Jim Farber

Barbra Streisand on the Duets That Define Her: ‘I Like Drama’

My latest interview with Barbra Streisand in the New York Times.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/a... By ‪@jimfarbermusic.bsky.social‬

Brilliant, broken, and buried: Remembering the genius of The Band’s Richard Manuel It’s hard to overstate the influence that The Band had on music, inspiring everyone from Bob Dylan and Eric Clapton to The Beatles and Elton John. Less talked about is the influence that singer-songwr...

@jimfarbermusic.bsky.social on the genius and tragedy of The Band's Richard Manuel for the Independent

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Brilliant, broken, and buried: Remembering the genius of The Band’s Richard Manuel It’s hard to overstate the influence that The Band had on music, inspiring everyone from Bob Dylan and Eric Clapton to The Beatles and Elton John. Less talked about is the influence that singer-songwr...

@jimfarbermusic.bsky.social on the genius and tragedy of The Band's Richard Manuel for the Independent

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‘He lived his whole life in that fire’: the tragic story of ‘lost’ singer Jackson C Frank A school fire, a shooting and mental health issues plagued a man whose legacy is remembered in a new documentary

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Thanks for this great piece about #JacksonCFrank. Heartbreaking.

www.theguardian.com/music/2025/m...

The Waterboys on Dennis Hopper: ‘He wasn’t just a guy who took a lot of drugs’ The Scottish singer-songwriter has long found inspiration in other musicians, including the curmudgeonly Van Morrison who had one snarky song dedicated to him back in 2020. Scott speaks with Jim Farbe...

Pretty interesting info and interview w/ Mike Scott @mickpuck.bsky.social of the Waterboys (+ contributing singers Steve Earle, Taylor Goldsmith of Dawes) by @jimfarbermusic.bsky.social. Bruce Springsteen and Fiona Apple are also featured on the album too. Give a listen to Fiona's track linked here.

Jesse Colin Young, Singer Who Urged Us to ‘Get Together,’ Dies at 83 As the leader of the Youngbloods, he sang one of the enduring anthems of the peace-and-love era. He went on to have a prolific career as a solo artist.

Jesse Colin Young, Singer Who Urged Us to ‘Get Together,’ Dies at 83 www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/a...

Jesse Colin Young, Singer Who Urged Us to ‘Get Together,’ Dies at 83 As the leader of the Youngbloods, he sang one of the enduring anthems of the peace-and-love era. He went on to have a prolific career as a solo artist.

Jesse Colin Young, Singer Who Urged Us to ‘Get Together,’ Dies at 83 www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/a...

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: ‘We didn’t have touchy-feely talks. We’re dudes’ As guitarist and a key architect of the Eighties band’s iconic sound, Mike Campbell rode the highs and lows of band life alongside his inimitable, hot-tempered frontman. He speaks with Jim Farber abou...

www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta... By @jimfarbermusic.bsky.social

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: ‘We didn’t have touchy-feely talks. We’re dudes’ As guitarist and a key architect of the Eighties band’s iconic sound, Mike Campbell rode the highs and lows of band life alongside his inimitable, hot-tempered frontman. He speaks with Jim Farber abou...

www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta... By @jimfarbermusic.bsky.social

Peter Wolf on Faye Dunaway, David Lynch and Bob Dylan: ‘My mission was to be an observer’ The frontman of the J Geils Band has had an extraordinary life, living and working with celebrities along the way, detailed in a fascinating new book

www.theguardian.com/music/2025/m... by @jimfarbermusic.bsky.social

Peter Wolf on Faye Dunaway, David Lynch and Bob Dylan: ‘My mission was to be an observer’ The frontman of the J Geils Band has had an extraordinary life, living and working with celebrities along the way, detailed in a fascinating new book

www.theguardian.com/music/2025/m... by @jimfarbermusic.bsky.social

Jerry Butler, Singer Known as the Iceman, Dies at 85 Known for his resounding baritone and his courtly manner, he briefly led the Impressions before beginning a successful solo career.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/a... by Jimfarbermusic

Jerry Butler, Singer Known as the Iceman, Dies at 85 Known for his resounding baritone and his courtly manner, he briefly led the Impressions before beginning a successful solo career.

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/a... by Jimfarbermusic

The Righteous Brothers’ Bill Medley: ‘I’ve had some real downs’ by Jim Farber

‘A thing of pure beauty’: why Pink Flamingos is my feelgood movie The latest in our series of writers choosing their favourite comfort movies is the charmingly filthy John Waters classic

In the wake of the disastrous election, The Guardian asked its arts contributors to offer a small respite by writing an essay about their favorite feel-good movie. My entry? “Pink Flamingos” www.theguardian.com/film/2025/fe...

‘A thing of pure beauty’: why Pink Flamingos is my feelgood movie The latest in our series of writers choosing their favourite comfort movies is the charmingly filthy John Waters classic

In the wake of the disastrous election, The Guardian asked its arts contributors to offer a small respite by writing an essay about their favorite feel-good movie. My entry? “Pink Flamingos” www.theguardian.com/film/2025/fe...

Marianne Faithfull, a Pop Star Turned Survivor, Is Dead at 78 A fresh-faced singer and Mick Jagger’s muse in the 1960s, she went on to experience more than her share of hard times before emerging triumphant.

My friend @jimfarbermusic.bsky.social's obituary for Marianne Faithfull is a rare piece of writing that does a rare presence justice.

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/a...

Marianne Faithfull, Chanteuse of Survival, Is Dead at 78 A fresh-voiced pop star and Mick Jagger’s muse in the 1960s, she went on to experience more than her share of hard times before emerging triumphant.

Marianne Faithfull, Chanteuse of Survival, Is Dead at 78 www.nytimes.com/2025/01/30/a... by @jimfarbermusic.bsky.social

The Super-Sampled Band Cymande Made Funk With a Message. It’s Back. (Gift Article) The British group with Caribbean roots stopped performing in 1974. Its slow-rolling comeback is realized on Friday with a new album, “Renascence.”

Explore this gift article from The New York Times by @jimfarbermusic.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/a...

The Super-Sampled Band Cymande Made Funk With a Message. It’s Back. (Gift Article) The British group with Caribbean roots stopped performing in 1974. Its slow-rolling comeback is realized on Friday with a new album, “Renascence.”

Explore this gift article from The New York Times by @jimfarbermusic.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/a...

New book reveals Joni Mitchell to be hilarious, cutting, and not one to suffer fools The woman behind the music is funny, outspoken, and impossible to put in a box. Jim Farber speaks to Henry Alford whose new biography ‘I Dream of Joni’ chronicles 53 delicious anecdotes of drink-throw...

I was Farbered! I am hugely honored.

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Peter Yarrow, the Peter of Peter, Paul and Mary, Dies at 86 The folk trio he formed with Noel Paul Stookey and Mary Travers became a pop phenomenon, scoring hits like “If I Had a Hammer” and “Puff the Magic Dragon.”

Peter Yarrow, the Peter of Peter, Paul and Mary, Dies at 86 www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/a... by @jimfarbermusic.bsky.social

Peter Yarrow, the Peter of Peter, Paul and Mary, Dies at 86 The folk trio he formed with Noel Paul Stookey and Mary Travers became a pop phenomenon, scoring hits like “If I Had a Hammer” and “Puff the Magic Dragon.”

Peter Yarrow, the Peter of Peter, Paul and Mary, Dies at 86 www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/a... by @jimfarbermusic.bsky.social

The best songs of 2024 … that you haven’t heard From singing about a smoke break to an unusual tribute to John Grant, Guardian writers pick the greatest songs of the year with the smallest of followings

At the end of every year, The Guardian asks its music writers to pick a song that deserved more attention and/or sales than it got. I chose a track by Linda Thompson. More on my song choice here: www.theguardian.com/culture/2024...

The best songs of 2024 … that you haven’t heard From singing about a smoke break to an unusual tribute to John Grant, Guardian writers pick the greatest songs of the year with the smallest of followings

At the end of every year, The Guardian asks its music writers to pick a song that deserved more attention and/or sales than it got. I chose a track by Linda Thompson. More on my song choice here: www.theguardian.com/culture/2024...

AARP’s 12 Favorite Music Albums of 2024 Acclaimed critic Jim Farber shares his picks for the year's best records

2024 was a stellar year for music made by "well-seasoned" artists, by which I mean those between age 50 and nearly 90. I celebrated that for A.A.R.P. Magazine by assessing the year's best albums by what the magazine likes to call "grown-ups.” www.aarp.org/benefits-dis...

good morning, did everyone know that there is a Mr. World contest and that you can watch hot men compete in ridiculous costumes, walk around stage covered in oil, shirtless, and that they look like this? Happy Monday!

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The Mars Volta: ‘The world we were in was very sexist and homophobic’ An intimate new documentary takes us behind the highs and lows of a band who were touched by many tragedies

As regular readers know, I’m forever writing about new music memoirs and documentaries. But the one I wrote about this week for The Guardian, titled “Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird” is something special. Check it out.
www.theguardian.com/music/2024/n...

The Mars Volta: ‘The world we were in was very sexist and homophobic’ An intimate new documentary takes us behind the highs and lows of a band who were touched by many tragedies

As regular readers know, I’m forever writing about new music memoirs and documentaries. But the one I wrote about this week for The Guardian, titled “Omar and Cedric: If This Ever Gets Weird” is something special. Check it out.
www.theguardian.com/music/2024/n...