Uncut — Starring REM, Prince, Nick Cave, Patti Smith, Robert Plant, Townes Van Zandt, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sinead O’Connor, Morrissey, U2, Pixies and The Wedding Present! Starring REM, Prince, Nick Cave, Patti Smith, Robert Plant, Townes Van Zan... more info

Consequence of Sound — Proceeds from "Beautiful Strangers" and his cover of Townes Van Zandt's "No Place To Fall" will benefit gun control advocacy. more info

Core News — “Liela Moss from The Duke Spirit sits in on the Sunday Service spinning tracks by the likes of Cat Power, The Dixie Cups, Primal Scream and Townes Van Zandt.” Jarvis Cockers Sunday Service 2016-07-10 Liela Moss sits in [Uploaded.net download] [Up... more info

Guardian Music — Friends and peers pay tribute to the late country star whose songs, which brought a literary gravitas to the genre, were covered by the best in the businessGuy Clark, a songwriter who elevated American popular song by infusing it with literary depth,... more info

Mercury News, California — NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Grammy-winning country singer-songwriter Guy Clark, who wrote hits like "L.A. more info

Stereogum — The next season of the long-running PBS live-music show Austin City Limits starts in October, and its first episode will give us this year’s Hall Of Fame induction show. The show will have tributes to people like Townes Van Zandt and Loretta Lynn. ... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Jason Isbell, "Something More Than Free" (Southeastern Records). Amid the digitization of our musical past and present, it's easy enough to find honest rural voices. Browse, drag, drop and within moments the collected work of Townes Van Zandt, Lynyrd... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Read the title of Tim Foljahn’s latest LP, Fucking Love Songs, however you want: as a sarcastic sneer, a wounded sentiment, or somewhere in between. Foljahn’s enjoyed a storied career as a sideman, playing guitar with Townes Van Zandt, Cat Power,... more info

Stereogum — I feel like every stoner-doom band’s frontperson has a dusty, folky Americana album somewhere in them, waiting to come out. YOB’s Mike Scheidt dropped his a couple years ago; Wino Weinrich of Saint Vitus has released two since 2010; hell, Neurosi... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Blaze Foley did not have it easy. An Arkansas-born, Texas-raised country artist who was revered by the likes of Townes Van Zandt and Merle Haggard, Foley lived and died in obscurity. The man had it all: a penchant for writing simple but achingly poig... more info