Jonathan Richman is back with a new album, Only Frozen Sky Anyway, which will be out July 16 via his own Blue Arrow Records. Like 2021’s Want to Visit My Inner House?, this one was co-produced by ...

Famously from Massachusetts, Jonathan Richman lives in Chico, CA these days when he’s not touring, and he sometimes likes to hit the streets of his hometown and play just for fun — which sounds like a ...

Jonathan Richman, the singer and songwriter who formed seminal proto-punk outfit The Modern Lovers in the 1970s, has continued to tour across the country as a prolific solo act and is set to perform ...

Do not attempt to reach him around breakfast time. A couple years back, Jonathan Richman released a song called “You Can Have a Cell Phone That’s OK But Not Me.” It is, like most of his songs—”Our ...

Jonathan Richman, the rock legend behind “Roadrunner,” is thankful some lawmakers want his song to be the official rock song of Massachusetts. “It takes a lot of devotion to, you know, to take a song ...

As an angsty 14-year-old, this song spoke to me. I listened to it over and over again. But it would take a few years until I discovered Jonathan Richman and his band The Modern Lovers’ full ...

Maybe the most ominous summer song, by one of the best ever to do it. Jonathan Richman – “That Summer Feeling” The lyrics to this one sting in such a specific, wonderful way. I’m feeling nostalgic for ...