Guardian Music — Ryan Adams publishes his first book next month, joining an elite group of rockers with literary ambitions. Graeme Thomson asks four top author-musicians why they write'I always, always dreamed of being an author," says Ryan Adams. "I never dreamed of... more info

The Independent — In its hour of agony, the Motor City has found perhaps not succour, but at least a balladeer. Not long ago, John Rich was best known as one half of the feisty country duo Big and Rich. But with his song "Shuttin' Detroit Down" he is on the way to be... more info

SFTW review singles by Kasabian, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Silversun Pickups and Bob Dylan more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Rolling Stone Magazine's The Smoking Section Presents: DYLAN FEST 2009! A night to get drunk and celebrate Bob Dylan's greatest hits! Featuring... Hymns Adam Green Grant Maxwell - The Morning Pages Jody Porter - Fountains Of Wayne The Pierces Matt... more info

Chicago Sun-Times, IL — President Obama is definitely the geek-in-chief. He ran possibly the most technologically sophisticated Internet-savvy campaign ever. He fought hard to keep his Blackberry once he moved into the White House. He’s got Jay-Z and Bob Dylan on h... more info

Altsounds — The first track from Bob Dylan’s forthcoming release, Together Through Life, has been posted as a free download on Home Page | Bob Dylan (http://bobdylan.com). Titled “Beyond Here Lies Nothin'”, the song will be avai... more info

Guardian Music — For his first album in more than a decade, the legendary Stax soul man and leader of the MGs has enlisted the Americana heavyweights on the noisiest record of his lifeBooker T Jones might be making the best rock'n'roll album of the year. The legendar... more info

The Telegraph Blog — As an addendum to Lucy Jones top ten opening tracks of all time messages started twittering around the Telegraph concerning a much more difficult proposition: what is the worst opening track of a truly great album? Inspirational and infuriating in eq... more info

Pasta Primavera — Yesterday on Bobby D’s website he put up a free track off his upcoming album Together Through Life.  The track, “Beyond Here Lies Nothin’”, is another gruff blues train of a song.  It’s the style he’s been toting for the last few al... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — Stuart Berman says in 1,000 pretentious words what we were already telling ourselves in a sentence: The new PB&J album is a big disappointment.Work it, make it, do it yourself, harder, better, faster, etc etc. Meet iDaft and prepare to waste about ... more info