Guardian Music — Veteran singer expresses concern for musician with whom he recorded a song for a new album of duetsVeteran singer Tony Bennett said he was "praying" for Amy Winehouse after recording a song with her for a new album of duets, which will feature him si... more info

Indie Selections For Your Erections — 2011 Fourth of July Mix!!! 1. Matmos - The Stars and Stripes Forever2. Galaxie 500 - Fourth of July3. X - Fourth of July4. Bruce Springsteen - 4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)5. Ryan Adams - Firecracker6. The Decemberists - July, July!7. Si... more info

Guardian Music — Car crashes, rings of fire and unintentional arousals ... thanks for giving us this hitlist of songs about accidentsOuch. It's one thing to be unlucky or have a bit of a scrape, but don't you hate it when you can see it's all going to go wrong and yo... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Elvis Costello's postponed Wellmont Theatre show originally scheduled for May 18 has been rescheduled for October 5 at the same venue. He also added a second date at the NJ venue which will happen on October 6. The 10/5... more info

Songs:Illinois — You can’t go too wrong when you have half of NRBQ as your backing band. And you can’t help but make bouyant power pop when you’ve been decribed as “Jerry Lee Lewis joining Big Star. Doesn’t hurt either when you delivery is one part Elvis ... more info

Guardian Music — Southbank Centre, London"I was on acid when I saw the Kinks for the first time," Ron Sexsmith mutters. Ray Davies – former Kink and current Meltdown curator – slings on a guitar, preparing to accompany the Canadian troubadour on a version of the ... more info

Detroit Free Press — The Deanna Bogart Band at the Ark Elvis Costello and the Imposters at Royal Oak Music Theatre Guitar Shorty at the Ark Pauly Shore at Andiamo Novi Theatre Earth, Wind & Fire at DTE Energy Music Theatre more info

The Vinyl Villain — I wrote not that long ago of the surprising lack of chart success, singles-wise, for Elvis Costello. I really should have mentioned the fact that this is my all-time favourite single he's ever released:-mp3 : Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Man Ou... more info

Popdose — Elvis Costello – Welcome To The Working Week (from My Aim Is True) Kool Moe Dee – I Go To Work (from Knowledge Is King) Nathaniel Mayer – You Gotta Work (from I Just Want to Be Held) The Bangles – Manic Monday (Extended Version) (from The Ult... more info

Dalston Oxfam Shop — I am reposting this blog post from 2009 because it was offline for a while and has a lot of tracks that are rare and sought after.Here is another of the rare NME cassettes released with the magazine in the early 80s, a number of which you can find el... more info