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In The News: Paul Simon, Juliana Hatfield, Gillian Welch, Ivy, Spain, Jeff Bridges And More

On June 7, Columbia/Legacy will issue the first round of Paul Simon Definitive Editions: 1972’s Paul Simon, 1973’s There Goes Rhymin’ Simon, 1974’s Paul Simon In Concert: Live Rhymin’ and 1975’s Still Crazy After All These Years. All four reissues have been remastered and feature bonus tracks (including demos and unreleased songs) and expanded packaging … Juliana Hatfield‘s latest, the fan-funded, 13-track Speeches Delivered To Animals And Plants (Ye Olde), is out August 30. A percentage of the money raised for the follow-up to last year’s Peace And Love is going to the Save A Sato Animal Shelter in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and the Northeast Animal Shelter in Salem, Mass. … On June 28, Acony Records is releasing Gillian Welch‘s The Harrow & The Harvest. The 10-track LP was recorded at Welch’s Woodland Sound Studios in Nashville and produced by David Rawlings. Welch and Rawlings start a tour in support of the album tomorrow … Ivy‘s as-yet-untitled fifth album will be out on the Nettwerk label this fall. First single “Distant Lights” previews the LP, the follow-up to 2005’s In The Clear, on June 7 … The Soul Of Spain, Spain‘s first new album in a decade, is looking for financing via a Kickstarter campaign. Go here to help out … Seattle’s 15th annual Capitol Hill Block Party takes place July 22-24. Artists playing the fest include TV On The Radio, Explosions In The Sky, Thurston Moore, the Cave Singers, Battles, Ra Ra Riot, Les Savy Fav, the Posies, Kurt Vile, Yuck and Fucked Up … On June 7, Eagle Rock Entertainment is releasing Sheryl Crow‘s Miles From Memphis: Live At The Pantages Theatre on DVD and Blu-Ray. The 18-track video was filmed last year during Crow’s tour in support of 100 Miles From Memphis … Dude alert! Oscar winner Jeff Bridges is releasing his self-titled sophomore album on August 16 via Blue Note. The 11-track LP was produced by T Bone Burnett, Bridges’s longtime pal … In celebration of jazz great Chick Corea’s 70th birthday, Stretch/Concord is issuing The Definitive Chick Corea on June 7. The two-disc compilation collects songs from the ’80s, ’90s and ’00s … Lenny Kravitz‘s ninth studio album, Black And White America (Atlantic/Roadrunner), is out August 30. He kicks off a tour with U2 on June 4 … The legendary harDCore punks in Scream just recorded a seven-song EP at Dave Grohl’s studio. Scream’s Complete Control Sessions (out August via SideOneDummy) was cut live and is the band’s first studio record since 1993’s Fumble.