Guardian Music — Toast to Freedom will go on sale this week performed by supergroup of musicians and celebrities to mark Amnesty anniversaryA supergroup of prominent artists and performers are to release a song on Thursday as part of celebrations to commemorate Amnes... more info

ContactMusic — Meryl Streep and Channing Tatum are set to show off their singing skills at Stings upcoming Rainforest Fund benefit The Hollywood stars will be joined by Sir Elton John James Taylor Rosanne Cash and Jennifer Hudson at the annual event on 2 April 12 a... more info

ContactMusic — Singers Art Garfunkel Ronnie Spector and actressrocker Juliette Lewis are among a slew of artists joining forces to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the first Rolling Stones hits compilation at a special one-off concert in New York Rosanne Cash Stev... more info

Guardian Music — Scala, LondonFirst Aid Kit seem to emanate from some strange Nordic Nashville. Swedish sisters Johanna and Klara Söderberg play a stripped-down, haunting strain of alt-country rock that sounds as if it should spring from the loins of dusty midwest p... more info

Mercury News, California — The first of the season's dozens of concerts is Feb. 17 at Herbst Theatre in San Francisco, with bands led by trumpeter Enrico Rava and guitarist John Abercrombie. Over the next four months, you also can see the Chieftains, Dan Hicks, Rosanne Cash an... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Chris Graham "John Wesley Harding just sang a song with an Atlantic Yards reference." - Kate John Hold Steady Walkmen Mountain Goat Wesley Harding "Well, you know, I've been making music for twenty something years now, and over... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Active Child @ Bowery Ballroom in Sept (more by Amanda Hatfield) today in NYC * Jonathan Richman @ The Bell House * Lisa Hannigan, Gavin Glass @ Hiro Ballroom * The Jayhawks, Rosanne Cash @ Beacon Theatre * Neon Indian,... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Documentary profiling the life of legendary country music star Johnny Cash, who died in 2003 shortly after completing the retrospective Unearthed, a five-CD set of the acoustic performances with which he resurrected his career in the last decade of ... more info

Guardian Music — A meditation on the death of Hank Williams has the morbid appeal of country musicThe circumstances surrounding the death of the country singer Hank Williams are mysterious and much disputed. All that is known for certain is that the 29-year-old singe... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Jayhawks at Webster Hall in January (more by Kurt Christensen) The Jayhawks are currently on a European tour that ends later this month. After that tour, they'll play a few dates in their hometown of Minnesota before heading out... more info