Consequence of Sound — John Denver visits Amherst, MA. more info

KEXP Seattle — Now in its 15th year, Oregon music festival Pickathon has announced its lineup, dates and location for 2013 -- and it’s one of their best lineups yet! On August 2-4 at the Pendarvis Farm in Happy Valley, OR, the festival will host Feist, Andrew Bir... more info

DrownedInSound — It's a shame Sophie Hunger spends so much time trying to be a cross between Sharon Van Etten and Norah Jones. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Consequence of Sound — Sharon covers a song by her future tour mate more info

Impose Magazine — On Friday, December 15th, Sharon Van Etten curated a show at the intimate Cameo Gallery. The show's bill featured sets by She Keeps Bees, Speck Mountain and "Special Guest." We had a hunch that the special guest would be Ms. Van Etten herself and... more info

DrownedInSound — With Christmas just around the corner, some of DiS' favourite artists - including The Shins, Andrew Bird, Calexico, Rufus Wainwright, and Sharon Van Etten - have got involved in a brand spanking new compilation of seasonal songs called 'Christmas Rul... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Archive: free and legal 4-track live EP [mp3] search for more Archive... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Every day, Daily Downloads offers 10 free and legal mp3 downloads, plus free and legal live sets from around the internet. Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Alabama Shakes: 2012-09-29, Atlanta [mp3,ogg,flac] Alabama Shakes: "Worryin' Blues" [mp3]... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets for the Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds and Sharon Van Etten shows at Beacon Theatre are on sale now. Tickets for The Mission UK show at Irving Plaza go on sale today at 10 AM. IAMX (aka... more info

DrownedInSound — We love to know what the artists we love have been listening to too. So, DiS went on an email rampage and asked for some top 5s and a few sentences about why the artist loves each one. We allowed them to also pick EPs and re-issues, if they wanted to... more info