Singer-songwriter and guitarist Neal Casal, who died Monday, is remembered by friends and bandmates for his prowess and his personality — as well as his legacy. “To many of us, Neal Casal and Graham Parsons are basically the two most influential guys in L.A.,” says one.
New on forthcoming full-lengths from Ryan Adams, Sleater-Kinney, Foals and James Blake — along with reissues of the first four X albums.
I Am the Highway: A Tribute to Chris Cornell will feature members of Soundgarden, Audiioslave and Temple of the Dog, along with Foo Fighters, Metallica and Ryan Adams. It’s a benefit for the Chris and Vicky Cornell Foundation.
Interspersing some lively banter, Ryan Adams played a career-spanning set Saturday night at the Greek Theatre in support of his new album “Prisoner.”
Also on Saturday: Great Good Fine OK, Vulfpeck, Avi Buffalo, William Close’s Earth Harp, Lady Antebellum, Wallows, Trey Songz, Highly Suspect, Gloria Trevi
Incoming: John Legend, T.I., Björk, Oh Land, Sean Gadd, Mount Kimbie, Miranda Lee Richards, Chris Price, the Mountain Goats, Sam Outlaw, Little Hurricane, Post Malone, Modest Mouse, Lewis Del Mar, Blake Hazard, Vulfpeck, Ryan Adams, Justin Townes Earle, Lambchop, Great Good Fine OK, Elvis Costello & the Imposters, the Primitives
Also on Wednesday: Hazel English, Andy Suzuki & the Method, the Absurd, Ryan Adams, Bush, Suicidal Tendencies, the Hurricanes, Beat Cinema
Highlights from the weekend’s Outside Lands in San Francisco included Radiohead LCD Soundsystem, Air, Duran Duran, Chance the Rapper, Lionel Richie, Ryan Adams and Vince Staples — plus, some puppets doing cover songs.
Also on Friday: The Wood Brothers, Capital Cities, Jandek, People Under the Sairs, the Explorers Club, Mac Sabbath, Greyhounds, Frank Turner, the Wombats, Miranda Lambert, Gun Outfit
Incoming: Radiohead, Adele, Allen Stone, Emily King, Tony Lucca, Gladys Knight, Dear Boy, the Wombats, Natalia Lafourcade, Thalma de Freitas, Vic Mensa, Dilated Peoples, Ryan Adams, Frank Turner, Weezer, Rocky Dawuni, Sufjan Stevens, Brett Dennen, Warped Tour
