Fort Worth, and more before concluding in Nashville, TN at Bridgestone Arena on Friday, October 28th. (read more)

The Eagles' Timothy B. Schmit has shared a lyric video for his new single "Heartbeat". The song is the second single that he has shared from his forthcoming album.

"Heartbeat" follows the March 18tg release of the album's first single "Simple Man" single and video. The new record, Timothy's seventh solo album, will be entitled "Day By Day", and it hitting stores on May 6th. (read more)

New York rockers The Sweet Things have released an action-packed music video for their new single "Brown Leather." The song is the title track to their forthcoming sophomore album that arrives on June 3rd.

Dave Tierney had this to say about the inspiration of the track, "In our world someone saying, 'that's very brown leather' is sort of similar to saying, 'that's not very punk rock.' It's meant derisively in a way intended to criticize someone's taste and even their cred a bit. It's lighthearted, but also intended as a dig. (read more)

American Football are streaming a music video for their brand new cover of Mazzy Star's "Fade Into You", which features Miya Folick on guest vocals.

The song appears alongside the American Football original "Rare Symmetry" on 10" vinyl due out June 10th via Polyvinyl Record Co. and available digitally now. (read more)

Darius Rucker will return to the historic Ryman Auditorium on Monday, June 6 for his 13th Annual Darius and Friends concert benefitting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

The event, which unofficially kicks off the week of CMA Fest in downtown Nashville and has raised more than $2.5 million to date, will feature an all-star roster of friends to be announced in the coming weeks. (read more)

Rush legend Alex Lifeson's new band Envy Of None have just released their self-titled debut album and to celebrate we asked lead vocalist Maiah Wynne and bassist Adam Curran to tell us about the song "Never Said I Love You". Here is the story:

Maiah: This was one of our early collaborations and it is one of my favorite songs on the record. I remember Andy sent me the bed track with some vocal ideas that included the beginning of the chorus "I never said I love you, I never said I want to make you mine" (continue)

Red Hot Chili Peppers have scored the top rock album of the year after receiving over 125 million streams during the first week of release of their new studio effort "Unlimited Love."

The album claimed the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200, and also topped the charts around the world, including in UK, Ireland, Australia, France, Germany, New Zealand, Switzerland, Netherlands, Belgium and more. (read more)

Boston rockers Cave In have released a music video for their new single "Blinded By A Blaze" to celebrate the release of their first new studio album in over a decade.

The new record, "Heavy Pendulum", also marks the iconic group's debut release with Relapse Records. The new video featuring album artwork by Richey Beckett combined with live footage by Frank Huang from 3 sold out shows at Saint Vitus Bar/Brooklyn NY in 2021. (read more)

The Lumineers have announced that they are celebrating the 10th anniversary of their triple-platinum selling self-titled debut album with a very special deluxe vinyl edition that will arrive later this year.

The upcoming vinyl release of The Lumineers will include six additional bonus tracks and will be available in a number of colored variants, with a limited number of signed copies available via Dualtone (in the U.S. Canada), Decca Records (for the rest of the world), and the band's official webstore. (read more)

Jack Johnson has released a music video for his new track "One Step Ahead". The song is the lead single for his forthcoming album, "Meet the Moonlight".

The new record is Jack's eighth studio album and is set to be released on June 24th in standard formats as well as in an exclusive 180g milky clear vinyl edition via his official online store. (read more)

Brett Young has released his brand new track, "Long Way Home (From The Motion Picture Father Stu)", which appears in the upcoming Sony Pictures film Father Stu.

"Father Stu" hits theaters this Wednesday, April 13th and stars Mark Wahlberg. It was written for the screen and directed by Rosalind Ross. Brett explains how he became involved in doing a song for the film (read more)

BMG has released a music video for "Take Love", the first single to be taken from Gilbert O'Sullivan's twentieth studio album, Driven, out July 22nd. Take Love finds Gilbert and guest vocalist, Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall trading lines over a sizzlingly energetic RB arrangement.

Incredibly, fifty years have elapsed since Gilbert O'Sullivan found himself celebrating a six-week run at the top of the U.S. Billboard Chart with Alone Again Naturally - the song which prompted America to commence an improbable love affair with this Irish-born, yet most British of singer-songwriters. The song has been covered live by artists including Neil Diamond, Nina Simone, Pet Shop Boys and Elton John. It's perhaps no surprise that ensuing generations of acclaimed artists - including Paul Weller, Squeeze and The Lemon Twigs - proudly count themselves as Gilbert O'Sullivan fans. Other notable admirers include Tim Burgess (The Charlatans), who personally invited him to host two of his legendary Twitter Listening Parties. (read more)

Bottled Up have released a music video for their brand new single "Italo Love". The song comes from their forthcoming album, " Grand Bizarre," which will arrive on May 27th.

Nikhil Rao had this to say about the new track, "There is something timeless about a good song, this sonic snapshot of human emotion in high-fidelity. It can make the concept of time disappear, it can make your whole body and mind feel different. (read more)

(hennemusic) Jack White is streaming his new album, "Fear Of The Dawn", in sync with its April 8 release. The project is the Detroit rocker's fourth studio set; all three of White's previous solo records - 2012's "Blunderbuss", 2014's "Lazaretto" and 2018's "Boarding House Reach" - debuted at No. 1 on the US Billboard 200.

First introduced with the lead track, "Taking Me Back", "Fear Of The Dawn" is the first of two albums White will issue in 2022, with "Entering Heaven Alive" due July 22. (read more)

Rock veteran Aldo Nova just released his brand new concept EP, "The Life And Times Of Eddie Gage" and to celebrate we asked Aldo to tell us about the song "Free Your Mind". Here is the story:

The whole EP The Life and Times of Eddie Gage isn't just the story of a young rock star reaching fame, losing it, and rising again, but is based on theology and mysticism. All the names of the characters have to be decoded and the lyrics must be read to see who the real people are in the story and they are not just record company executives and so on. So "Free Your Mind" is no exception. (continue)