Guardian Music — Celtic Connections festival, GlasgowCeltic Connections, long a catalyst for unlikely collaborations, surpassed itself with this union of Cream demi-god Jack Bruce and virtuoso folk trio Lau.A dapper figure of engaging humility and wry humour ("It's ... more info

Altsounds — Has-Lo is preparing for his new project "Conversation B" which comes out November 15th via Mello Music Group!! "Conversation B" is a complete re-envisioning of his album "In Case I Don't Make It" and features production from the likes of Exile,... more info

Altsounds — Has-Lo is preparing for his new project "Conversation B" which comes out November 15th via Mello Music Group. "Conversation B" is a complete re-envisioning of his album "In Case I Don't Make It" and features production from the likes of Exile, J-Z... more info

Stereogum — Reader Melody Lau sends in this clip of Merrill Garbus doing her thing over eight minutes on a new song during a sold-out performance at the Ukraine Center for last week’s POP Montreal festival. Here, specifically, her thing is that tUnE-yArDs hybr... more info

ContactMusic — Perry Farrell outside Boa Steakhouse with his wife Etty Lau Farrell answering questions about whether Rihanna's position as role model and entertainer more info

Detroit Free Press — Jackie Chan, Andy Lau and a host of Asian performing artists staged a three-hour charity concert in Hong Kong today to raise funds for victims of Japan's earthquake and tsunami. more info

Detroit Free Press — Mon Jin Lau restaurant in Troy is hosting a fund-raiser for Japan tsunami relief on April 6, in conjunction with its popular Shanghai Wednesdays event. more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Andy Lau and Gong Li are appealing leads, but this Chinese-language carbon copy doesn't find a distinctive voice.For those curious about what it's like to watch a Chinese-language remake of "What Women Want," it's mostly like watching the 2000 Nancy ... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Seven years after their terrifying movie about two stranded scuba divers, Chris Kentis and Laura Lau have Sundance abuzz with 'Silent House,' a horror tale set in a boarded-up New York home.Chris Kentis and Laura Lau spent more than two years filming... more info

Stereogum — Lady Lazarus, aka the Sylvia Plath-nodding San Jose-to-Savannah multi-instrumentalist Melissa Ann Sweat, is self-releasing her debut full-length Mantic next week. Her work’s been compared to Grouper; while that general lonesome lone psych sound’s... more info