Guardian Music — Last week, it was music set in ale houses. This time we want your favourite songs about people performing songs. Merchandise will be available afterwardsThe statistics are clear, the pub is in decline. Faced with fierce competition from supermarkets ... more info

Guardian Music — In the songs chosen this week, the pub is a place in which one finds both freedom and captivity, solidarity and loneliness, oblivion and remembranceThe bar, as it features in song, must contain a specific set of components: one bar (for leaning again... more info

Pitchfork — -- The cooler-than-you husband/wife team of Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson are curating the Vivid Live Festival, which comes to the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia May 27 - June 21. The program includes Reed's Metal Machine Trio and Anderson's ... more info

Undercover, Australia — Already announced for the Vivid Live festival at the Sydney Opera House, Rickie Lee Jones has now announced a run of dates across the country. more info

Undercover, Australia — Lou Reed and wife Laurie Anderson will showcase Rickie Lee Jones at the Sydney Opera House as part of their Vivid Live program. more info

Guardian Music — (Wall of Sound)New York duo Pete Cafarella and Nate Smith first gained attention in America's nu-rave scene, wearing orange hoodies and scoring a cult hit with jerky 2007 electro-stomper Noise Won't Stop. However, they seem to have matured, their fou... more info

All About Jazz — With material thats been cultivated over the past 20+ years, singer-songwriter Rickie Lee Jones has recently released her latest,Balm in Gilead, to critical acclaim. Now touring, Rickies offering her fans a meet-and-greet when she comes to the Vis... more info

All About Jazz — RICKIE LEE JONES ADDS FEBRUARY TOUR DATES IN SUPPORT OF BALM IN GILEAD Rickie Lee Jones Rickie Lee Jones has added additional tour dates in February in support of her recently released album Balm in Gilead. The tour includes stops in Chicago, Se... more info

Live Daily — Evaluating Rickie Lee Jones [ tickets ]' new album, "Balm in Gilead," feels like an attempt to answer questions from a Taoist text. Is a journey complete when one returns home? If an adult connects with their youth, is a lesson finished or has it ju... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — This is a big year for Rickie Lee Jones: It's the 30th anniversary of the release of her self-titled debut album, which won her critical acclaim and the title of the Next Big Thing singer-songwriter. It's also the year that... more info