Detroit Free Press — Country music legend Willie Nelson, 76, brought the 27th annual Downtown Hoedown to a mellow close Sunday night. more info

Detroit Free Press — This year's Downtown Hoedown will feature acts like Rodney Atkins, Lee Ann Womack, Zac Brown Band and Willie Nelson. more info

JamBase — WILLIE NELSON IN NELSONVILLE! 5th Annual Nelsonville Music Festival :: Nelsonville, OH :: May 15-17 Willie Nelson Stuart's Opera House presents the 5th Annual Nelsonville Music Festival May 15-17 at Robbins Crossing Historic Village on the Ho... more info

Topix — Stephen Bruton, seen here on tour with Bonnie Raitt. LOS ANGELES a ' Guitarist and songwriter Stephen Bruton , who had played with Kris Kristofferson for nearly 40 years and whose songs had been recorded by Bonnie Raitt, Willie Nelson, Jimmy Buffett ... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — LOS ANGELES - Stephen Bruton, the guitarist and songwriter who had played with Kris Kristofferson for nearly 40 years and whose songs had been recorded by Bonnie Raitt, Willie Nelson, Jimmy Buffett and others, died Saturday. He was 60. more info

JamBase — Summer Camp 2009 Daily Schedule & Thursday Pre-Party Announced moe. The daily schedule for Summer Camp 2009 (May 22, 23, & 24, 2009 at Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe, IL) is now up. CLICK HERE to check it out. Summer Camp has also announce... more info

Live Daily — Turner Stephen Bruton died May 9 in Los Angeles due to complications that stemmed from an ongoing battle with throat cancer, according to a statement issued by New West Records. He was 60. The Texas musician had been in Southern California completing... more info

All About Jazz — Stephen Bruton, a Texas musician long admired and much in demand as much for his astute guitar work as for his insights as a songwriter, died Saturday in Los Angeles of complications of cancer that he'd been battling for several years. He was 60. ... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — This week's contest prizes are three music biographies: two books just released in paperback, Goodbye 20th Century: A Biography of Sonic Youth and Willie Nelson: An Epic Life; and the charmingly offbeat classic (to me, at least) Saint Morrissey:... more info

Live Daily — Green Day is getting ready to hit the road in support of the band's forthcoming album, "21st Century Breakdown," which lands in stores Tuesday (5/15). The pop-punk trio's soon-to-be-released eighth studio effort, which has been in the works since ear... more info