Mercury News, California — Thursday's celebration of conductor Michael Tilson Thomas's 70th birthday was a musical six-gun salute with superstars, surprises. and a million big blue balloons. At one point, the San Francisco Symphony's gala-like concert tribute at Davies Symphon... more info

The Telegraph — Concert album for Coen Brothers film Inside Llewyn Davis features Marcus Mumford, Gillian Welch, Elvis Costello, Carey Mulligan and Rhiannon Giddens more info

Mercury News, California — Elvis Costell will narrating composer Igor Stravinsky's 'L'Histoire du soldat' ('The Soldier's Tale'), about a Faustian bargain in a collaboration with Michael Tilson Thomas, members of the San Francisco Symphony and the distinguished British actor M... more info

Stereogum — The all-star Bob Dylan tribute band known as the New Basement Tapes released Lost On The River, their album of refurbished Dylan songwriting scraps, earlier this month. Tonight at 9 p.m. EST Showtime will air Lost Songs: The Basement Tapes Continued,... more info

Stereogum — The New Basement Tapes — which features Elvis Costello, My Morning Jacket’s Jim James, and Mumford & Sons’ Marcus Mumford, among others — is a supergroup that exists entirely to finish up unfinished songs from Bob Dylan and the Band’s Basem... more info

Stereogum — The New Basement Tapes — aka the supergroup made up of Elvis Costello, My Morning Jacket’s Jim James, Marcus Mumford, Dawes’ Taylor Goldsmith, and Carolina Chocolate Drop’s Rhiannon Giddens — made their first late-night TV appearance on Fal... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Michael Chabon talked to the Guardian about collaborating on mark Ronson's new album. For Chabon, a self-confessed music junkie with favourites ranging from Joni Mitchell and Elvis Costello to Mos Def and Rakim, Ronson's request was a "bolt from the.... more info

Stereogum — A few months back, producer T Bone Burnett announced that he had recruited Elvis Costello, My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James, and Mumford And Sons’ Marcus Mumford to record unfinished songs from Bob Dylan’s Basement Tapes sessions. The band ca... more info

Stereogum — Recently resurrected American Football are playing shows again, and recently stopped by AVClub for their Undercover series. They take on Elvis Costello’s classic “Alison,” specifically because lead singer Mike Kinsella looked through the list a... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The ongoing Simpsons "Greatest Guest Stars" action figure line is adding Aerosmith, Tom Jones, Weird Al Yankovic, Elvis Costello, and astronaut Buzz Aldrin to the growing collection. This "fourth wave" of characters will be available in October, and ... more info