Bud Light Seltzer’s New Year’s Eve livestream was appropriately headlined by the human incarnation of Bud Light itself, better known as Post Malone. But if fans were expecting Posty to stick with his own tracks, they clearly hadn’t been paying attention to last year. Much like how the Crocs collaborator busted out his own take […]
To close out Hanukkah, Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters producer Greg Kurstin closed out their ongoing Hanukkah Sessions with a cover of Velvet Underground’s “Rock and Roll.” The band’s late singer, Lou Reed, was Jewish. Grohl issued a lengthy statement on the meaning of the Hanukkah Sessions. As 2020 comes to a close and another Hanukkah ends (my first!) I am […]
You probably saw Foo Fighters performing on that crazy episode of Saturday Night Live that premiered the day that Joe Biden won the election. In a conversation with Zane Lowe at Apple Music, Dave Grohl explained the backstory behind being asked to play that night—which was put together in just a few days. “…Usually with […]
Another night of Hanukkah, another cover of a Jewish artist from Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters producer Greg Kurstin. On the seventh night of the festival of lights, the duo covered the Knack’s “Frustrated” as the latest installment of their Hanukkah Sessions. “Tonight we’re featuring 4 nice Jewish boys whose biggest hit was a song about a nice Jewish girl… “My Shalom-a” […]
Ringo Starr, with a little help from his (celebrity) friends — including Paul McCartney, Corinne Bailey Rae, Eric Burton (Black Pumas), Sheryl Crow, FINNEAS, Dave Grohl, Ben Harper, Lenny Kravitz and Jenny Lewis — shared his new song “Here’s to the Nights.” Described as a song of “peace, love and friendship,” the single was written by […]
Another night of Hanukkah, another cover of a Jewish artist from Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters producer Greg Kurstin. On the sixth night of the festival of lights, the duo covered Elastica’s “Connection” as the latest installment of their Hanukkah Sessions. “From Brit Milot to Britpop…here’s one of the coolest tracks from the 90’s….sung by the very cool…and Jewish…Justine Frischmann…ELASTICA!” the […]
Another night of Hanukkah, another cover of a Jewish artist from Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters producer Greg Kurstin. On the fifth night of the festival of lights, the duo covered Bob Dylan’s 1966 song “Rainy Day Women #12 & 35″ as the latest installment of their Hanukkah Sessions. “So now everybody must get stoned (not in the Law of Moses […]
Another night of Hanukkah, another cover of a Jewish artist from Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters producer Greg Kurstin. On the fourth night of the festival of lights, the duo covered Peaches’ [born Merrill Nisker] “Fuck the Pain Away for the latest installment of their Hanukkah Sessions. Unlike the previous covers, the featured artist, in this case, Peaches, made an appearance. […]
Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters producer Greg Kurstin started a new holiday tradition this year: covering a song by a Jewish artist every night of Hanukkah. They kicked off the Hanukkah Sessions Thursday night with a cover of the Beastie Boys’ “Sabotage,” and followed it with Drake’s “Hotline Bling” on Friday. To celebrate the festival of lights’ third night, the duo […]
After kicking off the festival of lights with a rousing cover of the Beastie Boys’ “Sabotage,” Dave Grohl and Greg Kurstin returned for the second night with a bit of a surprise selection: Drake’s “Hotline Bling.” “You might be surprised to learn that this superstar is… Canadian. He’s never hidden the fact that he was […]