Gigwise — Guitarist passed away this morning... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Noel Gallagher is the cover star on this week's NME, in which he reveals that he's finally embraced digital media after recently purchasing a computer. In the past other than a blog on Oasis' official website, the star has publicly shunned digital te... more info

Guardian Music — Other Lives, On tourYou don't necessarily need a cabin in the woods in order to connect with the American landscape. From a remote Oklahoman town, Other Lives are a band whose music is, spiritually, many miles from the back-to-basics communion of mus... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonBy pulling together folk, jazz and blues into evocative, melodic albums, Pentangle were ahead of the curve in the late 1960s. An early "supergroup", they set the scene for more celebrated artists. Long before singer-songwri... more info

Detroit Free Press — Deftones with Dillinger Escape Plan and more at the Fillmore Detroit David Roth & Anne Hills at the Ark The Kills at the Majestic Theatre Neil Young with Bert Jansch at the Fox Theatre Lonnie Smith at Cliff Bell's Jon Secada at the Colosse... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets are now on AmEx presale (through Friday, March 25 @ 10pm) for the two Neil Young shows happening at Lincoln Center's very Fisher Hall in April. Bert Jansch has been announced as the opener.... more info

Guardian Music — (Shanachie Records)John Renbourn was first hailed as an acoustic guitar hero of "folk baroque" in the 60s, thanks to his solo albums and work with Bert Jansch, as a duo and in the Pentangle. Even then, traditional songs were only part of his repertoi... more info

Guardian Music — (Silent Pocket) Kit Holmes is that welcome curiosity, a young composer and singer-songwriter with all the makings of a new British guitar heroine and a style that skips cheerfully across boundaries. She mostly plays acoustic guitar but she's certainl... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Bert Jansch @ the Bell House last week (more by Benjamin Lozovsky) * Whiplash @ UCB * Bert Jansch @ Iridium Jazz * Chicha Libre @ Barbes * Citizen Radio LIVE! @ UCB * Body Language, Two Fresh, MeLo-X @... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — words & photos by Benjamin Lozovsky Conner Oberst and crew might have co-opted the Monsters of Folk moniker, but they've only grown to their current size by standing on the shoulders of even larger mythical beings. Two more likely candidates... more info