In 2020, Bright Eyes returned after nearly a decade-long hiatus with the album Down In The Weeds, Where The World Once Was. Due to the global pandemic, they couldn’t tour the project until last year.

Singer-songwriter Conor Oberst talks to us about the joy of making music. He describes his music and artistic mission as both a “release of negative feelings” and “a way to rejoice.” With their new ...

A Brief History of Conor Oberst’s Musical Team-UpsThough he’s often talked about as a solo artist, Conor Oberst has a long history of collaborative projects. Conor Oberst Goes HomeAfter a nightmarish ...

One of the most influential singer/songwriters in modern music, Conor Oberst first made his mark on the genre with his celebrated project Bright Eyes. The solo endeavor, which evolved into a full band ...

A tour by the band Bright Eyes that has led fans to express concern over the erratic behavior of frontman Conor Oberst reached its most provocative point yet Sunday night, as the singer was described ...

There are two ways to look at games of chance, both of which are naive in their own way. The first is completely innocent, fueled by the optimism that comes with feeling lucky; the second is a ...

After getting back with his punk band Desaparecidos for a killer album last year, Conor Oberst is re-focusing on his solo career, and releases the new album Ruminations on October 14 via Nonesuch.

Twelve years ago, Conor Oberst’s band Bright Eyes released two albums on top of each other that defined the cultural moment — the bombastic and emo-tinged folk record “I’m Wide Awake It’s Morning” and ...

Conor Oberst is a bit tired these days. When we hop on the phone together on a Friday afternoon, he’s not even 24 hours removed from wrapping up his two-month residency in Los Angeles and New York.

Conor Oberst tends to brush off the comparisons that have dogged him since Bright Eyes' 2002 folk-rock opus, Lifted, or the Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the ...