Yahoo! Music UK — world entertainment news - Eric Clapton and Paul Simon will join Yoko Ono for the first Plastic Ono Band show in 40 years. more info

Rolling Stone — Yoko Ono has recruited Eric Clapton, Paul Simon, Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon, Bette Midler and more artists for the first Plastic Ono Band show in 40 years: a special concert on February 16th at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New ... more info

Live Daily — In keeping with tradition, South African vocal group Ladysmith Black Mambazo [ tickets ] will return to the US later this month for an extensive two-month trek. The nine-man a cappella group will begin the outing with a Jan. 31 show in Ann Arbor, ... more info

Stereogum — Between the unexpected Jawbox and Black Star reunions, the Yacht Rock superjam, and the Roots subbing as the best backing band in late night (see: Elvis Costello, Monsters Of Folk, Paul Simon, the Lonely Island, Zach Morris), Jimmy Fallon's music ... more info

Reuters — NEW YORK (Billboard) - Peter Gabriel eschews traditional rock'n'roll instrumentation on his upcoming album, "Scratch My Back," which sports orchestral covers of material originally recorded by David Bowie, Paul Simon, Neil Young, Radiohead and Arcade... more info

Guardian Music — (XL)There are few things as intriguing as a contradiction in pop, especially when it resolves itself tunefully. Vampire Weekend are a mass of them. They named themselves after a Super-8 film some members shot at university, a shlock-horror moniker th... more info

Guardian Music — Who'll be big in 2010? The acts that feature on every list, probably. So instead, our writers have chosen the acts they would like to see succeed this year, even if the odds are stacked against them …Fool's Gold and Little CometsIf Talking Head... more info

My Old Kentucky — Not too long ago, our friends over at IGIF turned us on to St. Paul, Minnesota 20-year-old Colin Caulfield, who records under the moniker Young Man. Caulfield seems to draw influence from classic singer-songwriters like Paul Simon, while moving up ... more info

Stereogum — Here's the relaxed, daydreaming pop of "White Sky," a song that fuses Vampire Weekend's new focus on not focusing on guitar with Ezra's understanding of how best to channel Paul Simon. It's technically the third listen from Contra (the fourth if y... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — Coming out of St. Paul, Minnesota is 20-year-old Colin Caulfield who records under the name Young Man. Despite a variety of cover videos on YouTube and a few excellent originals streaming from his myspace page, Caulfield has gained minimal attention... more info