Rolling Stone — Tomorrow, April 18th, music lovers worldwide will descend on local independent music shops to celebrate the second annual Record Store Day by picking up some of the hundreds of rare CDs and vinyl exclusives that will be available in 1,000-plus locati... more info

Undercover, Australia — Bob Dylan has been talking up his new album and a few other things this week. more info

Gigwise — He distances himself from fellow 60s stalwarts... more info

Guardian Music — The man who wrote Visions of Johanna has enlisted wordsmith Robert Hunter to help write the lyrics for Together Through Life. Next, Neil Young gets Mike Skinner to pen his liner notesOne of the greatest living lyricists in the English language had so... more info

NME — Legendary singer credits 'Atlas The Dwarf' as early inspiration more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — John Prine is a songwriter's songwriter. Still off the radar of mainstream folk fans, he's nonetheless a favorite of the likes of Kris Kristofferson and Bob Dylan for his biting lyrical wit and deft guitar work that probably caused many more famous ... more info

Idolator — MOG has been one of those "music 2.0" sites desperately in need of an identity since its launch a few years ago. First, it was a last.fm-styled playlist watcher that had blogging attached. Then it dabbled in masterminding its own ad network, as well ... more info

Rolling Stone — A spokesperson for Bob Dylan has confirmed online reports that nine of the 10 tracks from his forthcoming album Together Through Life were co-written by Grateful Dead lyricist Robert Hunter. The liner notes will read “All music by Bob Dylan except ... more info

Guardian Music — It seems Dylan has 'done an Oasis', saying the Rolling Stones are nothing without their 72-year-old former bassist. If only his recent albums were this exciting ...Didn't you know the 80s were back in fashion? If it's not Spandau Ballet and Ashes to ... more info

JamBase — By: Jim Welte Chris Darrow by Steve Cahill Ben Harper first started playing guitar when he was 18, spending countless hours toiling away at the Folk Music Center, the music shop owned by his grandparents in his hometown of Claremont, California. ... more info