Guardian Music — Where Dylan chose the wide lense and the broad strokes of hope, Costello brings us the specifics, the fine details of despairPolitics and rock'n'roll have lain a-bed for decades: Woody Guthrie, Billie Holiday, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, Billy Bragg, c... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Crescentius said... Crescentius Mixtapes: Songs arrive: 1. Josephine Foster - Little Life 2. Northern Picture Library - Love Song for the Dead Ché #2 3. Tindersticks - Factory Girls (live) 4. Erika Wilhite - Rip Tide 5. Trespassers William - Vapou... more info

Yahoo! Music UK — world entertainment news - Folk legend Joan Baez refused US First Lady Michelle Obama's request to sing If I Had A Hammer with John Mellencamp at the White House - because she hates the song. more info

LargeHeartedBoy — NPR is streaming last night's White House concert that celebrated the Civil Rights movement, including performances by Bob Dylan and Joan Baez. ChartATTACK lists 10 great songs about the Olympic sport about curling. The Christian Science Monitor revi... more info

Rolling Stone — Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, John Mellencamp, Smokey Robinson, Jennifer Hudson, Will.i.am and more artists took the stage earlier this week in Washington, DC, for a Black History Month special titled “In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Mu... more info

Live Daily — This week's "In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement," was held one day early, Feb. 10, due to a new snowstorm moving in on the country's capital, according to a New York Times report. The concert, ... more info

Stereogum — He performed alongside John Mellencamp, Smokey Robinson, and Joan Baez at the White House for a PBS special on music and the civil rights movement (not "music from the Watchmen soundtrack" although: idea file!). More at NYT . more info

Guardian Music — Barack Obama joins musicians on stage at end of White House bash celebrating music of civil rights eraBarack Obama last night hosted a celebration of the music of the civil rights era, describing it as "a movement with a soundtrack".The president ack... more info

Rolling Stone — • News Ticker: MGMT, Graham Nash • Conrad Murray Charged for Jackson’s Death • The Who Rock Super Bowl XLIV With Big Hits • Howard Stern Says He’d Consider Idol Job • Joan Baez Joins White House Concert Lineup • Timberlake Dons Drag f... more info

Rolling Stone — Joan Baez has been added to “In Performance at the White House: A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement,” a PBS special airing this Thursday, February 11th. Baez joins a lineup that includes her partner at the 1963 March on Washingt... more info