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Jack White and Karen Elson Split But Plan A 'Divorce Party'

Posted 6-10-11 by
Tags: Jack White, Karen Elson

Jack White and Karen Elson are a couple no longer. The pair announced their intention to divorce via a press release today.  But it's not all bad! They're throwing a divorce party for friends and family in Nashville tonight, June 10, which also marks their sixth anniversary.

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My Morning Jacket, The Black Keys, Modest Mouse On All-Star Buddy Holly Tribute Album

Posted 4-28-11 by
Tags: Cee Lo Green, Florence and the Machine, Karen Elson, Modest Mouse, My Morning Jacket, She & Him, The Black Keys

Bespectacled rock 'n' roll legend Buddy Holly is the subject of an all-star tribute album, called Rave On Buddy Holly, marking what would have been the late singer's 75th birthday this September. The auspicious lineup of bands and artists doing Holly-inspired covers includes My Morning Jacket, The Black Keys, Modest Mouse, Florence and the Machine, The Strokes' Julian Casablancas, Cee Lo Green, She & Him, Karen Elson (produced by husband Jack White) and Justin Townes Earle. The album will be released this June.

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Karen Elson's Studio A Session Now On NPR

Posted 2-3-11 by
Tags: Karen Elson

When Karen Elson visited The Alternate Side and WFUV's Studio A, it was long before her husband, Jack White, had pulled the plug on the The White Stripes. Still, the English model with deep-rooted musical aspirations was quite open about her collaboration with White and her own rock 'n' roll dreams, long harbored since she was a young girl growing up near Manchester.  Check out TAS' session in Studio A with Elson, now on NPR.org. Link after the jump.

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TAS In Session: Karen Elson

Posted 1-10-11 by , Alisa Ali
Tags: Karen Elson

Singer and songwriter Karen Elson is the first to admit that she had unusual circumstances to overcome when she released her debut album, The Ghost Who Walks, last year. As a highly successful model, Elson was known more as a beautiful face until she married The White Stripes' Jack White. When the release of her record was announced, it seemed an incongruous leap,  but Elson, a longtime member of The Citizens Band, has written songs for years. When she visited The Alternate Side last fall, she played us four songs from the new album, including the title track and the eerie "Stolen Roses,"

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The TAS Top 20 Album Chart: July 11

Posted 7-7-10 by
Tags: Karen Elson, LCD Soundsystem, Sleigh Bells, The Black Keys, The National

Jack White's wife Karen Elson sashays onto this week's TAS Top 20 album chart while LCD Soundsystem, The National and The Black Keys make it a three-way race to the top spot, with Sleigh Bells coming on strong from the outside. The Alternate Side's Russ Borris has your steamy, summertime stats.

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