Live Daily — Evan Dando [ tickets ] will set out on a solo trek later this month, performing older tracks from his days as frontman of The Lemonheads [ tickets ] as well as some of his solo material. The outing kicks off Jan. 29 in Hoboken, NJ, and will includ... more info

Live Daily — Jonathan Richman [ tickets ] will lay another tile in his long and winding road early this year when he heads out for a run of mid-winter headlining dates. The veteran singer/songwriter kicks off the outing Jan. 24 in Denton, TX, and will travel t... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — From Sade to Paul Weller, an eclectic range of musical veterans are returning to the fray in 2010.Plenty of veterans are returning to the recording studios. We can look forward to new music from the reclusive Sade (it’s hard to believe that th... more info

All About Jazz — Los Angeles, CA - Jonathan Richman has announced a new run of shows with drummer Tommy Larkins. These twenty-seven shows, including a four-night residence in Austin, TX and a three-night stand at the Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, NY will ki... more info

Guardian Music — American singer-songwriter acclaimed for his raw, uncompromising lyricsThe singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt, who has died aged 45 after an overdose of muscle relaxants, was a veteran presence in the independent, rather than the mainstream, music charts... more info

The Independent — On December 10, the Recording Academy of the US announced its Special Merit Awards, which honor lifetime contributions to American recording. Among the wide range of 2009 honorees, who will be celebrated during 2010 Grammy week, are Michael Jackson, ... more info

Mercury News, California — Leonard Cohen, En Vogue were also highlights in a strong year for live music. more info

Fantastic Weapon — I get really, really skeptical when bands who send me music to review list REALLY GOOD artists under their "Influences." So I was immediately expecting an aural atrocity when I visited Daddy Lion's myspace page and they had the following artists list... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Rock legend and Big Issue cover star Bob Dylan has revealed Robert Burns' song 'A Red, Red Rose' is his most inspirational track, on a celebrity calendar to raise cash for CLIC Sargent.The singer is one of 18 celebrities who have revealed whch song h... more info

Guardian Music — Cowell locks horns with weekly mag and responds to musicians' criticism of The X FactorIn a wheeze that may come to be ranked up there with former editor Steve Sutherland's August 1995 cover boosting the Blur v Oasis showdown, the NME tomorrow splash... more info