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Rolling Stone — Farm Aid 2009 hit St. Louis’ Verizon Wireless Ampitheatre yesterday with Dave Matthews, John Mellencamp, Neil Young and Willie Nelson leading a pack of performers that also included Wilco, Jason Mraz and late addition Gretchen Wilson. Local farmers... more info

All About Jazz — The Farm Aid 2009 music concert event of the year, presented by Horizon Organic, will be October 4 at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in St. Louis, Missouri. Farm Aid is the longest running benefit concert series in America, inspiring millions o... more info

The Music Fix — News: Cherry Red re-issue two early John Cougar Mellencamp albums on 19 October. Press release: Released MCA in 1976, and recorded in 1975 when he was 24 years old, Chestnut Street Incident was the first long player from the legendary John Cougar M... more info

Live Daily — Willie Nelson [ tickets ] has extended his in-progress road trip behind "American Classic," his first collection of standards since 1978's "Stardust." Since last check, the Red-Headed Stranger has tacked an additional 14 shows onto the itinerary, ... more info

Live Daily — The use of Kurt Cobain's likeness in the recently released "Guitar Hero 5" game has drawn the ire of his former bandmates and his widow, Courtney Love, despite the fact that the game manufacturers maintain they received licensing rights in a written ... more info

Live Daily — Following a Friday night (9/11) concert in New York City that will serve as both a 9/11 tribute and a fundraiser for a charity that benefits the families of fallen police, firefighters and other first responders, rap mogul Jay-Z [ tickets ] will set ... more info

Live Daily — Now that his summer tour of minor-league ballparks with Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp is complete, Bob Dylan [ tickets ] has turned his focus to an October West Coast trek. The month-long outing gets underway Oct. 5 in Seattle and sticks close... more info

All About Jazz — Gerald Clayton's debut album was released on ArtistShare on July 1st. It has already been getting rave reviews by everyone from the New York Times to jazz.com. Recently, it was voted in the Top 10 Must Have CD's by the Audiophiliac, a part of C-Net. ... more info

All About Jazz — The singer has surrounded himself with some of the genre's top musicians for his new album of pop standards, American Classic. Willie Nelson's famous face is tanned and weathered. White whiskers increasingly dominate his two-day stubble, and strea... more info