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

Spinner.com — 60. My Morning Jacket, 'Holdin on to Black Metal' 59. Naked and Famous, 'Punching in a Dream' 58. Sleeper Agent, 'That's My Baby' 57. The Civil Wars, 'Barton Hollow' 56. Iceage, 'New Brigade' 55. Lights, 'Everybody Breaks a Glass' 54. Diarrhe... more info

Twangville — Back in the early 1990′s Steve Earle did time in a correctional facility in Tennessee on drug and firearms charges. As part of his probation, Earle returned to the Cold Creek Correctional Facility in Henning, Tennessee on June 25, 1996 for a specia... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Josh Ritter at BookPeople in Austin in October (more by Tim Griffin) Singer/songwriters Josh Ritter, John Wesley Harding (aka Wesley Stace), and Steve Earle are also authors, and all three of them put out novels this year. They'll be teaming... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Mountain Goats at Bowery Ballroom in March (more by Ryan Barkan) Michael Dorf's (founder of Knitting Factory) series of tribute concerts to benefit music education programs for underprivileged youth (which last paid tribute to Neil Y... more info

ContactMusic — Troubled country star Justin Townes Earle checked into a rehabilitation centre last year 10 to address his personal problems after breaking down and hysterically crying on tour The musician son of singersongwriter Steve Earle was arrested last Sept..... more info

Guardian Music — The X Factor has sent me running back to Treme. The music it celebrates is music with texture, with splinters and whorls, black-toothed and split-lippedI started watching Treme around the same time as the new series of The X Factor began. They have m... more info

NME — Tin whistle player to appear alongside Steve Earle in Hurricane Katrina series more info