Rolling Stone — Information is just beginning to trickle out, but it looks like Neil Young is launching a solo acoustic American theater tour in May with Scottish folk legend Bert Jansch opening. Only five dates have been announced of what apparently is being billed... more info

Guardian Music — He may not be a publicist's dream, but the maverick musician will bring his forward-looking curiosity to this year's festivalThe appointment of Richard Thompson as director of this year's Meltdown is good news, but champagne and fireworks aren't appr... more info

Guardian Music — His debut album was nominated for the Mercury prize – then his label locked away the followup. For his third album, Fionn Regan is going it aloneFionn Regan sits in the ­window of an east London cafe, all spindly limbs and a great scoop of ... more info

ACountry — Vince Gill is amongst the performers announced for the Crossroads Guitar Festival on June 26, 2010 at Toyota Park in Chicago.  The lineup ialso includes Eric Clapton, Albert Lee, Allman Brothers Band, BB King, Bert Jansch, Buddy Guy, David Hidal... more info

Said the Gramophone — Woodpigeon - "Music Belongs To Those Who Make It". This is, I presume, a song about the music business's empty suits. (And not, I hope, the biz's bloggers.) But Mark Hamilton's artistic license, his sticking guns, aren't represented in roaring shou... more info

Guardian Music — (The Guitar Label)Ever since the 1960s, and the glory days of Davy Graham and the early Bert Jansch, the folk scene has provided the starting point for experimental acoustic guitarists who mixed traditional styles with jazz, classical, or global infl... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Depending on his mood Jens Carelius (provenance Norway)  incorporates a singing style somewhere between Bert Jansch and secular-era Cat Stevens. His sophomore album, The Beat of The Travel, released earlier this year, wavers between pastoral folk ... more info

Rolling Stone — Of British folk singer-guitarist Bert Jansch’s three mid-Seventies albums, reissued by Drag City, 1975’s Santa Barbara Honeymoon was fine writing overdressed in L.A.-pop rhinestones, and 1977’s A Rare Conundrum featured Jansch’s burred voice ... more info

8/1 — BRETT ANDERSON - SLOW ATTACK Citing Argentinean film score composer Gustavo Santaolalla and British folk legend Bert Jansch as influences, his new album Slow Attack sees Brett Anderson exploring the abstract rather than the lyrical, choosing to aband... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Beardo.  As I mentioned last week while discussing Death’s For The Whole World To See, the Drag City label is no stranger to digging up and releasing the long lost and nearly forgotten.  In 2005 the label pulled a similar trick re-releasing G... more info