Early in Jack White’s career, when he partnered with Meg White in The White Stripes, it would be reasonable to say that he was a disciple of Leonardo da Vinci, who is credited with the quote, “Art lives from constraints and dies from freedom.” White consistently put limitations on the duo, […]
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I chatted with Jack White about his band The Raconteurs‘ new album, Help Us Stranger, which makes a strong case that White’s creative instincts, to say nothing of his chops, remain razor-sharp. Following Broken Boy Soldiers in 2006 and Consolers Of The Lonely in 2008, this third album with Brendan Benson, “Little” Jack Lawrence, and Patrick Keeler was worth the eleven-year wait.
Jack White is the 21st century riff-meister! Here’s a flashback to his Governors Ball performance in June – About 100 seconds of the instrumental track High Ball Stepper from Lazaretto.
An embarrassment of concert riches this 2014 summer in NYC from the NY Philharmonic to John Hiatt to Dinosaur Jr. to Jack White to Spoon…
Jack White and Broken Bells delivered stellar sets that stood out among a stacked Governors Ball lineup…
On Tuesday, May 22nd I was lucky enough to find myself with a scorching hot ticket which granted me admission to the Roseland Ballroom for the Alabama Shakes and Jack White. The Shakes’ singer, Brittany Howard has more Janis Joplin in her than anybody I’ve ever seen. She’s a powerhouse […]
Raconteurs are better than The Dead Weather or Brendan Benson‘s new one but that doesn’t mean both aren’t good albums.