JamBase — By: Dennis Cook M. Ward by Annie Musselman There's a lot of known voices in popular music - the whiny, the indie rocker, the Blue Collar country boy, the Beyonce chasing "soul" singer, the American Idol wannabe. So, one tends to pay attention ... more info

The singer-songwriter releases his latest solo album featuring guests such as The Decemberists' Rachel Blumberg, Lucinda Williams, DeVotchKa's Tom Hagerman, and Zooey Deschanel. [Rock/Alternative/Singer-Songwriter] more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: News, New MusicJack White was recently asked by Bob Dylan to pay tribute to Hank Williams in a particularly novel way. According to the White Stripes and Raconteurs guitarist and vocalist, Dylan "came upon, somehow, 20 to 25 unfinished s... more info

New York Times — Lucinda Williams, the acclaimed singer and songwriter whose music blends rock, folk and country, lives in a 2,600-square-foot 1950s Modernist house in Los Angeles. more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Drowned in Sound reviews one of my favorite music books of all time, Alex Ross's The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the 20th Century. One of the deeply satisfying things about this book – for the passive reader –... more info

Guardian Music — Beneath the mumbly, muted exterior of the American singer-songwriter M Ward lies a man of many passions. In our brief time together he admires not only the Sam and Dave track spilling out of the cafe speakers, but also the Rothko exhibition at Tate M... more info

Stereogum — Neko Case's been a cartoon and now she's a videogame, or at least part of one. The New Pornographer's Middle Cyclone single "People Got A Lotta Nerve" shows up as part of the "Alt Country Pack 01" for Rock Band 2. My sense is that the average Rock... more info

TMZ — Filed under: We're Just Sayin' Here's country/blues blonde bombshell Lucinda Williams (left) -- and the gorgeous Patti Stanger from Bravo's "Millionaire Matchmaker" (right).Believe it or not, but neither one is married. See Also Aubrey O'Day's B... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: News, ExclusiveM. Ward released his new album, 'Hold Time,' this week, and it's not a bad way to start off the a new year, given his prolific activity in 2008. Ward's collaboration with actress/singer Zooey Deschanel, She and Him, was a ... more info

JamBase — By: Dennis Cook Launching out with all the strummy, harmonized vigor you could want, Light Poles And Pines (released January 20 on Seany Records) taps into the shimmering, vaguely off-kilter rock of R.E.M. and early 10,000 Maniacs mixed with older... more info