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  Beck Debuts New Songs, Covers George Jones at 'Song Reader' Tour Kickoff

  May 20, 2013 – Beck has wasted no time previewing new material live. Last night at the Rio Theatre in Santa Cruz, California, he performed a few previously unreleased songs, plus material from last year's Song Reader sheet-music collection, a George Jones cover, and a wide-ranging assortment of material from throughout his career. …
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  Beck to Perform 'Song Reader' Live With Jarvis Cocker, Franz Ferdinand, and More

  May 16, 2013 – Beck's Song Reader collection of sheet music is coming to the stage. …
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  Beck, Frank Ocean, the Breeders Join Osheaga Festival's 2013 Lineup

  May 8, 2013 – Beck, Frank Ocean, the Breeders, Bob Mould, Stars, and Tricky have been added to Montreal's Osheaga Music and Arts Festival lineup. The three-day showcase is scheduled to take place from August 2 to 4 at Parc Jean-Drapeau. …
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  Beck Confirms 'Acoustic Record' to Coincide With Unplugged Tour Dates

  May 1, 2013 – Beck's upcoming dates are in support of a new record, after all. The shape-shifting alt hero recently announced a handful of unplugged and full-band gigs, including one with Bob Dylan and Wilco near New York City. …
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  Beck Dusts Off Acoustic Guitar (and Bob Dylan) for Handful of Shows

  April 29, 2013 – Beck has recently been writing songs for other people to play and playing songs written by other people. Now he's taking his acoustic guitar on the road, and we can only hope he plays a few songs of his own.The Odelay legend has previously been revealed as one of the performers at this year's Newport Folk Festival, held July 26 to 28, and now he has announced a handful of additional dates: some acoustic, some full-band and electric. …
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  Beck, Feist, Jim James Set to Strum at Newport Folk Festival 2013

  April 9, 2013 – Beck, Feist, Jim James, the Avett Brothers, the Decemberists' Colin Meloy, and more are on the roster for this year's Newport Folk Festival, taking place from July 26 to 28 at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, Rhode Island.Now in its 54th year, the Newport Folk Festival also promises sets from Andrew Bird, the Lumineers, Father John Misty, the Mountain Goats, Bonnie "Prince" Billy & Dawn McCarthy, Old Crow Medicine Show, Trombone Sh …
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  Beck Fields Ridiculous and Probing Questions at L.A. 'Song Reader' Event

  February 22, 2013 – Someone in the crowd has just asked Beck how he lost his virginity. Note to humans: this is probably not the best way to endear yourself to a notably private, unusually thoughtful and patently strange maker of art. Various members of the press and public are here at Sonos Studios, a gallery/venue in the heart of Los Angeles, in order to experience Mr. …
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  Beware Beck's 360-Degree 'Sound and Vision': Interactive Video May Cause Nausea

  February 19, 2013 – As promised, Beck has now made it possible for you to feel like you're moving around within his nine-minute, 170-person rendition of David Bowie's "Sound and Vision." As Jack White and Beck's offbeat yet forward-thinking experiments put them in competition to be the quasi-alternative rock world's leading Willy Wonka, this experience brings to mind the candy man's lickable wallpaper. …
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  Watch Beck Expand David Bowie's 'Sound and Vision' to Nine Glorious Minutes

  February 11, 2013 – Beck isn't exactly a man you'd accuse of being a literalist. But his in-the-round cover of David Bowie's classic "Sound and Vision" wonderfully emphasizes, well, both sound and vision. The Song Reader songwriter stretches out the Low original's lithe, plastic, deceptively upbeat art-funk to a whopping nine minutes, emphasizing every glorious detail. …
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  Beck Wants You to Feel His Cover of David Bowie's 'Sound and Vision'

  February 4, 2013 – Perhaps as a way to overcompensate for putting out an album of sheet music, Beck is hard at work on a new, fully immersive project: a cover of David Bowie's "Sound and Vision" that will be performed with 170 musicians and recorded with 360-degree equipment to make viewers feel as if they're actually at the show.The Lincoln car company has drafted the Sea Change singer to reinterpret "Sound and Vision," off Bowie's 1977 LP, Low, as part  …
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