Brooklyn Vegan — Levon Helm The Levon Helm Band will be departing from their weekly "Midnight Ramble" gig at Helm's Studio in Woodstock for a show at NYC's Terminal 5 on Thursday, January 1st, 2010. Joining them at this show be Okkervil River... more info

Guardian Music — The sultry jazz chanteuse has recruited the rock and hip-hop boffins to bring their blips and bloops to her gentle cooNorah Jones hasn't just borrowed Tom Waits's backing band to record her fourth album – she's brought in Beck, Beastie Boys an... more info

Here Comes The Flood — photo: Jessica Attie Austin based singer and guitar player Lee Barber has a quite in making in music, performing since 1972. So what took him so long to come up with his debut solo album? Let's just say things happened, various bands, a marriage, a... more info

411 Mania — Live reports on Okkervil River, Future Islands, The Tallest Man On Earth and Sunset Rubdown. The Pavement reunion, a Spiritualized reissue, New Moon's awesome soundtrack, Leaonard Cohen takes ill, a Merge remix compilation, and more. more info

My Old Kentucky — One of the great moments of my musical life was at Arcade Fire's Austin City Limits television performance. I think I'm on camera three different times. Not that I'd point it out to you as I had been out in the 108 degree ACL Fest weather all day p... more info

Uncut — There were so many people packed last night into the Scala to see Okkervil River that if I’d arrived any later, I probably would have had to watch the show from across the street, on the concourse of King’s Cross Station. [...] Read more! more info

Guardian Music — Larmer Tree Gardens, DorsetThere are times when one longs for something with a little more oomph at End of the Road – this is a ­festival whose booking policy ­concentrates on what might be called the spectral and haunting at one end, an... more info

Scotsman.com — OKKERVIL RIVER **** ORAN MOR, GLASGOW more info

Stereogum — Some of you found it strange for Apple to have titled yesterday's anticlimactic product conference "Rock And Roll" while inviting the Princess Of Not-Rock Norah Jones to be its special musical guest. Fair enough. But also remember Apple's pushing ... more info

All About Jazz — NORAH JONES TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM ON BLUE NOTE RECORDS IN NOVEMBER 2009 Album Features New Band Members and Songwriting Collaborations with Ryan Adams, Okkervil River's Will Sheff, and Jesse Harris Norah Jones Multiple Grammy Award-winning singer a... more info