Texas Rangers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks last night, Game 1 of the World Series - what a time to talk baseball music. Play ball. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "GRAND SALAMI TIME") THE BASEBALL PROJECT: ...

Any baseball fan knows that music and the great American pastime overlap a bit. There are walk-up songs, after all, ballpark DJs and an organist playing pump-up tunes. And then there’s The Baseball ...

Somewhere in Europe, there exists live footage of an unreleased song about Roberto Clemente, penned by R.E.M. bassist Mike Mills. The Baseball Project — a music supergroup now comprised of R.E.M.’s ...

The Dream Syndicate‘s Steve Wynn will release a memoir, I Wouldn’t Say It If It Wasn’t True, and new solo album, Make it Right, on August 30. “I wrote and recorded these songs in tandem with working ...

The Baseball Project is a true wonder to see live. Scott McCaughey and Steve Wynn are the vocalists and rhythm guitarists. Wynn’s wife, Linda Pitman, plays drums. The group is rounded out by R.E.M.

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