Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonIt was all very cosy. At the back of the stage was a pink sofa, a lamp and side-table with a vase of daffodils, and in front of them was the world's best-known female folk singer, playing guitar and easing into a two-hour s... more info

411 Mania — Steve Earle talks about how he prepared for it... more info

Mjsbigblog — Crystal Bowersox now calls Pacific Northwest home – She’s in “album mode” musically, writing songs and flying back and forth to Santa Fe to record demos with producer/songwriter/musician Jono Manson who has worked with Blues Traveler, Joan O... more info

Mercury News, California — Free show honoring Hardly Strictly Bluegrass founder will feature Emmylou Harris, Steve Earle, Boz Scaggs and others performing off San Francisco's Great Highway. more info

Twangville — I really do believe that when this song was originally recorded that this is what Paul McCartney had in mind. Steve Earle, with the Bluegrass Dukes. more info

Impose Magazine — On Sunday, January 15, OWS supporters met at Cathedral Church on the West Side, continuing on a candlelit march to Riverside Church (Riverside Dr at 120th St) to honor Martin Luther King Jr. Performances and speeches from many artists and civil righ... more info

Guardian Music — (Icehouse Music)The Texas-born singer-songwriter Guy Clark turned 70 at the end of last year, and a remarkable Who's Who of country and folk celebrities celebrate with this 30-track reminder of why his work is so revered. He's an inventive, highly o... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Steve Earle (more by Tim Griffin) today in NYC * Whiplash @ UCB * Liam Finn @ The Rock Shop * New Music Observatory @ The Stone * Herculaneum, Tomas Fujiwara @ Zebulon * Steve Earle, Allison Moorer @ City... more info

Twangville — It’s Christmastime in Washington The Democrats rehearsed Gettin’ into gear for four more years Things not gettin’ worse The Republicans drink whiskey neat And thanked their lucky stars They said, ‘He cannot seek another term They’ll be no m... more info

Guardian Music — (Old Town School)The Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago is one of the great American institutions. Set up in the 1950s to "teach and celebrate music rooted in the tradition of diverse American and global communities", it has become a centre for... more info