Detroit Free Press — Alice Cooper came into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with a boa constrictor. The theatrical rock band with a lead singer who takes the same name was inducted Monday, joining a class that includes New Orleans piano maestro Dr. John, songwriter Tom Wa... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts Tom Waits, Neil Diamond, the Alice Cooper band, Darlene Love, Dr. John, all long eligible for the honor. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts Tom Waits, Neil Diamond, the Alice Cooper band, Darlene Love, Dr. J... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Now into its second quarter-century, its rebellious youth largely a memory and its adolescence rapidly receding into the past, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's annual induction ceremony canonized Neil Diamond, the Alice Cooper band, Tom Waits, Dr. Jo... more info

ContactMusic — Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Neil Diamond faced a race against time to attend the ceremony in New York on Monday (14Mar11) - he flew into the U. S. from Australia just in time. The Sweet Caroline crooner is being honoured as part of t... more info

Guardian Music — (EMI/Rabble Rouser)The Unthanks experiment continues, with an album of gentle melancholia that matches their most elaborate instrumental arrangements to date with a reworking of a startling variety of songs. As ever, their music centres around the de... more info

Guardian Music — This Glasgow band have won plaudits from respected names including Guy Garvey and Fyfe Dangerfield. And Fearne CottonHometown: Glasgow.The lineup: Louis Abbot, Sarah Hayes, Kevin Brolly, Philip Hague, Joseph Rattray, Tom Stearn.The background: There ... more info

Mercury News, California — Tom Waits will be inducted March 14. Will Green Day, Journey and Joan Baez get their day in the limelight? more info

Topix — L'Orchestre d'Hommes-Orchestres is a must-see act if you're at all a fan of Tom Waits ' music. more info

Guardian Music — Michel Houllebecq isn't the first author to turn songwriter - but he may be the first to do it wellSurprisingly for a writer whose latest literary works generally seem to cause a media kerfuffle in his native France and beyond, Michel Houellebecq's n... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Morning Edition profiles singer-songwriter Tom Waits. The Guardian lists the 10 best counterculture books. On sale at Amazon MP3: DeVotchKa's new 100 Lovers album. The Wall Street Journal profiles poet Richard Wilbur. Why Mr. Wilbur is not more natio... more info