Brendan Benson

CD of the Week - Old Believers

7.12.12 at 9:50am by Corny O'Connell

Old Believers, the new album from Cory Chisel and the Wandering Sons brings together elements of gospel, blues and rock. Cory’s good friend Brendan Benson (The Raconteurs) produced the album. The two met while making Cory’s first album. They sat down to write a song together, and quickly found they were kindred spirits. “We had such a common language in the way we attacked music-making. Brendan is really great at bringing direction and bringing something out of me that is almost indescribable.

Brendan Benson - Words and Music - 2012

5.21.12 at 12:15pm by Rita Houston

Brendan Benson always has music on the brain and a killer lyric at the ready, and he's continuing to enjoy an interesting and varied career. The co-founder of The Raconteurs with Jack White, is also a prolific producer and now head of his own label, Readymade Records.

WFUV at SXSW: Brendan Benson Interview

3.17.12 at 12:25am by Laura Fedele

Brendan Benson has been putting out records since 1996, and kicked things up a notch by co-founding The Raconteurs with friend Jack White, but now he's facing a new challenge: Starting his own record label, and releasing a new record on it.

That kind of thing brings many an artist to SXSW, and the serious fun makes 'em stay, as he joked with WFUV's Rita Houston at the Hotel San Jose: "I'm just trying to stay sober enough to play. It's tough!"

New Music Monday Is All Fired Up

3.12.12 at 7:00am by Josh Briseno

New Music Monday is a collection of the best new releases in music each week. We share them with you every Monday, every hour on WFUV.