Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin [Elvis Costello & The Imposters] were barely a third of the way through [their set] and had already played "Radio Radio," "No Action," "Miracle Man" and "(What's So Funny About) Peace, Love and Understanding," as... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Greg Cristman Elvis Costello's cancelled and then doubly rescheduled date happened last night (10/6) at Wellmont Theatre in NJ. The show featured the great songwriter's now infamous Spectacular Spinning Songbook. Pictures from the wheel-gen... more info

Guardian Music — The X Factor has sent me running back to Treme. The music it celebrates is music with texture, with splinters and whorls, black-toothed and split-lippedI started watching Treme around the same time as the new series of The X Factor began. They have m... more info

Guardian Music — REM boasted a mix of commercial reach and off-the-wall creativity – few artists pull off such a delicate balancing actLongevity can be cruel. If REM had parted ways after Bill Berry left in 1997 – or even, as nearly happened, before the completio... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Documentary profiling the life of legendary country music star Johnny Cash, who died in 2003 shortly after completing the retrospective Unearthed, a five-CD set of the acoustic performances with which he resurrected his career in the last decade of ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Girls is an indie rock band from San Francisco, California. Made up of two key members, Christopher Owens and Chet "JR" White. The band's lead singer, Christopher Owens, is a former member of the Children of God cult. The New York Times compared... more info

VH1 Blog — Sometimes a band sounds exactly how you expect them to. Judging from the You Oughta Know Live set that they recorded in our offices, Dawes is just such a band. Even before they began playing, we watched the quartet try to recall, without Google, with... more info

Topix — On Friday, Aug. 26, acclaimed rockabilly/country guitarist Bill Kirchen -- the "Titan of the Telecaster" has backed everyone from Commander Cody to Emmylou Harris to Elvis Costello -- plugs in at Chickie Wah Wah. more info

ContactMusic — Oscar-winning actor Jeff Bridges has thanked rocker Elvis Costello for saving his wife's life. The Hollywood star met the British singer/songwriter at Neil Young's annual Bridge School Benefit concert in California last year (10), when they were both... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Jim Brueckner Emmylou Harris Day two (7/31) of Newport Folk Festival featured performances by The Cave Singers, Wanda Jackson, Justin Townes Earle, Middle Brother, Elvis Costello, M. Ward, Emmylou Harris and others. If you missed the fest, ... more info