BBC News - UK — Actor and director Clint Eastwood and musician Bob Dylan are honoured by President Barack Obama with arts and humanities awards. more info

Kings of A&R — Check out the track Where Could We Go by Howard Jennings. He has the face of Jon Bon Jovi, and sounds like a cross between Jack Johnson and Bob Dylan. Has toured with Vertical Horizon and Rusted Root.  He has a New York City performance at the Liv... more info

I Like Music — Artists Project Earth release charity album featuring The Fugees, Coldplay, Radiohead, Gorillaz and Bob Dylan more info

Guardian Music — Mentioning Sean reminds me of the time that I nearly bought Big Pink. No, not the record. Not even the remastered CD. I mean the house.In around 1999 or 2000, I'd heard it was for sale. I lived in NYC at the time and I happened to be just then starti... more info

Guardian Music — The man who 'discovered U2' has recorded a video message, asking if he can replace Simon Cowell on the US talent showSteve Lillywhite sounds desperate. Despite having recorded U2's War and Morrissey's Vauxhall and I, the British producer has issued a... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — The first time you hear her voice, you’ll know what I mean. Karen’s is a voice with “whoa” factor. She has been lauded by the likes of Bob Dylan, Fred Neil, the Holy Modal Rounders, and surely must have inspired (Joanna Newsom). Yeah, the fir... 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

Guardian Music — US singer and record producer whose hit Susie Q embodied the rockabilly spiritWith its infectious, repetitive guitar figure, Susie Q, like Carl Perkins's Blue Suede Shoes, was the epitome of rockabilly, the 1950s music of white teenagers in the South... more info

MTV.com News — 'I've been invited to the White House a couple of times,' Hov tells the BBC.By Jayson Rodriguez Jay-Z Photo: Gareth Cattermole/ Getty Images Jay-Z has dropped Barack Obama's name in his rhymes, and Obama referenced Jay's lyrics when he dus... more info

Guardian Music — According to Metacritic they are. Dave Simpson meets the Texas quartetIn December the US website Metacritic embarked on a campaign to find the "best music of the decade". The site, which aggregates all the reviews it can find of as many albums as pos... more info