Guardian Music — Last week was all about songs that give you the shivers. This time we want tracks about famous people from the pastThe last week has been a sombre one, unavoidably so. It was touching too though, an example of why RR is a real community and one with ... more info

8/1 — 50 Sonic Youth - The Eternal49 Karen O and The Kids - Where the Wild things are48 Elvis Costello - Secret, Profane & Sugarcane47 Florance and the Machine - Lungs46 Ebony Bones - Bones of My Bones45 Prodigy - Invaders Must Die44 Bibio - Ambivalence Av... more info

Live Daily — Jonathan Richman [ tickets ] will lay another tile in his long and winding road early this year when he heads out for a run of mid-winter headlining dates. The veteran singer/songwriter kicks off the outing Jan. 24 in Denton, TX, and will travel t... more info

Allmusic Blog — Before 2009 came to a close, the year that infamously took Michael Jackson also claimed the lives of several others. Among them were 45 year-old songwriter Vic Chesnutt, Avenged Sevenfold drummer Jimmy “The Rev” Sullivan, former Birthday ... more info

Guardian Music — American singer-songwriter acclaimed for his raw, uncompromising lyricsThe singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt, who has died aged 45 after an overdose of muscle relaxants, was a veteran presence in the independent, rather than the mainstream, music charts... more info

NME — Check out NME.COM's round-up of what's been going on in music over the festive period more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Online Athens remembers singer-songwriter Vic Chesnutt. As part of the Telegraph's expat book club Neil Gaiman introduces his book, Neverwhere. Why am I an expat? Writers can write pretty much anywhere, and I was working for US publishers, being paid... more info

Guardian Music — I had been looking for a voice to capture how it felt to hear that Vic Chesnutt had died, when I realised that voice was his ownI first heard Vic Chesnutt one Saturday morning in Dublin, many years ago now. Lying in bed in early summer, gulls cawing ... more info

Rollo & Grady — Images By Carlton Beener Vic Chesnutt & Guy Picciotto – Echoplex – December 1st, 2009 Vic Chesnutt Vic Chesnutt (l) & Guy Picciotto (r) Guy Picciotto (l) & Vic Chesnutt (r) Guy Picciotto Vic Chesnutt Vic Chesnutt Band Vic Chesnutt Band Vi... more info

411 Mania — It's still the holidays so there's almost no news to report, but we managed to find a few stories that may intrigue you. Joe Jackson vs Joe Jackson, Kanye West's gotta big ego, Tom Waits may have a new album in the works, the tragedy of Vic Chesnutt ... more info