Jonathan Cohen, N.Y.
As first tipped here in August 2007, Wilco will release its
first concert DVD, "Ashes of American Flags," chronicling February
2008 visits to Nashville's Ryman Auditorium and Tulsa, Okla.'s Cain
Ballroom.
The project is due in February or March from Nonesuch, just in
advance of the next Wilco studio album, which the band is now
recording.
"Ashes" was assembled by longtime collaborators Brendan Canty and
Christoph Green of Trixie Films, who previously worked on frontman
Jeff Tweedy's solo DVD "Sunken Treasure" and the behind-the-scenes
film that accompanied certain editions of Wilco's 2007 album "Sky
Blue Sky."
According to a newsletter sent to fans, Wilco will play "a handful
of gigs" in the southern U.S. in April, to be followed by an
extensive tour of Spain in May and then "the usual summer hijinks
with a new record and gigs everywhere imaginable."
Tweedy also has three solo shows on tap in Michigan and Illinois
later this month.