Pitchfork — Live music on T.V. this week: Monday, November 17: NBC: Last Call With Carson Daly: Cat Power NBC: Late Night With Conan O'Brien: Blitzen Trapper ABC: Jimmy Kimmel Live!: Kanye West (rerun) CBS: Late Show With David Letterman: Purple Reign (Pr... more info

Pitchfork — "Another Christmas Song"? Roll it, Jimmy! Flip on over to Forkcast right this instant to wrap your ears around "Another Christmas Song", courtesy of Merry Olde St. Stephen Colbert. This jolly little cash-grab, along with tunes from Feist, Elvis Coste... more info

Pitchfork — "Another Christmas Song"? Roll it, Jimmy! Flip on over to Forkcast right this instant to wrap your ears around "Another Christmas Song", courtesy of Merry Olde St. Stephen Colbert. This jolly little cash-grab, along with tunes from Feist, Elvis Coste... more info

Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton and Garth Brooks are among the country artists who have hosted Saturday Night Live and on November 22 Tim McGraw will be added to that esteemed lineup. Jon Caramanica profiles Taylor Swift’s rise to fame and... more info

Yahoo! Music — Reuters - Country singer Merle Haggard, recently diagnosed with lung cancer, had part of a lung removed and is recovering at home, his spokeswoman said on Sunday. more info

Guardian Music — "Welcome to the Hot Chip show," shouts guitarist Al Doyle, as if priming the crowd for a Vegas cabaret act rather than five Londoners whose version of dance-pop gives equal ranking to the intellect and the booty. But he's not wrong in calling it a sh... more info

ContactMusic — Country star WILLIE NELSON has penned an open letter to U.S. President-elect BARACK OBAMA asking for government support for family farmers. Nelson, president of the Farm ... more info

Pitchfork — Tip of the hat to Stephen Colbert for his choice of guests this Thursday. Chicago heroes Wilco will perform one song on the Comedy Central show "The Colbert Report" this Thursday, following in the footsteps of such previous Colbert musical guests as ... more info

The Newsroom — v4120, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, Thursday, October 23, 2008, **EXCLUSIVE** Godfather James Caan says "don't let anyone push you down"! James was spotted having lunch at Madeo restaurant in Beverly Hills. He revealed that his kids have stolen his I-Pod... more info

Willie Nelson made his first Billboard Hot Country Songs chart appearance in five years with this week’s No. 56 debut of “That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)” — credited to Kenny Chesney. His last appearance was another Ches... more info