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Video: Chris Cornell – “The Keeper”

Stream: Chris Cornell – “Cleaning my Gun” (from Songbook)
MP3: Craig Wedren – “I Know”

Former Soundgarden front man Chris Cornell has been pretty busy lately, and for a 47-year-old grunge hero who isn’t Eddie Vedder, that’s pretty impressive. He recently contributed a song to the film Machine Gun Preacher, and in November completed the serialized release of Songbook, a career-spanning collection of solo live tracks.

The golden-voiced vocalist will cap his nationwide solo tour at San Diego’s Balboa Theatre on 12/17; Shudder to Think’s Craig Wedren will open. Full list of tour dates is below…

Big Harp Tour to Support ‘White Hat,’ Play Casbah Tonight

Just a few days ago, L.A. duo Big Harp kicked off their Fall tour opening for Saddle Creek labelmate and former Azure Ray singer Maria Taylor. The twosome is touring to support its new album, White Hat, and they’re celebrating its success by playing shows in the Southwest and Pacific Northwest for the first time ever.

Recorded by Pierre de Reeder (Rilo Kiley), White Hat sees lead singer Chris Senseney drawing inspiration from a variety of influences, including (but not limited to) classic country and folk. On the album, Senseney finds many interesting ways to accommodate his heroes — there are echoes of Townes Van Zandt, Nick Cave, and even Captain Beefheart — but it’s Senseney’s wife/drummer Stefanie Drootin who holds the whole enterprise together.

If their shows are as eclectic or interesting as their recorded work (check out their video for “Everybody Pays,” above), the band’s gig tonight at the Casbah should be a hell of a time. Full list of tour dates is below.