Paul McCartney received the third Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song yesterday, an award that went to Paul Simon and Stevie Wonder in its previous years. According to the New York Times, Jack White did “Mother Nature’s Son,” while Grohl screamed his way through “Band On The Run.”
For a chap whose music is reknowned for being stripped down, basic, bluesy rock (you know, apart from the orchestral stuff and the bits with marimba in), Jack White is remarkably versatile, or at least, always prepared to try new things. After soft-pedalling the White Stripes, he’s been in two bands that have had massive chart and live success, worked with stars of Country [Loretta Lynn], Folk [Bob Dylan], Pop [Alicia Keys], and Rock [The Rolling Stones], and now he’s teamed up with multi million selling rapper Jay-Z to release a track. He revealed the collab in an interview with GQ:
“I just did a record with Jay-Z,” said White. “We did a song together a few weeks ago. It was incredible. I played him something that I’ve been kicking around for a while and he immediately came out with words for it. It’s unbelievable-sounding.”
Does that hairdo look a bit Phil Spector-y?
The Fact Blog reports “On Friday 30 and Saturday 31 October, Third Man Records And Novelties will operate out of Shoreditch Church. The store will be selling “releases and miscellany” from The Dead Weather, The White Stripes and The Raconteurs, together with Third Man 45s, T-shirts and other rarities and collectibles. The store will be open 11am-6pm on the Friday, and 11am-9pm on the Saturday.”
