Brooklyn Vegan — Pete Seeger at Clearwater 2009 (more by Chris La Putt) As previously discussed, Croton, NY's Clearwater Festival returns this year from June 21-22 with Richard Thompson, Rufus Wainwright, Puss N Boots (feat. Norah Jones, Sasha Dobson, Catherine Poppe... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Dean Wareham @ Maxwell's, 2011 (more by Chris Gersbeck) While we already knew that "Nonesuch Records at BAM" and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus / Bryce Dessner collaboration (though details on that one were TBA) were going to be part of... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Adam Scott will talk "Greatest Event in Television History" on Saturday New York Magazine's pop culture website Vulture is throwing a two-day festival this weekend (May 10 & 11), titled simply Vulture Festival, featuring a bric-a-brac of panels and e... more info

Mercury News, California — Also, Rufus Wainwright performs two shows in San Francisco. more info

ContactMusic — Singer Rufus Wainwright has launched an online campaign to fund the recording of his opera.The Canadian star composed Prima Donna himself and... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The BBC explained how absinthe became popular with writers. iTunes is streaming the new Hold Steady album, Teeth Dreams. Vol. 1 Brooklyn interviewed author Kyle Minor. Drowned in Sound interviewed singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright. Bookworm intervie... more info

Pop Candy — Tuesday's headlines also include Anne Rice and the Cartoon Network. more info

USA Today Music — Other artists with intriguing tracks include Ledisi, Rufus Wainwright and Christine Ebersole. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis Antony and Rufus Wainwright cohort and onetime Damnbuilder, Joan Wasser will release her fourth album as Joan as Policewoman on March 11. Titled The Classic, it finds her in classic (and classy) R&B mode. "I'm in the... more info

ContactMusic — Sir Mick Jagger and singer/songwriter Rufus Wainwright have shared their playlists with British Airways bosses as part of a new inflight programme... more info