Brooklyn Vegan — Honoring the legacy of folk musician and activist (and festival founder) Pete Seeger, this is the 40th anniversary of Clearwater and the lineup also includes The Mavericks, Dave Alvin & Jimmie Dale Gilmore, Rhiannon Giddens, David Byrne cohorts Choir... more info

Topix — As a radical folk musician who defines the genre broadly-as an attitude of human connection-DiFranco is at her most inspired on stage, connecting with audiences and sharing her truth with generations of socially engaged fans as they struggle, awaken,... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Esquire profiled author Kevin Young. William Shatner covered the Cramps' "Garbageman." Check out November's eBook deals. Ani DiFranco played a Tiny Desk Concert. Vol. 1 Brooklyn interviewed author Bud Smith. The Roots covered Bob Dylan's "Masters of ... more info

Chorus.fm — Against Me!’s Laura Jane Grace, Peaches, Scissor Sisters’ Jake Shears, Dr. John, Jackson Browne, Bridget Everett, Sandra Bernhard, and Ani DiFranco will be performing at Cyndi Lauper’s holiday show at NYC’s Beacon Theatre on December 9th. more info

Chorus.fm — Ani DiFranco’s new song “Zizzing” (feat. Justin Vernon) can be heard below. more info

Stereogum — Ani DiFranco has a new album, Binary, coming out in a couple of weeks, and one of the songs on it features backing vocals from Bon Iver's Justin Vernon. The song's called "Zizzing," and Vernon emailed his parts in after recording them remotely. He sh... more info

Stereogum — In the '90s, the singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco built herself an empire. DiFranco, who ran away from home at age 15, founded her own label and released her debut album by age 20. Through the '90s, she became crazy popular while maintaining that DIY e... more info

KEXP Seattle — It’s been announced via Facebook that guitarist Dave Rosser has been diagnosed with inoperable colon cancer. Rosser has been a long-time member of all Greg Dulli’s bands (The Afghan Whigs, The Twilight Singers, and Gutter Twins). The Afghan Whigs... more info

Stereogum — Dave Rosser is a guitarist who’s currently a member of the Afghan Whigs. He’s also played with Greg Dulli’s other projects the Twilight Singers and the Gutter Twins, and with people like Ani DiFranco and Joseph Arthur. Recently, Rosser was diag... more info

Rolling Stone — This week, activist and folksinger Ryan Harvey released "Old Man Trump," a new song featuring damning, eerily prescient lyrics that Woody Guthrie wrote more than 60 years ago about Donald Trump's father, Fred. Tom Morello, who guests on t... more info