Rock Sellout —     So, it's that time of year when everyone is sharing their “best of the year” lists. I wanted to be part of the fun, but I just want to say before you start reading that these are only my favorite songs of 2009, not the best. Yes, I includ... more info

Live Daily — In 1985, after countless hit records, Grammy nominations, American Music Awards, and gold and platinum albums, J.D. Souther [ tickets ]--one of the principal architects of Southern California country-rock--decided to walk away from his solo career, s... more info

NME - The Video Blog — 'I Drove All Night' is a song with an interesting history. Most people think of it as a Roy Orbison song - and it was originally written for him, in 1987. However, it was Cyndi Lauper who first had a hit with it, in 1989. Years later, Celine Dion at... more info

Pop Candy — We may have lost Elvis, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison and most of the Sun Records legends, but Jerry Lee Lewis is still going strong. more info

Guardian Music — Grand Opera House, YorkWhen Richard Hawley sings, "I've soldiered on for so long," he could be referring to his bizarre trajectory from guitarist with indie bands Treebound Story and Longpigs to the nation's most in-demand 1950s-style crooner. Shroud... more info

Live Daily — There's no escaping the aura of The Traveling Wilburys, the power act created by Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison, George Harrison, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne in the the late 1980s. Monsters of Folk [ tickets ], an uber-group of M. Ward, My Morning Jacket's Jim... more info

Guardian Music — Richard Hawley has been called a modern-day Roy Orbison. The Sheffield crooner talks about fame, Pulp, his dad's death – and kicking a gargantuan drug habit.It has, Richard Hawley concedes, been an extraordinary few years. Actually, what he sa... more info

Stereogum — It's fitting the Jersey-born New York-to-Los Angeles multi-instrumentalist John Carpenter shares a name with the man behind the Halloween franchise: There's something autumnal and spooky about his soulful, romantic rock 'n' roll. See, for instance, "... more info

All About Jazz — Spencer Day's appearance on The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson is now online. Spencer performed his new single, "Til You Come To Me" from his new album and Concord Jazz debut, (Vagabond). Out now, the new album draws from the 'Great American S... more info

All About Jazz — An extensive collection of autographs, photographs, and other memorabilia will go up for auction at Tepper Galleries, New York's oldest private auction house. Some of these images of various actors, musicians, and celebrities are well known while ... more info