All About Jazz — John Ciambotti, bass player for the 1970s Bay Area rock band Clover, which backed Elvis Costello on his debut album, and a session musician for acclaimed folk-rockers including Lucinda Williams, John Prine and Carlene Carter, died Wednesday in Glenda... more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Kane/WireImage Ray Davies has recruited Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, the Killers and Lucinda Williams to help him re-record classic Kinks tracks for a new album due out late 2010, NJ.com reports (via Twenty Four Bit). The genesis of the pr... more info

Guardian Music — The singer has enlisted the Jersey boys on his forthcoming album of duets, featuring new versions of classic Kinks songsRay Davies's forthcoming album of duets will feature Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi. The Kinks singer is recording new version... more info

CMT — Whenever I listen to Lucinda Williams' 1998 album, Car Wheels on a Gravel Road, it always strikes me as a heartfelt love letter to the South. How often do you hear an ode to Lake Charles, La.? Her poetic songs are sprinkled with references to places ... more info

Twangville — The late 1990’s may have been the golden era of alt. country. We had Son Volt’s Trace and Lucinda Williams’ Car Wheels on a Gravel Road. Steve Earle was having a post prison career renaissance, the Old 97’s were signing with a major label, ... more info

Live Daily — Texas-based songstress Carrie Rodriguez [ tickets ] will spend the first quarter of 2010 on the road in anticipation of her forthcoming third studio effort, "Love & Circumstance." Beginning tonight (1/21) in Norfolk, CT, the singer/songwriter/fidd... more info

Live Daily — Country music became the voice of mainstream music in the '00s, spreading its wings stylistically to cover a wider range of artists and generate hits that cross the genre's borders. As commercially successful rock acts continue to age and pop acts... more info

All About Jazz — LUCINDA WILLIAMS DEBUTS SONG AT ROCK HALL'S AMERICAN MUSIC MASTERS JOPLIN TRIBUTE Lucinda Williams The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum and Case Western Reserve University celebrated Janis Joplin during the 14th annual American Music Masters... more info

Undercover, Australia — Songstress Lucinda Williams has debuted a new song written in honour of Janis Joplin at a concert called Kozmic Blues: The Life and Music of Janis Joplin last night. more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams discusses her music career with Greg Kot at Turn It Up. “There was no money in my family,” Williams says. “My dad was supportive of me creatively, but he had so much trouble as a poet making... more info