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New York Times — The archive offers glimpses of Mr. Reed’s life as both a cultural A-lister and a working musician surviving the daily grind. more info

JamBase — Watch Tom Hamilton sit-in with Fruition on a Lou Reed cover and more from last night in Milwaukee. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Laurie's upcoming tour schedule includes her first-ever collaborative performance with jazz bassist Christian McBride for Town Hall's new 'Improvisations' series. Continue reading… more info

Core News — “Mary Anne speaks to Joan Wasser aka Joan As Police Woman, about her relationship with the violin, memorable collaborations, her favourite party trick, and her love of soul music. Expect tunes from some of her favourite artists including Radiohead,... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — It was organized by Hal Wilner, who also helped organize the Lou Reed tribute at Lincoln Center earlier this year. Continue reading… more info

New York Times — Special sets include David Bowie, the Grateful Dead, Lou Reed, Fleetwood Mac, hip-hop, bebop, Miles Davis — even archival gospel. more info

Popdose — If you have a music lover in your life and he or she already has (or has no interest in) Bruce Springsteen’s lengthy memoir Born to Run, there were quite a few other good music bios released this year. No disrespect to the Boss, but music lovers do... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Hopefully now Sharon and Lou are singing this together in heaven. Continue reading… more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The 6-LP Lou Reed box set The RCA & Arista Vinyl Collection, Vol.1 collects the Transformer (1972), Berlin (1973), Rock n Roll Animal (1974), Coney Island Baby (1975), Street Hassle (1978) and The Blue Mask (1982) albums. Also out... more info