Chicago Tribune — Louie Perez and David Hidalgo have been writing songs together for 40 years, providing the backbone for Los Lobos albums and a couple of Latin Playboy projects. Their tunes have been covered by artists ranging from Robert Plant and Pop Staples to Phi... more info

Stereogum — A few weeks ago, Willie Nelson covered a Coldplay song for a Chipotle online video. That was pretty weird! Now, Yeah Yeah Yeahs leader Karen O has covered the classic Willie Nelson/Waylon Jennings duet “Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be ... more info

Guardian Music — Booglaoo, LondonJustin Townes Earle has some serious musical heritage to live up to. The 29-year-old singer-songwriter is not only the son of multi-Grammy-winning US country singer, actor and political activist Steve Earle, but his middle name bears ... more info

Guardian Music — Our music team pick the songs or albums, old or new, they just can't turn offMichael Kiwanuka I Need Your Company Although he's a 23-year-old from north London, Kiwanuka has the classic, heartfelt soul voice of a Bill Withers or Donny Hathaway. This... more info

Totally Fuzzy — If a reputable metal label like Century Media all of a sudden releases a Country album you already smell there must be something funny about it... and funny he sure is. But let that not distract you from the quality of the music. It's the Charlie Da... more info

ContactMusic — The longtime steel guitar player for late country star Waylon Jennings has lost his battle with cancer at the age of 82. Ralph Mooney passed away on 20 March (11) in Kennedale, Texas. The pioneering musician began his career... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Johnny Farfisa said... # UNITED STATES OF EXISTENCE - The Collection (1994) # SICK ROSE - Floating (1990) # UNDERTAKERS - 13 Savage Garage-Punk Rippers (2001) # MORTICIANS - She's Like Heroin or Vombadill Versus - Early Recordings (1988) # PLASTICLAN... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — You can’t listen to this freewheeling Texas singer and songwriter long without becoming thoroughly convinced that he’s a full-blooded relative of Hank Williams, Ernest Tubb and Merle Haggard. Waylon Jennings’ famous observation about Grand Ole ... more info

The 9513 Country Music — The third major posthumous multi-artist tribute to Waylon Jennings is certainly the most youthful of the lot. In fact, about half the performers featured here had not yet made any significant mark on mainstream country music by 2003, the year that sa... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Record Fiend said... Waylon Jennings - Singer of Sad Songs (way-underrated Lee Hazlewood-produced album from 1970 just before Waylon became an Outlaw...incl. the hit title track along with superb covers of Tom Rush's "No Regrets," Tim Hardin's "If I ... more info