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The creators of Hedwig and the Angry Inch have reunited to release their first song in 20 years! The song is off of John Cameron Mitchel's album NEW AMERICAN DREAM.

A first-ever video of the title song from the new musical Swept Away, featuring Grammy Award nominated folk rock band The Avett Brothers ('America's biggest roots band,' Rolling Stone), in their theater debut, has just been released.

Need something new to read, watch, or listen to? Check out this week's list of new and upcoming releases!

John Cameron Mitchell has released the benefit album New American Dream (Part One) recorded with a LOT of help from his friends.  The two-part distance-defying, community-built album was recorded during lockdown.

The new musical Swept Away, featuring the music of The Avett Brothers, scheduled to have its world premiere at Berkeley Rep as part of their 2019-20 season, has announced today that the production will be moved to similar dates in the summer of 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Tony Award winner and Grammy nominee LENA HALL will celebrate Obsessed - her groundbreaking new music and video series from SKB Records - with a New York performance at Rockwood Music Hall on Monday, April 22 at 7:00 PM.

The twelfth and final month of Tony Winner, Lena Hall's Obsessed is upon us and this month, Lena is obsessed with grunge legend Chris Cornell.

SKB Records has announced the twelfth and final month of the groundbreaking new music and video series LENA HALL Obsessed from the Tony Award winner and Grammy nominee. Obsessed: Chris Cornell - celebrating the late Grunge trailblazer who fronted Soundgarden and Audioslave before creating his own unique brand of modern rock - is now available for pre-order

SKB Records has announced the eleventh month of the groundbreaking new music series LENA HALL Obsessed from the Tony Award winner and Grammy nominee. Obsessed: Nirvana - exploring the subversive songs of the 90s grunge rock pioneers - is now available for pre-order at www.LenaHallObsessed.com as well as iTunes and Amazon. 

AYS will continue their live-to-picture concert tradition by bringing to life John Williams' score from Steven Spielberg's Raiders of the Lost Ark. Join everyone's favorite renegade archaeologist in this unique and exciting movie experience. A Raiders of the Lost Ark-themed benefit dinner will follow the concert at 7 p.m., honoring Paramount's President, Film & TV Music, Randy Spendlove, who has helped shape the landscape of film music for over 20 years.

SKB Records has announced the tenth month of the groundbreaking new music and video series LENA HALL Obsessed from the Tony Award winner and Grammy nominee. Obsessed: Muse - exploring the songs of the British Modern Rock band - is now available at www.LenaHallObsessed.com, as well as all digital music and streaming providers. A special trailer for the new EP is available HERE.

SKB Records has announced the tenth month of the groundbreaking new music and video series LENA HALL Obsessed from the Tony Award winner and Grammy nominee. 

For the ninth entry in her awe-inspiring 12 EP series OBSESSED, Lena Hall pays homage to the person that the Hipster movement appropriated its fashion and peculiarities from singer-songwriter Beck. On OBSESSED: BECK, Hall offers up four songs from the quirky and much-admired musician. And while her vocals are brilliant - as always - this particular EP falls flat.

The ninth month of the groundbreaking new music and video series LENA HALL Obsessed from the Tony Award winner and Grammy nominee has been announced. Obsessed: Beck - dedicated to the five time Grammy Award-winning pop art polymath - is now available for pre-order

The latest installment of Lena Hall's music and video series, Obsessed is available today! Obsessed: David Bowie - delving into the rich catalog of the iconic rock chameleon - is available in digital and streaming formats at www.LenaHallObsessed.com as well as iTunes and Amazon.

SKB Records has announced the eighth month of the groundbreaking new music and video series LENA HALL Obsessed from the Tony Award winner and Grammy nominee. Obsessed: David Bowie - delving into the rich catalog of the iconic rock chameleon - is now available for pre-order at www.LenaHallObsessed.com as well as iTunes and Amazon. Customers that pre-order the EP will immediately receive a download of the first single, "Rebel Rebel." Obsessed: David Bowie will be released in digital and streaming formats on Friday, August 3.

Lena Hall kicks the seventh month into overdrive with her OBSESSED: JACK WHITE. This four-track gem contains songs from the singer and songwriter that many remember as the lead singer and guitarist for The White Stripes. This solid collection of tunes is delightfully guitar heavy and features Hall beautifully alternating between her signature raucous vocalizations and softer, almost-country stylings.

SKB Records has announced the seventh month of the groundbreaking new music and video series LENA HALL Obsessed from the Tony Award winner and Grammy nominee.

SKB Records will celebrate the halfway point of LENA HALL Obsessed - their  unprecedented monthly music and video series from the Tony Award winner and Grammy nominee - with a special concert "Six Months of Obsessions: from Radiohead to Hedwig" at Public Arts (215 Chrystie Street) on Wednesday, June 27 at 8:00 PM. In addition to her current release honoring Radiohead, previous EPs this year have paid tribute to Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Peter Gabriel, Elton John, The Cranberries and P!nk. 

Six months in and Lena Hall's OBSESSED series is still going strong with solid homages and tributes to various artists. This month, Hall spectacularly croons her way through delightful gloomy misery on OBSESSED: Radiohead. The new EP is, more-or-less, the anti-summer collection of music you didn't know you needed.