Ryan's Smashing Life — DO NOT MISS THIS LINEUP - TICKETS ON SALE TODAY!The DecemberistsJoan BaezLanghorne SlimNeko CaseJosh RitterBilly BraggDeer TickThe Avett BrothersElvis Perkins in DearlandTICKETS ON SALE TODAY AT 10am: George Wein’s FOLK FESTIVAL 50 (July 31 â... more info

All About Jazz — Celebrate five decades of folk music in Newport, RI, August 1 - 2 at George Wein's Folk Festival 50. The 2009 festival, which takes over Fort Adams State Park from 11:30 am - 7:00 pm each day, will celebrate 50 years of rich history in Newport, where... more info

JamBase — THE GREAT ESCAPE FESTIVAL MAY 14, 15, 16 2009 - BRIGHTON 4th YEAR OF EUROPE'S PREMIER NEW MUSIC EVENT 3 DAYS / 34 VENUES / 300 OF THE WORLD'S BEST NEW BANDS Evan Dando With a deserved reputation for unearthing the music scene's most excit... more info

JamBase — George Wein's NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVAL 50 - AUGUST 1 & 2 FIRST ROUND OF ARTISTS & TICKET SALE DATES ANNOUNCED Newport Folk Festival 2008 by Amanda Albion Ticket sale dates and a partial list of artists are set for George Wein's NEWPORT FOLK FESTIVA... more info

Live Daily — (LiveDaily.com) Singer/songwriter Ben Kweller [ tickets ] has lined up a brief run of early summer headlining dates in the Western US as he continues to back his latest studio album, "Changing Horses."... continued more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Buy Ben Kweller's latest album, the 10-track Changing Horses, for $1.99 at Amazon MP3. How To Japanese makes predictions about Haruki Murakami's next book, titled 1Q84. Style Weekly interviews singer-songwriter Samantha Crain. Guitar World lists the ... more info

Pasta Primavera — The title of Ben Kweller’s new album, Changing Horses, says it all.  He flips the script on his usual rock output and goes full on country, rhythm, and blues.  Initially I was like, “WTF Ben?!”, but luckily I’m patient man.  I gave i... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: The Chum BucketBen Kweller stopped by WNEW to play a few songs and talk about going country. [WNEW]Vanilla Ice issues an apology for "everything." Alas, too little, too late. [Best Week Ever]Apparently, they now give out college degrees ... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: Video, Exclusive, Guest BloggerThe fourth episode of 'One-Minute Pop Song' may not be for the faint of stomach. I went to my parent's house to say hi to my mom, and low and behold she was there in a hospital gown -- post-tummy-tuck -- wi... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: Video, Exclusive, Guest BloggerHey, everyone. Please forgive me for the late installment of 'One-Minute Pop Song.' I meant to post this on Tuesday, but I've been playing so much guitar this week that I haven't even seen a computer. Here ... more info