Guardian Music — (ADA/Warners)This young Cape Town singer manages to sound more West Virginian than South African on this third album, which blends country tropes with touches of electronica in support of her heartfelt, bittersweet songs. It's a varied creation that ... more info

78s — Slowdance aus der Versenkung: Spain ist die unbekannteste weltberühmte Band der Welt. Wir verlosen Tickets – fröhlicher Chlaus+1-Tag! Stell dir vor, du schreibst einen Song und der späte Johnny Cash macht ein Cover davon. Ja, uns schiessen beim ... more info

Guardian Music — Philharmonic Hall, LiverpoolAt 76 years old, Kris Kristofferson is feeling his years. "I've begun soon to descend, like the sun into the sea," he admits on his new album, Feeling Mortal, a collection of immaculately observed originals with a similar ... more info

Time — Where else could Ray Romano tell a cheeky joke about President Obama—to the President’s face? Where else could a red-carpet snafu involve House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi accidentally stepping on the train of Naomi Watts’ dress? (Yes, that ha... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Memory Tapes' Grace/Confusion and Scott Walker's Bish Bosch are two new albums I can recommend this week. Box sets and reissues include Johnny Cash's The Complete Columbia Album Collection (a 63-disc box set), Smashing Pumpkins's Mellon Collie and th... more info

Guardian Music — As the Muppets team up with Cee Lo Green for a Christmas single, we select their most memorable musical momentsIn one of the oddest collaborations of the season, US hip-hop artist Cee Lo Green has teamed up with the Muppets to release a Christmas sin... more info

Guardian Music — Welcome to paradise: the place where gospel meets Hawaiian music. And greetings to the first group to use a tour bus Reading on mobile? Listen hereImagine the A&R meeting at RCA in 1959 when some bright spark came up with the idea of asking this lege... more info

USA Today Music — Cash's music embodied a variety of styles: country and Western, blues, gospel, rockabilly and folk more info

Popdose — In 1953, Johnny Cash wrote “Folsom Prison Blues.” Fifteen years later, on a weekday morning in January, he played a legendary concert there, which resulted in one of the most famous albums in country music history. Although At Folsom Prison staye... more info

NME - In The Office — 1The Dirty Mac Possibly one of the first ever supergroups, The Dirty Mac consisted of John Lennon (The Beatles), Eric Clapton, Keith Richards (The Rolling Stones) Mitch Mitchell (The Jimi Hendrix Experience) and Yoko Ono. Lennon put the band together... more info