When singer-songwriter Kendell Marvel went into the studio with Dan Auerbach and David Ferguson to start recording tracks for his second album, the producers offered him a key piece of advice: sing softer. The Illinois native, known to many as the songwriter behind cuts by Chris Stapleton and Gary Allan, …
Read More »The Black Keys Get Back to Basics
On the morning of September 5th, Patrick Carney and Dan Auerbach walked into Auerbach’s Nashville studio, picked up their instruments and became the Black Keys again. By season’s end, they had finished their ninth album, the self-produced “Let’s Rock” (yes, that’s really the title). As usual, they created the entire …
Read More »Hear Leo 'Bud' Welch's 'I Come to Praise His Name' From Dan Auerbach-Produced Album
Leo “Bud” Welch didn’t reach a wide audience until near the end of his life, and now the late blues singer will add one last LP in March with the help of Dan Auerbach. Titled The Angels in Heaven Done Signed My Name, the new album features the scuzzy electric …
Read More »Black Keys' Dan Auerbach Preps His Father's Debut LP
Chuck Auerbach, father of the Black Keys‘ Dan Auerbach, will release his debut LP, Remember Me, on June 15th via Dan’s record label, Easy Eye Sound. The younger Auerbach contributed guitars and production to the album, which they tracked at Nashville’s Butcher Shoppe Recording Studio and Dan’s Easy Eye Sound …
Read More »Watch Dan Auerbach's Plucky 'Stand By My Girl' on 'Austin City Limits'
Dan Auerbach delivers a delightfully wicked rendition of “Stand By My Girl” in a preview clip from his upcoming appearance on Austin City Limits. “Stand By My Girl” appears on Auerbach’s latest solo album,Waiting On a Song, and finds the Black Keys frontman flipping some of the conventions of a …
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