Jackson Browne on Susan Cowsill’s upcoming Lighthouse

Jackson Browne performed as a special guest session player for roots rocker Susan Cowsill’s upcoming album Lighthouse, according to her blog on MySpace. No word yet on what track(s) he performed on, and to what extent.
The album is scheduled for an April 21st release in North America.
(Thanks to JenniferS.)

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Jackson Browne’s Time The Conqueror World Tour

I should’ve posted about this sooner but Jackson Browne’s world tour in support of his newest album Time The Conqueror is about to start. If you see him, be sure to write in with a review and/or set list.
Between now and May, he’ll be aggressively touring with his full band throughout New Zealand, Australia, Ireland, [...]

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Jackson Browne appears in The People Speak

Jackson Browne performs “Lives In The Balance” and “The Drums Of War” in the upcoming documentary The People Speak. Inspired by historian Howard Zinn’s book A People’s History of the United States, the film features the words of resistance from figures both remembered and forgotten by history, brought back to life by accomplished actors like Marisa [...]

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Jackson Browne promotes Progressive Book Club

JackonBrowne.com posted today about the Progressive Book Club:
The best new way to buy books. Part bookseller, part online magazine, the Progressive Book Club is a vibrant new forum for progressive ideas. Enjoy competitive discounts on the best and latest progressive books chosen by an Editorial Board including Michael Chabon, Barbara Kingsolver, John Podesta, and Katrina [...]

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Browne vs. McCain update: no oral argument on pending motions

Ben Sheffner’s Copyrights & Campaigns blog reports that Federal District Judge R. Gary Klausner has decided that the attorneys need not make the drive over to the court for the previously scheduled February 2, 2009, hearing to determine whether to dismiss the “Running On Empty” case. Instead the judge will issue his decision once he [...]

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Go Get It: Jackson Browne at the Secret Policeman’s Balls

Just released as a 3-disc DVD set is The Secret Policeman’s Balls, a collection of fundraising events put on by John Cleese starting in the mid ’70s. Jackson Browne attended one of them in the ’80s and his live performance is included here.
I believe he performs “For Everyman” like so:

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Browne vs. McCain update: Jackson files opposition, McCain counters

Jackson Browne’s attorneys posted on their blog an update on the status of this potentially historic case. (In case you forgot or weren’t following this, Jackson’s song “Running On Empty” was used for an anti-Obama commercial in Ohio and online by the Republican Party during Senator John McCain’s campaign for President. Jackson sued for the [...]

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Clips from Talking Guitars

Clips from the 2007 documentary Talking Guitars have been posted to YouTube featuring Jackson Browne and Carly Simon.
In the first clip below Jackson and David Lindley perform “Too Many Angels” from I’m Alive. Jackson’s album from 1993.
The second video is the first of two clips featuring Carly where she does an exquisite solo acoustic version [...]

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Jackson Browne likes The Sound

Los Angeles radio station KSWD 100.3 The Sound has issued a press release announcing the return of the program “Album Sides Wednesday”, complete with a quote from Jackson Browne.
“It’s good that LA has a radio station that actually plays songs from an artist’s body of work and not just from playlists that are generated by [...]

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Jackson Browne seen at Green Inaugural Ball

This past Friday night, Jackson Browne was among the attendees of The GREEN Inaugural Ball in Washington DC, according to TreeHugger.com. Unfortunately, he did not perform, as Wyclef Jean was the slated performer for the night.

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