Pitchfork — -- David Tibet's long-running doom-rock project Current 93 will celebrate its 25th anniversary May 28-29 with a pair of shows at London's HMV Forum. For these shows, the group's lineup includes Andrew W.K., Matt Sweeney, Baby Dee, James Blackshaw, an... more info

The Playlist — The list of good movies about country music is a thin one -- last year's "Crazy Heart" was a pretty good stab, and the Loretta Lynn biopic "Coal Miner's Daughter" probably deserves to be up there, but few others leap out. A new comedy centering aroun... more info

MTV.com News — 'American Idol' alum will join Ke$ha, Tegan and Sara, festival founder Sarah McLachlan and more.By Jocelyn Vena Kelly Clarkson Photo: RCA Kelly Clarkson will soon take her pop anthems on the road as the latest artist to join the Lilith Fai... more info

Stereogum — During a recent BBC session promoting their forthcoming Volume 2, Zooey & Matt delivered an acoustic-and-vocal rendition of “Thieves,” a lovesick, AM-radio throwback tapping the same vein marked up by their dusty, disarming debut. Deschanel’s e... more info

CMT — Loretta Lynn is working on quite a bit of new music, according to some newspaper interviews she's given lately. A story in the St. Louis Dispatch indicated that she's preparing a duets album and a Christmas album. And if you're looking for a new reli... more info

Guardian Music — (Names)If there's something in the water of Nashville, Tennessee, that bestows country-music talent, then Caitlin Rose has found the source and drunk deep. There are songs on her debut mini-album that could have been written by Hank ­Williams; Sho... more info

The Music Fix — Capsule Review: Proper country - but with a twinkle in the eye.Caitlin Rose is a country singer. Not your Shania Twain country, either. We're talking your proper twangy, Loretta Lynn country. As if to underline this, her songs deal with proper countr... more info

Reuters — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Jackson won yet another posthumous honor on Saturday, joining six other musicians including Leonard Cohen and Loretta Lynn who received Grammy awards for lifetime achievement. more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Lilith Fair, a musical celebration of women started by Sarah McLachlan in 1997 is returning after not touring since 1999. Several previous performers, including Mclachlan, Indigo Girls, Erykah Badu, Beth Orton, and Emmylou Harris are returning, along... more info

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