All About Jazz — New York vibist Steve Shapiro and Nashville guitarist have released their third recording, Backward Compatible, on the Apria label. Also joining them once again is the fine jazz vocalist Annie Sellick. Respected studio musicians, {{Steve Shapiro = ... more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Ruscio/FilmMagic The Misfits invigorate the Fiend Club by announcing a new trek, complete with a Halloween night show in New York City. Plus, Lyle Lovett hones in on an autumn tour and guitar virtuosos Rodrigo y Gabriela plan a stateside run i... more info

Live Daily — After tackling his upcoming fall outing with John Hiatt, Lyle Lovett [ tickets ] will head out for a slate of headlining shows with his Large Band in tow. The veteran performer and multiple-Grammy-winner will kick off the headlining stretch Oct. 2... more info

Jerry Lee Lewis‘ first country CD since the ’70s will be released later this year and will feature several tracks written by Kris Kristofferson. The first single, “Mean Old Man,” is available on iTunes. New releases for the week of August 2... more info

ACountry — ACountry presents your chance to win FREE tickets to Lyle Lovett and his Large Band with special guest Madeleine Peyroux live August 7, 2009 at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles.  To enter, click here and enter a few comments about your favorite ... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — The following shows are on sale now: Dangerous, an all metal tribute to Michael Jackson featuring members of Tragedy and 2 Skinnee Js at Bowery Ballroom on August 1. Tickets Ambulance Ltd at Mercury Lounge on August 18. Tickets Juana Molina at Music... more info

Opry member Mel McDaniel is in the hospital and in a medically induced coma. The Tennessean is reporting that he suffered a heart attack in June. For his next album, Lyle Lovett plans to combine originals along with songs from some of his favorite Te... more info

Live Daily — Lyle Lovett [ tickets ] has tacked more dates onto his summer run with his Large Band and added an acoustic fall outing alongside John Hiatt to the end of the schedule. The award-winning singer/songwriter will kick off the return to the road with ... more info

JamBase — HARDLY STRICTLY BLUEGRASS FESTIVAL 2009 FREE in Golden Gate Park - First Round of Artists The 9th Annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival will once again come to San Francisco's Speedway Meadows in Golden Gate Park. Set to go down October 2-4 2... more info

Totally Fuzzy — discoconnection said...The second of our library music posts from M. Chantereau, P.A. Dahan & S.Pezin from the groups Arpadys & Voyage. Disco & C0 Vol.2http://discoconnection.blogspot.comNosi said...Baby Washington: The Sue Singles (1962-1968)http://... more info