Jonathan Richman is back with a new album, Only Frozen Sky Anyway, which will be out July 16 via his own Blue Arrow Records. Like 2021’s Want to Visit My Inner House?, this one was co-produced by ...

In May 2010, Jonathan Richman played two shows at the Know, making for an almost unique opportunity to see the legendary songwriter in such intimate, unpretentious digs. Notice I said almost! Because ...

I’ve been listening to Jonathan Richman's music for more than 40 years, but I was a total virgin at his show in Baltimore on ...

Jonathan Richman is no stranger to Boise. Back in 2017, he lit up the Treefort main stage with nothing more than his flamenco guitar and drummer Tommy Larkins by his side. Instead of leaning on ...

Harrison plays keyboards on five songs, including two tracks that have been made available in advance of the album—“I Was Just a Piece of Frozen Sky” and “O Guitar.” Richman’s longtime drummer and ...

Few musicians have left their mark on proto-punk quite like The Modern Lovers’ Jonathan Richman. With a pretty hefty discography of great works, it’s hard to pick this rocker’s very best songs.

Minimalism has always been at the core of Jonathan Richman’s music. The California-based musician, performing with drummer Tommy Larkins at The Foundry Theater at Antioch College in Yellow Springs on ...

Jonathan Richman counts it off, and the feel-good chords ignite. Ever the gentleman, he offers a greeting, then a candid mission statement. "I'm from the '60s, the time of 'Louie Louie' and 'Little ...

Jonathan Richman will release a new album. It's called Only Frozen Sky Anyway and it's out November 7th via Blue Arrow Records. You can hear the lead single below.

Jonathan Richman, the singer and songwriter who formed seminal proto-punk outfit The Modern Lovers in the 1970s, has continued to tour across the country as a prolific solo act and is set to perform ...

On his 18th studio album, the eternally young-at-heart power-pop troubadour—joined by his old friend Jerry Harrison—turns his thoughts toward mortality, uncovering new emotional depths in his music.

Quirky songwriter, punk influencer, and guitarist Jonathan Richman has done it all, from fronting influential band The Modern Lovers to his kids classic 1977 recording of "The Wheels on the Bus" to ...