Few musicians have left their mark on proto-punk quite like The Modern Lovers’ Jonathan Richman. With a pretty hefty discography of great works, it’s hard to pick this rocker’s very best songs.

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 ...

(Reybee) Following the recent digital release of his overwhelmingly critically-hailed 18th studio album Only Frozen Sky Anyway, legendary balladeer Jonathan Richman will be releasing the album on CD ...

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’s not looking back, so why should we? There’s no reason to discuss his colorful musical past and his place in the New Wave canon. Instead, he’s looking forward and finds the future is ...

Influential singer/songwriter Jonathan Richman returns to Nevada City for a rare show at the Nevada Theatre on Wednesday, March 15 as part of Paul Emery’s Nevada City LIVE! Concert series. Richman has ...

A year before Sire Records founder Seymour Stein coined the term “new wave” to describe the pop-flavored punk bands emerging in 1977, Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers had already launched the ...

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 ...

Jonathan Richman is no stranger to Boise. Back in 2017, he lit up the Treefort main stage with nothing more than his flamenco guitar and drummer Tommy Larkins by his side. Instead of leaning on ...

This story is featured in CityBeat’s Feb. 21 print edition. One of the most unique and original voices in modern music, Jonathan Richman makes a local appearance at the end of the month at the Foundry ...