Live Tonight: Wilco In Concert @NPRMusic

NPR Music is about to host a live webcast from the concert at Merriweather Post Pavilion with opener Nick Lowe. Tune into npr.org/music in about five minutes for the stream…

After releasing two back-to-basics albums of more traditional roots- and folk-rock tunes, is about to release its most sonically adventurous record in a decade.The Whole Love, which you can hear on ’s First Listen series, is full of strange textures and unexpected twists, mixed with candy-flavored pop tunes, meditative acoustic cuts and noise-rock jams.

This Sunday, Sept. 25, Wilco will highlight the new record in a full concert, webcast live on from the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Md. You can hear the entire performance, beginning with an opening set from legendary English roots- and country-rock singer Nick Lowe, beginning at approximately 7 p.m. ET. Wilco is scheduled to begin at 8:20 p.m. ET. Listen here online or on-the-go via the iPhone app.

September 25, 2011 |  by  |  News
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