LargeHeartedBoy — Peter and Rob Make Lists of Things list the top 5 Mountain Goats love songs. The Telegraph interviews author Dave Eggers. CNNGo lists the world's best books on Bollywood. CNET's Digital Media blog lists 10 music-tech trends that will shape... more info

Live Daily — Blues and gospel trio The Holmes Brothers [ tickets ] will keep busy on the road in 2010, tackling dates through mid-year as they continue to support 2007's "State of Grace." The trio kicks off the year with a Jan. 15 show in Lewisburg, WV, showin... more info

Live Daily — Canadian alt-country veterans Cowboy Junkies [ tickets ] will stay busy on the road in 2010 with a slate of spring headlining dates in the US Midwest and East Coast states. The group kicks off the spring outing March 18 in Saugatuck, MI, and will ... more info

My Old Kentucky — Thanks to Chocolate Bobka for this one. Underwater Peoples made quite a name for themselves in 2009. Family Portrait released one of my favorite singles of the year in Mega Secrets, and Real Estate and Mountain Man put out records that many conside... more info

Persona Sauna — I've let my obsession with the holidays get to me and not allow for any time to concentrate on keeping updated on music.My apologies.I will be back.In the meantime, here is a nice little list compiled by Spinner of the best songs of 2009. Go over to... more info

New Times Broward-Palm Beach, FL — On a late March morning, the sun sits high in the Cape Town sky, illuminating the trapezoidal monolith of Table Mountain in the distance, while down by the city's busy waterfront, the players of South Africa's national rugby union team — the Sprin... more info

Dlisted — Daddy Spears will continue to hold the leash wrapped around Brit Brit's ankle until further notice (probably a year). Yesterday in court, The Commish extended the conservatorship with Daddy Spears and the aptly named Andrew Wallet continuing the... more info

Live Daily — On the heels of a recent Grammy nomination, Harry Connick, Jr. [ tickets ] has assembled a run of the East and West Coasts early next year as the crooner continues supporting the recently released "Your Songs." The jazz singer/pianist will spend t... more info

MTV.com News — From tours of the actress' trailer to shopping at Blockbuster, we never knew what would happen next.By Larry Carroll Brittany Murphy on"TRL" in 2005 Photo: MTV Over the weekend, 32-year-old actress Brittany Murphy passed away — and it's ... more info

Rollo & Grady — Pitchfork’s Top 50 Albums Of 2009 50 Woods – Songs of Shame 49 Cass McCombs – Catacombs 48 DOOM – Born Like This 47 Zomby – Where Were U in ‘92? 46 Dan Deacon – Bromst 45 The Mountain Goats – The Life of the World to Come 44 tUnE-yAr... more info