Impose Magazine — If you met the sweet Alexandra Stewart in person, you would be hard pressed to uncover any of the darkness coming through so much of her debut EP, "Waba." We've got the first shared single, the skrnoky, hard-hitting cut 'Soul Like A Ghost.' While thi... more info

Nialler9 — Some real nice additions to Electric Picnic were just announced. Squarepusher! Van Dyke Parks! SBTRKT and the much-touted Grandaddy festival appearance. An mhaith. Patti Smith Richard Hawley Crystal Castles SBTRKT Grandaddy Squarepusher The Maccabees... more info

Detroit Free Press — Van Dyke Parks has never really been a household name, as he has primarily worked behind the scenes as a producer, arranger, songwriter and session musician and only occasionally released albums as a solo artist. But his significance in the world of ... more info

Mercury News, California — The concert, part of SFJazz's Spring Season, will feature performances from the birthday boy and several special guests, all of whom have worked with Hicks. The roll call includes Rickie Lee Jones, Tuck & Patti, Maria Muldaur, Harry Shearer, John Ham... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Los Angeles-based Section Quartet will play a benefit concert to replace musical instruments destroyed in the Japanese tsunami earlier this year. Section Quartet will be joined by Sam Phillips, Van Dyke Parks and others at the Nov. 20 benefit at Larg... more info

Nialler9 — The latest Nialler9 podcast is a bit different down to the fact that there are two of us. I joined Aoife for a change for the links between tunes. Besides that it's business as usual with some enduring tunes from recent albums with diversions into fo... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The new box set includes conversations and recordings from the Beach Boys' work on the mid-1960s project.Forty-five years ago this week at United Western Recorders, near Sunset and Vine in Los Angeles, Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks, along with a ra... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — While the name of 68-year-old musician Van Dyke Parks might not ring a bell with many listeners, it s almost certain that you ve heard his workWhile the name of 68-year-old musician Van Dyke Parks might not ring a bell with many listeners, it s almos... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The longtime Los Angeles-based music arranger Van Dyke Parks discusses the new collection of his early work, "Arrangements, Vol. 1," as well as his unlikely turn as Skrillex's arranger. more info

Guardian Music — EMIFew albums are as mythic as the Beach Boys' Smile. One of the most romantic of the myths holds that, had the album come out as intended in 1967 – instead of being abandoned unfinished until it was ostensibly completed by Brian Wilson and his lat... more info