Altsounds — My Brightest Diamond is spearheaded by Shara Worden, granddaughter of an Epiphone-playing traveling evangelist, fathered by a National Accordion Champion, and mothered by a classical organist. Having a family of musical wanderers who migrated across ... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — 2010 is here. Celebrate by buying concert tickets! These shows are on sale today: Beth Orton at The Bell House on January 18. Tickets Charlotte Gainsbourg at The Bell House on January 19 and 20. Tickets My Brightest Diamond at Bowery Ballroom on Jan... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Shara Worden w/ The Decemberists @ Newport Folk Fest (more by Jim Brueckner) Shara Worden (aka My Brightest Diamond) has been keeping busy. At some point she recorded a song with David Byrne for his new CD coming out. You... more info

The Vinyl Villain — I normally move away quickly to the opposite corner of the record shop as fast as I can if someone points in the direction of a charity record, for almost without exception they are well-meaning but crap.But not Dark Was The Night, a 2CD release fro... more info

Stereogum — As we mentioned, it was Bryce Dessner who first approached Sufjan Stevens about re-arranging the 2001 Chinese Zodiac song cycle Enjoy Your Rabbit for the New York string quartet Osso. They were likely on his radar because they'd previously done strin... more info

JamBase — Pygmalion Music Festival, September 16-19, In Champaign-Urbana, Illinois Announces 2009 Stage Schedule Low Now in its fifth year, the Pygmalion Music Festival, happening September 16-19, in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, has emerged as a surpris... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Joao Kartoshka said...Ithamara Koorax-Brazillian Butterflyhttp://kartoshka167.blogspot.comCATASTO ELETTRICO said...JOE ZAWINUL solo Philadelphia 1986: A rare and unusual solo performance for Joe Zawinul promoting his album "Dialects" back in 1986. ht... more info

Live Daily — The Decemberists [ tickets ] have added a fall excursion on top of their previously scheduled summer trek as the band continues to support March's "The Hazards of Love." The new dates, kicking off Sept. 20 in Burlington, VT, extend the Pacific Nor... more info

Radio Exile — Music from Auld Lang Syne, Hermas Zopoula and Watching Cars. Also: Your band's website sucks, Anamanaguchi's site is better than yours, pitfalls to avoid, song placement of hit singles within albums, My Brightest Diamond is everywhere, segway in the ... more info

Stereogum — It's not a collection of new material. Entirely. Some time ago, Bryce Dessner approached Stevens about re-arranging his 2001 electronic song cycle Enjoy Your Rabbit for the New York string quartet Osso, who contributed string arrangements to Illin... more info