Jambands

Kronos Quartet Cover “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall” with Ringo Starr, Willie Nelson, Iggy Pop, Allison Russell, Laurie Anderson, Stephin Merritt and More

Yesterday, July 16, marked the 80th anniversary of the Trinity Test, the US military’s first detonation of a nuclear weapon in the deserts of New Mexico. To observe the event and its devastating ...
American Songwriter

Ringo Starr, Willie Nelson, & Iggy Pop Among the Many Artists Featured on New Versions of the Bob Dylan Classic “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall”

One version of the song features various artists alternately singing the verses and choruses, while the second features the lyrics recited by various contributors over a droning alternate backing ...
Democracy Now

Trinity, 80 Years Later, Still Threatens a “Hard Rain’s a-Gonna Fall”

July 16 marked the 80th anniversary of the first atomic bomb explosion, at what the bomb’s creator, physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, called the Trinity Site in New Mexico. The harsh desert terrain had ...
brooklynvegan

Kronos Quartet tap Iggy Pop, Stephin Merritt, Willie Nelson, Laurie Anderson & more to cover Dylan's "A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall"

Kronos Quartet are marking the 80th anniversary of the first nuclear detonation by covering Bob Dylan‘s “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall” with the Hard Rain Collective. Proceeds benefit the Red Hot ...