Suspend the gender disbelief for a second and indulge in Jack White's grainy, sounds-like-vinyl cover of 'Coal Miner's Daughter.' He can't be a daughter, of course, but he sure brings plenty of grit to this Loretta Lynn classic.
Jack White's debut solo album, 'Blunderbuss,' dropped less than a year ago, but the prolific rocker -- who is also known for his work with the Raconteurs, Dead Weather and, of course, the now-defunct White Stripes -- is already hard at work on the follow-up. “I’m writing a lot of songs for another record, I have over 20 tracks I’m working on right now," White tells BBC 6 Music News. "So it's been very busy, yeah ... Third Man and that together keeping me very busy."
Jack White has teamed up with Butthole Surfers frontman Gibby Haynes to drop a new single as part of the Third Man Records ‘Blue Series.’ The former White Stripes member is famous for his eccentric creativity, and this recent piece of news proves why: The duo plans to release a limited number of vinyl copies on old medical X-rays.
The 55th Annual Grammy Awards just got White-washed. That's right, guitarist and former White Stripes leader Jack White will take the stage at this year's Grammys, which air live from Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 10.
Congrats are in order for the Black Keys, and in particular the band's singer-guitarist Dan Auerbach, who had his name mentioned six times when the 2013 Grammy nominations were revealed Wednesday night (Dec. 5). He tied with fun., Jay-Z, Mumford & Sons, Frank Ocean and Kanye West for the most nominations of the evening.
Jack White angered his New York fans on Saturday (Sept. 29) when he abruptly ended his set at Radio City Music Hall. According to reports, concertgoers were outraged when the singer left the stage after just 12 songs, and they formed a mini-mob outside of the venue.
September 9, 2012 Sunday's are days you want to last as long as possible. Because we all know the next day is MONDAY!!! A day that every student/ worker dreads. So Sundays are meant to be fun days! Here's my top 5 songs to rock out to tonight!!
– Kasabian are eyeing Jack White for what would be their first-ever collaborative recording with a fellow rocker. “I respect Jack, and in some way, shape or form we’d love to kick around in the studio with him,” guitarist Serge Pizzorno says of the potential pairing, which we already can’t wait to hear.
It may seem strange for a former member of Guns N’ Roses to hang out with Jack White, but Duff McKagan is a true fan. The bassist recently interviewed the indie icon for his column at Seattle Weekly, which he has been writing for several years, and the duo formed a mutual admiration society.
Billboard is reporting that, as expected, Jack White‘s first solo album, ‘Blunderbuss,’ hits No. 1 on the Billboard 200. In its first week of release, Blunderbuss’ sold 138,000 copies, towering over Adele‘s ’21′ which, at 84,000 copies, sits at No. 2 this week. The critically acclaimed ‘Blunderbuss’ knocked Lionel Richie‘s ‘Tuskegee’ out of the top slot.
Jack White did everything he could to make you pay attention to the fact that he was putting out a solo record, from playing ‘SNL’ to cooking up ever-more-inventive ways of releasing singles from the album. And if what Billboard is hearing from retailers is accurate, all that hard work seems to have paid off with the biggest sales numbers of the week — and his career.
The latest single from Jack White is 'Sixteen Saltines', and Friday he debuted the brand new music video for the track that is straight up rock n roll.
