Consequence of Sound — "Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together" airs Friday at 8pm EST. more info

USA Today Music — Natives of the hardest hit areas will play a benefit concert Friday night. more info

USA Today Music — The 'Today' anchor went to NBC Universal CEO Steve Burke, urging action; Bruce Springsteen and Bon Jovi quickly signed on. more info

411 Mania — Due to Hurricane Sandy... more info

ContactMusic — The U.S. East Coast storms have forced Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band to rejig their end of October (12) concert in Rochester.The concert was... more info

USA Today Music — Biography aims for more than another riff on Bruce Springsteen. more info

LargeHeartedBoy — All Things Considered interviews singer-songwriter Beth Orton. On how songwriting is like maple syrup "Sugaring season is the season when you tap the trees for sugar that turns into maple syrup. I've married someone from Vermont, so it's an expressio... more info

Guardian Music — The Gaslight Anthem Here Comes My Man (Mercury) The best moments on the Gaslight Anthem's somewhat patchy current album Handwritten are those in which they step outside their established template of (admittedly invigorating) garage-rattling, throat-p... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Previous contributors include Bret Easton Ellis, Kate Christensen, Kevin Brockmeier, George Pelecanos, Dana Spiotta, Amy ... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Sidney Poitier and Stacy Keibler?  Oprah Winfrey and Justin Bieber?  Bruce "The Boss" Springsteen and that kid that won American Idol 3 years ago?  Instagram was blowing up with pictures of majorly odd couplings this week. More » Celebrity Insta... more info