Jim Farber

Country Joe McDonald, Whose Antiwar Song Became an Anthem, Dies at 84

Country Joe McDonald, Whose Antiwar Song Became an Anthem, Dies at 84 by @jimfarbermusic.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/a...

Country Joe McDonald holding a guitar in 1981. A card reads: "1942-2026: Country Joe McDonald, Artist Whose Antiwar Song Became an Anthem, Dies at 84. Photo by United Archives, via Getty Images."

Country Joe McDonald, one of the starring acts at Woodstock whose satirical anti-Vietnam War song “I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die Rag” became an anthem, died on Saturday. He was 84. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/a...

Country Joe McDonald, Whose Antiwar Song Became an Anthem, Dies at 84

Country Joe McDonald, Whose Antiwar Song Became an Anthem, Dies at 84 by @jimfarbermusic.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/a...

Baz Luhrmann: ‘There’s the image of Elvis and then there’s the man’ The singular director has made a second film about the King of Rock’n’roll and this time audiences will get to see a side of him they’ve never seen before

For @us.theguardian.com @jimfarbermusic.bsky.social spoke with Baz Luhrmann and Jerry Schilling about the great new Elvis Presley concert movie "Epic."
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...

Baz Luhrmann: ‘There’s the image of Elvis and then there’s the man’ The singular director has made a second film about the King of Rock’n’roll and this time audiences will get to see a side of him they’ve never seen before

For @us.theguardian.com @jimfarbermusic.bsky.social spoke with Baz Luhrmann and Jerry Schilling about the great new Elvis Presley concert movie "Epic."
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...

Billy Preston’s Music Was ‘Pure Joy.’ But His Life Ended in Tragedy.

For
@nytimes.com @jimfarbermusic.bsky.social wrote a feature about a dramatic new documentary about the late, great Billy Preston. The film opens today at Film Forum in NYC.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/a...

Billy Preston’s Music Was ‘Pure Joy.’ But His Life Ended in Tragedy.

For
@nytimes.com @jimfarbermusic.bsky.social wrote a feature about a dramatic new documentary about the late, great Billy Preston. The film opens today at Film Forum in NYC.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/a...

‘She had a hidden identity’: new film uncovers a mother’s second world war secrets In harrowing documentary My Underground Mother, a woman finds out what really happened to her mother in the war

‘She had a hidden identity’: new film uncovers a mother’s second world war secrets

‘She had a hidden identity’: new film uncovers a mother’s second world war secrets In harrowing documentary My Underground Mother, a woman finds out what really happened to her mother in the war

For @theguardian @jimfarbermusic.bsky.social wrote about a new film that covers an aspect of the Holocaust too often overlooked
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ja...

The best songs of 2025 … you may not have heard From a folk murder ballad to an impassioned call for peace, Guardian writers pick their favourite lesser-heard tracks of the year

One of the chief functions of music critics is to direct listeners to great recordings they may not have heard.
@jimfarbermusic
contributed to that list for the Guardian
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The best songs of 2025 … you may not have heard From a folk murder ballad to an impassioned call for peace, Guardian writers pick their favourite lesser-heard tracks of the year

One of the chief functions of music critics is to direct listeners to great recordings they may not have heard.
@jimfarbermusic
contributed to that list for the Guardian
www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

‘Harder work than almost any album we ever did’: Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here turns 50 As the classic album hits 50, Nick Mason talks about the often difficult process of making it and how it has since fit into their larger catalogue

Jim Farber is always the last and best word on rock music. Here is his chat with Nick Mason on the 50th anniversary of 'Wish You Were Here'. @jimfarbermusic.bsky.social #pinkfloyd

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‘Harder work than almost any album we ever did’: Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here turns 50 As the classic album hits 50, Nick Mason talks about the often difficult process of making it and how it has since fit into their larger catalogue

@jimfarbermusic.bsky.social spoke with the great Nick Mason for @theguardian.com about the new box set 50th anniversary salute to "Wish You Were Here"

www.theguardian.com/music/2025/d...

‘Harder work than almost any album we ever did’: Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here turns 50 As the classic album hits 50, Nick Mason talks about the often difficult process of making it and how it has since fit into their larger catalogue

‘Harder work than almost any album we ever did’: Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here turns 50

‘Harder work than almost any album we ever did’: Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here turns 50 As the classic album hits 50, Nick Mason talks about the often difficult process of making it and how it has since fit into their larger catalogue

@jimfarbermusic.bsky.social spoke with the great Nick Mason for @theguardian.com about the new box set 50th anniversary salute to "Wish You Were Here"

www.theguardian.com/music/2025/d...

Paul Anka on his incredible, star-studded career: ‘Revenge is a motivator like you wouldn’t believe’ The musician, who wrote My Way and Puppy Love among others, talks longevity, shrewd business and which star bullied him in his youth

@jimfarber.bsky.social had a fun and feisty talk with the great Paul Anka.
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Paul Anka on his incredible, star-studded career: ‘Revenge is a motivator like you wouldn’t believe’ The musician, who wrote My Way and Puppy Love among others, talks longevity, shrewd business and which star bullied him in his youth

@jimfarber.bsky.social had a fun and feisty talk with the great Paul Anka.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Faith No More’s Roddy Bottum: ‘Today, Kurt Cobain would be on meds a lot sooner’ In his new memoir, the Faith No More and Imperial Teen musician writes with unflinching honesty about heroin addiction, gay sex, and his early and ‘insanely open minded’ fling with his good friend Cou...

For the U.K. Independent @jimfarbermusic.bsky.social talks to Roddy Bottom about his fantastic new memoir.
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Faith No More’s Roddy Bottum: ‘Today, Kurt Cobain would be on meds a lot sooner’ In his new memoir, the Faith No More and Imperial Teen musician writes with unflinching honesty about heroin addiction, gay sex, and his early and ‘insanely open minded’ fling with his good friend Cou...

For the U.K. Independent @jimfarbermusic.bsky.social talks to Roddy Bottom about his fantastic new memoir.
www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...

‘I’m all for instilling more playfulness’: the unusual musical world of Stephen Prina The uniquely irreverent artist, whose work includes everyone from Mozart to Sonic Youth, has a career retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art

For the Guardian, I wrote about the fascinating new music series at MoMA that surveys the work of artist/musician/conceptualist Stephen Prina.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...

‘I’m all for instilling more playfulness’: the unusual musical world of Stephen Prina The uniquely irreverent artist, whose work includes everyone from Mozart to Sonic Youth, has a career retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art

For the Guardian, I wrote about the fascinating new music series at MoMA that surveys the work of artist/musician/conceptualist Stephen Prina.
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...

Sam Sussman thinks Bob Dylan might be his dad – and he’s written a book about it At the same New York City apartment where Bob Dylan and his mother used to meet in the Seventies, the 34-year-old writer speaks with Jim Farber about the questions surrounding his family tree, and wha...

@jimfarbermusic.bsky.social For the UK Independent, I wrote about a beautifully written new book by Sam Sussman, "Boy from the North Country." In it, he explores his possible lineage as an unacknowledged son of Bob Dylan.
www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...

Sam Sussman thinks Bob Dylan might be his dad – and he’s written a book about it At the same New York City apartment where Bob Dylan and his mother used to meet in the Seventies, the 34-year-old writer speaks with Jim Farber about the questions surrounding his family tree, and wha...

@jimfarbermusic.bsky.social For the UK Independent, I wrote about a beautifully written new book by Sam Sussman, "Boy from the North Country." In it, he explores his possible lineage as an unacknowledged son of Bob Dylan.
www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...

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

www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...

‘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...