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Jay Z: 'Run This Town' - New Video

Watch his hot new video to 'Run This Town' featuring Rihanna and Kanye West.

Jay Reatard New Video 'It Ain't Gonna Save Me'

It's a birthday party to remember as the clowns and kids turn on each other in 'It Ain't Gonna Save Me'

NME Video News - 25 September 2009

NME's weekly round up of all the latest music news. This week, Jay-Z and Ian Brown get together for an NME photo shoot and Chas and Dave split!

NME Video: Music News - 8 August 2008

The latest news from the NME newsdesk.. Wolfmother confirm split, Richard Ashcroft talks to NME about recording another solo album and Jay-Z hits back at Noel (again!)

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Jeff Tweedy - Story about Jay Farrar in Mexico (03:31)

Jeff Tweedy tells a funny story about ending up two doors down from former bandmate - and alt.country nemesis - Jay Farrar. Recorded live at the Vic in Chicago, January 23rd, 2008.

Ben Gibbard and Jay Farrar Play "Big Sur" Live in Studio (03:45)

Listen to the whole interview: www.wnyc.org Two big names in alternative music are joining forces to pay tribute to Jack Kerouac, the godfather of alternative fiction. Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie and Jay Farrar...

Jay Farrar & Kelly Willis - Rex's Blues (05:05)

A video I produced about the disappearing family farms in my area, and the resulting rural decay. Townes Van Zandt provides the words, Jay Farrar & Kelly Willis the music. A "tribute to a tribute" to Townes. A...

Ben Gibbard and Jay Farrar Perform "These Roads Don't Move" Live on Soundcheck (03:54)

Listen to the whole interview: www.wnyc.org Indie rockers Ben Gibbard and Jay Farrar perform songs from their soundtrack for a film about jazz-inspired writer Jack Kerouac.

Jay Farrar - Cahokian (04:26)

From the CD Terroir Blues I will wat for you in the green, green spaces, Wearing our post-industrial faces. Side by side sit the trashpile twin, And the eleventh century center of the Misissippian, With the calender...

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Jay Farrar Biography

Jay Farrar, (born December 26, 1966 in Millstadt, Illinois) is an American songwriter and musician currently based in St. Louis, Missouri. A veteran of two critically-acclaimed music groups, Uncle Tupelo and Son Volt, he began his solo music career in 2001. Beyond his established talents as a songwriter, he is a guitarist, harmonicist, and a distinctive vocalist. His music is an informed interpretation of traditional American music.

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