Guardian Music — Barack Obama joins musicians on stage at end of White House bash celebrating music of civil rights eraBarack Obama last night hosted a celebration of the music of the civil rights era, describing it as "a movement with a soundtrack".The president ack... more info

Guardian Music — Uncompromising Scots singer-songwriter and founder of the folk-punk band Roaring JackAlistair Hulett, who has died of cancer aged 58, was an outspoken, staunchly leftwing singer and songwriter who built up a dedicated following in his native Scotland... more info

Rolling Stone — Joan Baez has been added to “In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement,” a PBS special airing this Thursday, February 11th. Baez joins a lineup that includes her partner at the 1963 March on Washingt... more info

Chicago Sun-Times, IL — A prolific home-studio musician in the tradition of the Magnetic Fields -- he claims to have written and recorded 300 songs to date -- Osvaldo Paese is an earnest young singer and songwriter with seemingly boundless ambition and a wildly diverse set ... more info

Guardian Music — In the 70s and 80s, Gil Scott-Heron's music was a mesmerising mix of wry poetry and politics and he became known as 'the godfather of rap' and 'the black Bob Dylan'. But then he got into drugs and, not so long ago, it looked like he was finished. Now... more info

Guardian Music — Boxing's long been a big-screen staple. But Ambling Alp by the Brooklyn hipsters puts them alongside Dylan, Nas and the Gallaghers in celebrating the sweet science"His units were removed one by one, malfunctions were showing ..." In The Fight â€�... more info

The Who take the field when the teams catch a breather on Sunday; see past MVPs on the NFL's big stage, from Prince to Bruce to Britney more info

Live Daily — Folkie unveils new tunes in guitarist's revue Gillian Welch and her guitarist Dave Rawlings swap roles on the current Dave Rawlings Machine tour that features three members of the Old Crow Medicine Show. In the midst of originals and numbers from... more info

The Quietus — Wyclef Jean, Radiohead and Bob Dylan involved more info

Rolling Stone — • News Ticker: Weezer, The Strokes • Lil Wayne Goes to Jail: The New Issue • Mayer Treats Fans to Free Rehearsal Gig • Lady Antebellum Score Best Sales of ‘10 • Lips Prep Dark Side for Bonnaroo • Cocaine, Alcohol Cited in Jay Reatard’... more info