Michael Stipe on a New Velvet Underground Tribute Album and Other Projects

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Sep 21, 2021

Michael Stipe’s cover of “Sunday Morning” opens the new album, I’ll Be Your Mirror: A Tribute To The Velvet Underground & Nico, out September 24. The record also features Iggy Pop, Sharon Van Etten, Matt Berninger, St Vincent, and more. Stipe joins us to discuss the album and the legacy of the band, as well as his other current projects, including a recently published book of photography and the upcoming 25th anniversary reissue of REM’s album, New Adventures in Hi-Fi.

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