R.I.P. Singer/songwriter and guitarist Jon Dee Graham, 1959-2026

Sadly beloved Austin singer/songwriter and guitar ace Jon Dee Graham has passed away far too soon at 67. He'll be greatly missed. 

L.A. legends X & Los Lobos cancel their upcoming tour

Sadly, Los Lobos and X have cancelled their much anticipated North American tour including their Massey Hall date Friday.

Happy Birthday John Doe!

Celebrating John Doe's birthday with a chat about donuts, a song and a shopping spree with Exene at Amoeba worth checking. 

Watch Fred Armisen knock out a few tunes and more

We're celebrating Fred Armisen's birthday with a few music performances along with a chat with David Cross and some old punks.

Dust off your tuntable, it's National Vinyl Record Day!

For some of us, every day is vinyl record day. See what X's Exene & John Doe found at Amoeba Records today. 

Get a vinyl copy of X's final studio album "Smoke & Fiction" directly from Fat Possum Records right here. 

Celebrating the Fourth of July with John Doe and Dave Alvin!

Watch old pals John Doe and Dave Alvin duet on "Fourth Of July" at Fitzgerald's in Chicago back in 2014. 

Happy Birthday John Doe!

Celebrating the birthday of John Doe with a performance with his X partner Exene Cervenka for the Skyline Sessions.  

Watch the John Doe Folk Trio play a backyard show

Here's John Doe with bassist Kevin Smith (from Willie Nelson's band) and drummer Kevin Choucron (NRBQ) playing a few tunes. 

Happy July 4th from Dave Alvin!

Here's Blasters singer/songwriter Dave Alvin performing his classic "4th of July" (below). He talks about writing it right here.  

Wherever Dave Alvin goes, you know his fancy travel hat box ain't far behind. 

X sez "Goodbye Year, Goodbye"

"Goodbye Year, Goodbye" is off X's Alphabetland album released in April. Check out the animated clip below.  

X, Skating Polly @ Detroit's El Club, Tuesday

X are celebrating their 40th anniversary with a show at Detroit's El Club on Tuesday night – no Canadian dates are scheduled.  

Happy Birthday John Doe!

Celebrate 40 years of X with U.I.C. and Pow Wows @ Danforth Music Hall, Sunday

Here are a couple of rippin' early X performances and X – The Unheard Music documentary.

U.I.C. with Pow Wows opening for X @ Danforth Music Hall, Sunday

Exeter's finest will be kicking out the jams at the Danforth Music Hall in celebration of 40 years of X.

Happy Birthday John Doe!

Watch John perform a few X songs with Mike McCready after an Acoustic Guitar session.

Watch John Doe's new video for Get On Board

John Doe's The Westerner co-produced by Howe Gelb is out April 29 on Cool Rock Records.

JD also has a new book on the LA punk scene.

John Doe's "lateral move in mid-management"

John Doe's latest album Keeper (Yep Roc) is the warm 'n' fuzzy flipside of 2007's bleak 'n' brooding A Year in the Wilderness. While Keeper has a much more optimistic vibe, that doesn't mean the X mainman suddenly wants to fill the world with silly love songs.– he'd settle for a few meaningful ones with deep resonance however. With the studio assistance of his longtime producer/engineer Dave Way (ironically known for mixing huge-selling hits for Christina Aguilera, Pink, Spice Girls, Sheryl Crow, Fiona Apple, etc)  and guest collaborators Patty Griffin, Smokey Hormel, Steve Berlin, Cindy Wasserman and Jill Sobule, it sounds like JD got what he was after on the new recording. That could be why he decided to call it Keeper instead of Tosser.
This past week, our man was out hawking the new disc which unfortunately involves enduring painful interviews with clueless radio personalities curious about how John Doe got his name. On the upside, he also got to play a few songs from Keeper for Portland's KINK-FM who had the foresight to shoot and the good sense to post. Who knew his song Never Enough was inspired as much by reality TV shows Hoarders and Storage Wars as Snoop Dogg's Gin & Juice?

Don't Forget How Much I Love You
 



Never Enough




Little Tiger




Golden State




Interview with John Doe