LargeHeartedBoy — NPR reviews and excerpts from Anne Tyler's new novel, Noah's Compass. The Omaha World-Herald interviews singer-songwriter Brandi Carlile about her latest album, Give Up the Ghost. The New Republic features a new books blog, simply titled The Book. Po... more info

MTV.com News — Awards honor entertainment that provides 'fair, accurate and inclusive representations' of gays and lesbians.By Jocelyn Vena Adam Lambert Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez/ Getty Images The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation has announced... more info

Rolling Stone — Rolling Stone recently welcomed onetime Artist to Watch Brandi Carlile to our studios to perform stripped-down acoustic versions of two tracks from her most recent disc Give Up the Ghost. Carlile, who logged time as a backup singer for an Elvis Presl... more info

Live Daily — Organizers of next year's Lilith Fair [ tickets ] tour have joined forces with ABC Entertainment, forming what the two entities describe in a press release as "a multi-platform media partnership." According to the press release, the 2010 Lilith Fa... more info

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Live Daily — For the first time since 1999, Sarah McLachlan [ tickets ] has resurrected her all-female festival Lilith Fair [ tickets ] and has revealed the first wave of confirmed artists, including Mary J. Blige [ tickets ], Sheryl Crow [ tickets ] and Colbie C... more info

MTV.com News — Erykah Badu, Chairlift, Corinne Bailey Rae, Ke$ha and Metric also onboard.By Gil Kaufman Mary J. Blige Photo: Jeffrey Ufberg/ Getty Images After a decade-long hiatus, the female-centric Lilith Fair festival will storm back in summer 2010 w... more info

Live Daily — After an extensive summer and fall run, the Indigo Girls [ tickets ] will return early next year from a holiday hiatus with a rash of East Coast performances behind "Poiseidon and the Bitter Bug." The itinerary mixes dates for which the duo--Emily... more info

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Live Daily — Singer/songwriter Brandi Carlile [ tickets ] has mapped a lengthy headlining tour to kick off her 2010 campaign in support of her recently released new studio album, "Give Up the Ghost." The tour gets underway Jan. 12 in Spokane, WA, and runs thro... more info