The Vinyl Villain — Back in May 2008, my dear friend ctel from the fantastic Acid Ted blogspot, came in and hi-jacked TVV while I was away sunning myself on holiday. To be fair, I asked him to look after the shop while I was gone, and he did so in his own fantastic sty... more info

Live Daily — Grammy-winning singer/songwriter John Mayer [ tickets ] will mark the Nov. 17 release of his forthcoming album, "Battle Studies," with a performance in the Big Apple that same day. Dubbed "John Mayer Live from the Beacon Theatre," the performance ... more info

All About Jazz — Rising out of Winnipeg’s booming jazz scene, twenty-five year old Keith Price and his quintet are exploring the interplay of ‘spontaneous composition music‘ and seemingly incongruous 20th century styles. Influenced by artists as ... more info

Guardian Music — The 81-year-old singer Andy Williams has announced plans to perform at the Glastonbury festival next year. The American crooner revealed that the event organiser Michael Eavis had invited him to perform at the Somerset festival's 40th anniversary. A ... more info

Rolling Stone — Farm Aid 2009 hit St. Louis’ Verizon Wireless Ampitheatre yesterday with Dave Matthews, John Mellencamp, Neil Young and Willie Nelson leading a pack of performers that also included Wilco, Jason Mraz and late addition Gretchen Wilson. Local farmers... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Phosphorescent & Willie Nelson @ Farm Aid 2009 (Ebet Roberts, Farm Aid) Neil Young - "Stop Factory Farms" @ Farm Aid 2009 (Matt Edson, Farm Aid) Farm Aid finally planted its deep seeds in St. Louis for the first time... more info

Guardian Music — Tickets for the 40th anniversary of Glastonbury festival have sold out within a day of going on saleTickets for next year's Glastonbury festival have sold out in less than 24 hours. Those who registered for early tickets hit the phone lines yesterday... more info

The Vinyl Villain — C'mon.....you don't think yesterday's little bit of poptastic stuff was a mere coincidence?For Part 33 of this series, I'm moving away from singles to the record that was voted #1 LP by the writers on the NME in 1979. The full list, for your info wa... more info

All About Jazz — The Farm Aid 2009 music concert event of the year, presented by Horizon Organic, will be October 4 at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in St. Louis, Missouri. Farm Aid is the longest running benefit concert series in America, inspiring millions o... more info

Live Daily — It's nothing new to see Eddie Vedder take the stage toting a bottle of wine and a folder of papers as he did Wednesday (9/30) at the first of four sold-out nights at the Gibson Amphitheatre. For this tour of 15 shows in eight cities, though, those pr... more info