#jeff-tweedy

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Golden Smog, the country-rock supergroup centered around Kraig Johnson ( Run Westy Run), Dan Murphy ( Soul Asylum), and Gary Louris and Marc Perlman of The Jayhawks, played their first NYC-area shows in nearly 20 years this past weekend as part of a short three-date December run. These dates have been extra special as they also included Jeff Tweedy in their ranks, and they played Jersey City's White Eagle Hall on Friday, and Manhattan's Bowery Ballroom on Saturday.

From small country churches to the stages of the civil rights movement to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Mavis Staples' career has spanned more than 60 years. The gospel legend has shown no interest in retirement. Her new album, One True Vine, is her second collaboration with Wilco's Jeff Tweedy. "It's a totally different CD," Staples tells NPR's Neal Conan.

The final acts have just been announced for next months' 25th anniversary Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival, with Wilco vocalist Jeff Tweedy added to a lineup that already included String Cheese Incident, Reverend Horton Heat, and Dengue Fever. It was pretty obvious as early as May of this year who a pretty large chunk of the artists playing would be at this year's 25th annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival (October 3-5), when they announced a night-before-the-festival Emmylou Harris tribune concert at The Masonic.