UPDATE 11/1: “Your Capricious Soul” is now available to stream on digital music services. Michael Stipe has released his new song “Your Capricious Soul,” the singer’s first release since the breakup of R.E.M. in 2011. “I took a long break from music, and I wanted to jump back in,” Stipe …
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Michael Stipe, Alicia Keys and Erykah Badu are among a group of musicians, activists and artists who are vocalizing support for a protest against Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation on Thursday. The event called “Bravery Is Contagious” will take place outside the Supreme Court in Washington. “We anticipate a …
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Michael Stipe coveredRingo Starr,the Velvet Undergroundand Nat King Cole on Sunday during a brief live set as part of Pathway to Paris’ climate change benefit concert. Songwriter-producer Andy LeMaster joined the R.E.M. frontman on guitar and bass, while Pathway founder Jesse Paris Smith (daughter of rock icon Patti Smith) played …
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