Brooklyn Vegan — Frank Black (w/ Grand Duchy) @ Siren Fest in July (more by Tim Griffin) tonight in NYC * DANCE * Lucha VaVOOM @ Webster Hall * Eugene Mirman Comedy Fest * Allen Toussaint @ Joe's Pub * The Dumps, Flaming... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Grizzly Bear (when they played MHOW - more by Tim Griffin) Lightning Bolt (from the last time they played Bway Backyard - more by Leia Jospe) tonight in NYC * DANCE * The Cool Kids @ S.O.B.'s * Allen Toussaint... more info

Guardian Music — Last week was all about songs struggling to stay awake. Now we want you to suggest music to soundtrack a returning voyagerLast week was a quieter one in which we could all gather our thoughts, get some shut-eye and, if you're Tincanman, do a bit of g... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Guardian's book blog and the Los Angeles Times remember author Dominick Dunne. At Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz, Allen Toussaint and Elvis Costello share a live performance and interview. Gapers Block looks back on the 1990's music scene of Chic... more info

Mercury News, California — Allen Toussaint brings his New Orleans sound to the San Jose Jazz Festival. more info

Topix — Over music and gumbo served in a historic New Orleans nightclub, pianist and hit songwriter Allen Toussaint will join the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame. more info

Associated Press — NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Over music and gumbo served in a historic New Orleans nightclub, pianist and hit songwriter Allen Toussaint will join the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame.... more info

All About Jazz — WFUV's New York City home is more than a thousand miles from New Orleans, but on a recent fine day, a favorite son of the Crescent City brought his city's sounds to our Studio-A piano. A bona fide legend, Allen Toussaint has produced everybody and wr... more info

All About Jazz — Jazz Aspen Snowmass Adds Elvis Costello To Labor Day Festival Line-Up The Allman Brothers Band, Black Eyed Peas, Doobie Brothers, and Michael Franti are This Year's Highlights Aspen, CO -- The much anticipated JAS Labor Day Festival returns to Sn... more info

JamBase — By: Tim Dwenger One of the great spirits of American music, Levon Helm, has returned with Electric Dirt (released June 30 on Vanguard Records), a stellar follow-up to 2007's Grammy winning Dirt Farmer. Like Dirt Farmer, Helm's new offering featur... more info