VH1 Blog — The ever-involved George Clooney is among the stars who’ll appear on the fund-raising Stand Up to Cancer event, airing on VH1 (among channels) on Friday, September 10 at 8/7c. Full details of the expanding lineup are in the press release below: The... more info

ContactMusic — Veteran singers WILLIE NELSON and KRIS KRISTOFFERSON were serenaded by DOLLY PARTON and LYLE LOVETT as they were each handed a top award at a country music gala on... more info

Guardian Music — Rolling Stones man teams up with special guests including Slash and Flea for first solo album in almost a decadeRonnie Wood has announced his first solo album in almost a decade, roping in Slash, Flea and the Faces' Ian McLagan – but not a single f... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Kristofferson fans: I have a deluxe vinyl, first pressing of the double-LP release, Please Don’t Tell Me How The Story Ends: The Publishing Demos 1968-72, plus an autographed photo for an AD reader. Hand numbered and limited to only 2,000 copies. D... more info

The Telegraph — Kristofferson has a voice like Johnny Cash reciting from the Old Testament and provides a rare link to an old idea of a mythic, honourable America. Rating: * * * * * more info

The Telegraph — Kristofferson has a voice like Johnny Cash reciting from the Old Testament and provides a rare link to an old idea of a mythic, honourable America. Rating: * * * * * more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Bill Flanagan: How about John Prine? Bob Dylan: Prine's stuff is pure Proustian existentialism. Midwestern mindtrips to the nth degree. And he writes beautiful songs. I remember when Kris Kristofferson first brought him on the scene. All that stuff a... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Hank Cochran, the celebrated country songwriter and singer who died Thursday at age 74 from pancreatic cancer, spent most of his life immersed in music, searching for the next song to write, and it sounds like that’s the way he... more info

Scotsman.com — SINGER Kris Kristofferson heads to the Capital next month. more info

Guardian Music — My friend, the musician Larry Jon Wilson, who has died aged 71, was that rarest of things: an honest man in a profession built on glamour. A favourite of Nashville's leading singer-songwriters, from Willie Nelson to Kris Kristofferson and Will Oldham... more info