Reuters - Sep 24, 2007
The good news is that Paul Westerberg is writing songs again, but the bad news is there is neither an album nor a tour in the immediate future. The reclusive Minneapolis icon took to the stage Sunday...
More »AP - Sep 25, 2006
Paul Westerberg, Open Season: Featuring The Songs of Paul Westerberg (Lost Highway) Paul Westerberg s fans may unleash a collective groan at the notion of the singer-songwriter scoring an animated family...
More »Reuters - Jul 13, 2006
There were moments during Soul Asylum s 95-minute set Tuesday at the Troubadour when it seemed as if the once hard-rocking band had returned from oblivion as middle-of-the-road heartland rockers. Singer...
More »Reuters - Jul 5, 2006
Shawn Colvin will ring in the second half of her life with the album These Four Walls, along with a new manager and label. It s a major confrontation, knowing that you have to grow up, the 50-year...
More »E! Online - Mar 31, 2006
Put out a welcome mat for the Mats. More than 15 years since splitting, the surviving members of seminal 80s alt-rock outfit the Replacements--singer-guitarist Paul Westerberg, bassist Tommy Stinson...
More »AP - Mar 30, 2006
It s a Mats fan s dream come true — new songs from The Replacements. The surviving original members of the Minneapolis 80s group have reunited to record two new songs for a best-of CD, according...
More »E! Online - Oct 21, 2005
The Runaway Train crew is back on track. After a seven-year hiatus from recording, Grammy-winning Soul Asylum is putting the finishing touches on a new album, due for release in March, and preparing...
More »Reuters - Jun 20, 2005
Karl Mueller, bassist and founding member of the Minneapolis-based rock act Soul Asylum, died Friday at his home, according to the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune. He was 41. Diagnosed with throat...
More »Reuters - Dec 9, 2004
The Rolling Stones recently concluded recording sessions for a new album in Paris with producer Don Was, who worked with them on their two previous studio releases. The band will reconvene in the New...
More »AP - Nov 3, 2004
Musician Paul Westerberg says that even though he spent his life as a working musician, his father never really understood the whole rock n roll lifestyle. He kept it pure that I was his son, that...
More »AP - Sep 29, 2004
Half-rocker, half-folkie, Paul Westerberg straddles musical styles on Folker. The latest in a string of do-it-yourself projects recorded in his basement, his new CD (now out on Vagrant Records) features...
More »Reuters - Sep 23, 2004
Paul Westerberg , Bob Mould and the Gear Daddies are confirmed for an Oct. 23 benefit concert in Minneapolis for Soul Asylum bassist Karl Mueller, who was recently diagnosed with throat cancer. According...
More »Reuters - Sep 3, 2004
While the race for the White House draws most of the public s political attention between now and Election Day, operatives of both parties and private-sector industries will focus a good deal of effort...
More »Reuters - Jan 18, 2004
This month marks the 15th anniversary of Country Cares for St. Jude Kids, a national fundraising program for St. Jude Children s Research Hospital in Memphis. The country music industry has raised more...
More »AP - Dec 30, 2003
ESPN s Peter Gammons and Boston Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein are lending their musical talents to a charity CD, featuring Pearl Jam, Paul Westerberg and the Allman Brothers Band. Gammons will...
More »USRN - Aug 21, 2002
(8/21/02, 10 a.m. ET) -- The first four albums by the storied 80s indie-rock group the Replacements have been remastered and will be reissued by Restless on September 3. The Minneapolis band s 1981...
More »USRN - Jul 11, 2002
(7/11/02, 12 p.m. ET) -- Following a tour this spring that was cut short due to exhaustion, alternative-rock cult hero Paul Westerberg will hit the road later this month for a series of shows in support...
More »USRN - Apr 1, 2002
(4/1/02, 6 p.m. ET) -- Rock cult hero Paul Westerberg will embark upon a rare solo tour later this month in support of his new album, Stereo, due April 23 from Vagrant Records. The former Replacements...
More »USRN - Mar 17, 1999
(3/18/99, 1 a.m. PST) - The last time we checked in with Paul Westerberg, the former Replacements frontman said that if he did tour in support of his new album, Suicaine Gratifaction, it might be in a...
More »USRN - Mar 5, 1999
(3/5/99, 1 a.m. PST) - The recently released Suicaine Gratifaction may be Paul Westerberg s third solo album, but the former Replacements frontman is only now coming to terms with life as a solo artist...
More »USRN - Aug 18, 1998
(8/14/98, 6 p.m. PDT) - Those anxiously awaiting Paul Westerberg s Capitol Records debut, Self-Defense, will have to continue to wait. The album, once titled It s A Wonderful Lie and set for a September...
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