L.A. Times - Entertainment — Like asking Yankees chief Joe Girardi if he would be willing to leave New York, peppering a famous musician with inquiries as to where his band may or may not sign is sure to be met with vagaries.Like asking Yankees chief Joe Girardi if he would be w... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Like asking Yankees chief Joe Girardi if he would be willing to leave New York to manage the Chicago Cubs, peppering a famous musician with inquiries as to where his band may or may not sign is a line of... more info

Guardian Music — English folk singer and activist to collaborate with daughter of legendary country singer this NovemberBilly Bragg's next album will be a collaboration with singer Rosanne Cash, he revealed this week. The English rabble-rouser has already started wri... more info

Guardian Music — Wilco, BelfastLately, there's been Wilco (The Album), and even Wilco (The Song). Fans of Jeff Tweedy's group will be delighted to learn, then, that the capacity for self-reference in this groundbreaking alternative rock band is not exhausted yet; mos... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Muzzle of Bees shares Wisco: A Tribute To Wilco’s Summerteeth, a tribute album by Wisconsin artists that benefits the Wisconsin Humane Society. Comics Alliance previews Howl: A Graphic Novel, a visual adaptation of Allen Ginsberg's poetry. The Phil... more info

ContactMusic — WILCO frontman JEFF TWEEDY has landed his own day in St. Louis, Missouri.The Illinois native learned of the honour just before he took the stage at Loufest on... more info

Guardian Music — (Bella Union)Philip Selway, the 26th greatest drummer in the world according to a recent poll, thanks to two decades of pioneering work with Radiohead, doesn't so much as lift a stick on his solo debut. Delegating drum duties to Wilco's Glenn Kotche,... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — There would seemingly be little that would catch Mavis Staples by surprise. Yet with Staples now 71 years old, Wilco's Jeff Tweedy found a way to get the soul/gospel veteran to step out of her comfort zone -- literally. Staples'... more info

Guardian Music — The plastic present is about to become reacquainted with a 'musical miniature of the cosmos'There is a budget-price edition of Karlheinz Stockhausen's Mantra, for two pianos, percussion – sometimes crotales, which are essentially antique cymbals â... more info

CNN Showbiz — The Chicago rock band Wilco took over the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art from Friday, August 13, through the weekend to throw the first Solid Sound Festival, a celebration of art, music, comedy, film, and community. more info