Showing All "Peter Gabriel" Posts
Nov 10th, 2011 3 Comments
Last night our old friend/life champion Peter Gabriel turned up at the Ed Sullivan theater with a black-clad orchestra. Peter's promoting his symphonic LP New Blood, a sequel/extension of last year's…   Read Story »
Oct 3rd, 2011 4 Comments
Peter Gabriel toured with an 46-piece orchestra last summer, and he was so stoked on the live permutations of the songs that he piled the orchestra into the studio with him to rerecord a number of…   Read Story »
Jul 20th, 2011 2 Comments
Justin Vernon's releasing a second Bon Iver single. This time it's "Holocene" backed by a cover of Bon Iver fan Peter Gabriel's "Come Talk To Me," a song that was out initially as a limited-edition…   Read Story »
Jun 7th, 2011 12 Comments
Yesterday we posted a live version of an ethereal new tune Bat For Lashes did at Australia's Vivid Festival. The second part of the Opera House set was performed acoustic with a string quartet -- six…   Read Story »
May 17th, 2011 18 Comments
On "Calgary," Justin Vernon's vocals lay in a cloud of gloomy synths and anxious electric guitar tones, suggesting a sonic shift from the grainy For Emma formula. But not too much has changed -- the…   Read Story »
Aug 19th, 2010 4 Comments
PG joins the likes of Nick Cave as legends take on by Karin on Fever Ray 7" releases. This one's more of an "interpretation" than a cover, Ms. Ray manipulating some of the lyrics, using her own words…   Read Story »
Jun 29th, 2010 1 Comment
The mutual admiration society Peter Gabriel's spun out around himself extends today with some back-scratching by a fellow cross-generational crossover icon. Remember the m.o. with Peter's Scratch My…   Read Story »
Jun 22nd, 2010 1 Comment
Lately the overarching narrative with respect to Peter Gabriel's been his dialogue with other artists, be it musically or literally. This cover has nothing to do with Scratch My Back, the set of…   Read Story »
Jun 2nd, 2010 1 Comment
The reciprocal part of Peter Gabriel's Scratch My Back project moves forward with Elbow's cover of "Mercy Street" (from Gabriel's 1986 album So). Says Elbow's Guy Garvey: "We chose to cover 'Mercy…   Read Story »
May 3rd, 2010 34 Comments
The video you're about to watch is a career highlight for me.
I became a Peter Gabriel fan(atic) after seeing "Digging In The Dirt" on VH1 in the dog days of '92. That September, prior to the…   Read Story »
































