AP - Jul 6, 2009
While critics give the Jayhawks credit for helping invent alt-country, co-founder Mark Olson is quick to downplay the band s contributions to the rustic blend of rock and country that blossomed in the...
More »Reuters - Apr 2, 2009
Americana band the Jayhawks is reuniting for a pair of summer shows, with plans to play together next year as well. The band's mid-'90s lineup will headline the Basilica Block Party in Minneapolis...
More »AP - Jul 15, 2008
Gary Louris admits that he s not normally a fan of musical reunions. (For) most people I would say, Bad idea, don t do it, the singer-songwriter said. Don t get back together, because it s not going...
More »Reuters - Feb 28, 2008
While the Jayhawks may be no more, the lauded Americana band's formerly estranged principals Gary Louris and Mark Olson have finished a new album together, their first since 1995's Tomorrow the...
More »USRN - Dec 20, 2000
(12/20/00, 12 p.m. ET) - The Jayhawks are poised to continue in 2001 where they leave off in 2000. The band has three more dates this year: December 29 and 30 in their hometown of Minneapolis, and December...
More »USRN - Jul 17, 2000
(7/18/00, 12 p.m. ET) - Jayhawks vocalist/guitarist Gary Louris and Wallflowers guitarist Michael Ward have lent their six-string skills to Long Play 33 & 1/3, the debut effort by Atlanta twang-rock band...
More »USRN - May 9, 2000
(5/10/00, 12 p.m. ET) - The Jayhawks new album, Smile, is one of the most accessible records the band has made, with songs like Smile and I m Gonna Make You Love Me, among others. The album arrived in...
More »USRN - Mar 27, 2000
(3/28/00, 12 p.m. ET) - The Jayhawks will release Smile, their sixth record and first for Columbia Records, on May 9. The album was produced by Bob Ezrin, who has masterminded albums by Pink Floyd, Kiss...
More »USRN - Mar 17, 2000
(3/17/00, 6 p.m. ET) - The annual South By Southwest Music Festival (SXSW), which wraps up Sunday in Austin, Texas, has been so packed with musicians that there were bound to be some on-the-spot-collaborations...
More »USRN - Sep 22, 1997
(5/27/97) - It was the rock n roll wedding of the season when Medium Cool Records Peter Jesperson--the man who discovered and originally signed the Replacements--married Jennifer Menard last weekend in...
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