Topix — Hank Cochran , a singer and songwriter who wrote major hits for Patsy Cline , Burl Ives and Eddy Arnold and whose songs appeared on the country charts for more than four decades, died Thursday at his home in Hendersonville, Tenn., near Nashville. more info

Pitchfork - Forkcast — When she wasn't cracking jokes on Pitchfork's Primavera stage, beach-popper Best Coast was spending the month of May touring Europe. This mix she made for website Artist Advocacy features tunes by Beat Happening, Bruce Springsteen, and Nirvana (among... more info

Totally Fuzzy — PiZT said... Subhumans - From the Cradle to the Grave (1983) The Exploited - Horror Epics (1985) Chaos UK - The Riot City Years (2005) Flipper - Album – Generic Flipper (1982) Tenpole Tudor - Wunderbar: the Stiff Records Singles Collection D.O.A. -... more info

KEXP Seattle — In the 1950’s, Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters helped put the blues forward as a new kind of popular music.  It was also in this decade that many pop artists added blues stylings to their songs. Patsy Cline is still one of the most popular femal... more info

MTV.com News — 'I'm kind of going back to my roots,' CMT Music Awards nominee tells MTV News.By Jocelyn Vena Kellie Pickler Photo: George Napolitano/ Getty Images NEW YORK — Kellie Pickler burst onto the scene as the country cutie on "American Idol," an... more info

The 9513 Country Music — For every cover that turns out well–like, say, Del McCoury’s “1952 Vincent Black Lightning,” or Patsy Cline’s “Faded Love”–there’s a cover that isn’t quite so good. Here are a few of them. 10. “God Must Have Spent A Little Mor... more info

NME — Sheffield four-piece play the hits at Royal Albert Hall more info

Guardian Music — As a nation, we haven't warmed much to country and western – but are the Avett Brothers the ones to change all that, asks Alexis PetridisYou never feel more British than when perusing the Billboard Country Chart. It's packed with people you've... more info

CMT — In the late 1980s, k.d. lang was causing quite a stir in Nashville, even though she didn't actually live here. See, the self-proclaimed "big-boned girl from Southern Alberta" didn't even come close to fitting the "girl singer" mold, in spite of a big... more info

MTV.com News — 'American Idol' Top 12 cheat sheet looks at Brown's strengths and weaknesses.By Jim Cantiello Lacey Brown at the "American Idol" top 12 party Photo: Jesse Grant/ WireImage On Thursday night, "American Idol" revealed its Top 12 Finalists fo... more info