Jon Langford News

 
Listen: A Jon Langford Glam Track from Richard Byrne's Play Nero/Pseudo
Washington City Paper (blog)
We already reported back in January that local playwright Richard Byrne had scored the coup of getting the seminal-punk-rocker-turned-insurgent-country-singer Jon Langford to write original songs for Bryne's play Nero/Pseudo, about a man who ...


 
A KNOWING VOICE
Chicago Sun-Times
On the record, Catherine Irwin's “Dusty Groove” is flavored with sweet Southern soul and a nod to Dusty Springfield, Jon Langford puts a pop-rock groove on “Haunted” while Robbie Fulks stretches out to channel cocktail chanteuse in writing “Whenever ...


 
Jon Langford & Skull Orchard
Isthmus
I'm not sure exactly which Skullies Langford will be bringing with him, but I do know for sure that terrific violinist Jean Cook will be one of them. Cook lives in New York and usually only makes it out for the really big shows, so I am especially ...


 
On the Capitol: West students form PAC for schools and against Walker
Wisconsin State Journal
The disc features 19 original protest songs performed by musicians like Wayne Kramer of the MC5 and Jon Langford of The Mekons. They range from folk to rock to "polka-hop" (straight off Willy Street, yo!). The free CD was made with financial help from ...

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A.V. Club Chicago
Kelly Hogan
A.V. Club Chicago
The record features new tunes—many of them written specifically for Hogan—by M. Ward, Freakwater's Catherine Irwin, John Wesley Harding, The Handsome Family's Brett and Rennie Sparks, Robbie Fulks, Jon Langford and Roth. Andrew Bird composed a song ...


 
Musical Line-Up for Big Apple Barbecue Block Party
Village Voice (blog)
1 pm Jon Langford--One of the founding members of the celebrated New Wave band The Mekons, Langford has had a rich solo career since the mid-1980s and is a member of the Chicago-based group Waco Brothers and also occasionally tours with the Three Johns ...

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TheaterMania.com
WSC/Avant Bard to Host Staged Reading of Richard Byrne's Nero/Pseudo
TheaterMania.com
Since all but three lines of the original poem have been lost, Chicago rock luminaries Jon Langford and Jim Elkington, who play original live music for the show, have created their own version. The cast will feature Bradley Smith, Kari Ginsburg, ...