Swedesplease — Staphan O’Bell has released three new songs that can be downloaded via my new favorite digital service – Bandcamp. The songs are great examples of romantic swirling pop a la Rufus Wainwright. “On The Rooftop” is the song that struck me righ... more info

Rolling Stone — Ever wondered what’s on David Bowie’s iPod? Of course you have. And now thanks to The Guardian, we have a sampling of the Thin White Duke’s recent most-played tracks: Chinese folk music, old school crooners and Godspeed! You Black Emperor. Fli... more info

Yahoo! Music UK — world entertainment news - Singer Rufus Wainwright has paid tribute to his late mother Kate Mcgarrigle and vowed to celebrate all that she achieved before her death from cancer this week. more info

MTV.com News — 'Hopefully there will continue to be a lot of different ways that everyone can help,' he says after 'Hope for Haiti Now.'By Maura Johnston Justin Timberlake backstage at the "Hope for Haiti Now" telethon Photo: MTV News When Justin Timberl... more info

MTV.com News — Leonard Cohen's 1984 song, covered at the 'Hope for Haiti Now' telethon, has been recorded by nearly 200 performers.By Amy Wilkinson Justin Timberlake at "Hope For Haiti Now" on Friday Photo: Hope For Haiti Now/ Getty With Justin Timberlak... more info

Guardian Music — Withering put-downs and gorgeous tunes: the Magnetic Fields' Stephin Merritt is himself once moreThe drawback to making the Album of Your Life is the problem of what to do with your life afterwards. Admittedly, it's a problem most rock and pop artist... more info

KEXP Seattle — Canadian folk singer Kate McGarrigle has died at age 63 after a battle with clear cell sarcoma, a rare form of cancer. Rufus Wainwright, her son with musician Loudon Wainwright wrote on his website, “There is never enough time and she, my amazi... more info

Guardian Music — The Canadian folk singer and Wainwright family matriarch, who died this week, maintained a 40-year career with songs rooted in the most intimate worldsThere are two words that have always epitomised the voice of Kate McGarrigle for me — they c... more info

NME — Singer says her last years were 'fruitful' more info

Undercover, Australia — Folk singer Kate McGarrigle, half of the duo the McGarrigle Sisters, mother to Martha Wainwright and Rufus Wainwright and former wife of Loudon Wainwright III, has lost her battle with cancer. more info