JamBase — NEW PROJECT FOR CROWES/WIDESPREAD BOYS Steve GormanBy Josh Miller Trigger Hippy - comprised of drummer Steve Gorman (The Black Crowes), guitarist Jimmy Herring (Widespread Panic), guitarist Audley Freed (Jakob Dylan, ex-Crowes, Blue Floyd) and ba... more info

Pitchfork — -- On February 17, Rapster Records, the company that brought us the stuff-Daft-punk-sampled compilation Discovered, will release Protected, a compilation of stuff that Massive Attack has sampled. Somehow it's not all old Horace Andy reggae songs; rat... more info

Songwriters: Chris Stapleton and James Michael Henderson. They may have just burst onto the bluegrass scene in 2008, but the SteelDrivers have decades of music experience between them–separately, they’ve recorded with everyone from Al Green to Pa... more info

Songwriters: Chris Stapleton and James Henderson. They may have just burst onto the bluegrass scene in 2008, but the SteelDrivers have decades of music experience between them–separately, they’ve recorded with everyone from Al Green to Patty Love... more info

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Soul Sides — Quantic Presenta Flowering Inferno: Westbound TrainQuantic Presenta Flowering Inferno: Make Dub Not WarFrom Death of the Revolution (Tru Thoughts, 2008)Should have been on top of this back in the summer when it first dropped but consider the new Flow... more info

JamBase — Yeah, we know he was probably really born in the spring when the flocks are actually in the fields but we still want to light a birthday candle for our pal and yours, Jesus Christ. Whether you're away in a manger or snug by a fireplace, it's wort... more info

Soul Sides — Mary Wells: Two LoversMarvin Gaye: I'll Be DoggoneThe Supremes: The HappeningEddie Kendricks: Shoeshine BoyT.G. Shepherd: Devil in the BottleBrenda Holloway: You've Made Me So Very HappyAll from The Complete Motown #1s (Motown, 2008)As for many child... more info

Said the Gramophone — Sarah Siskind - "Falling Stars" It was through Bon Iver's self-damning love for "Lovin's For Fools," the heartbreaking, "You Are My Sunshine"-jacking ballad by Sarah Siskind, that I learned of this talented songwriter. Sad music and production this ... more info

Stereogum — Here's the next installment in a series that brings you classic indie rock albums at hugely discounted prices. Every week, Amazon.com is letting us select one album from its MP3 store to go on super sale (up to 75% off normal prices). Hopefully you... more info