Stereogum — The Watkins Family Hour’s self-titled LP, which was released this past summer, features vocal contributions from Fiona Apple. When the band performed for NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series today, Apple joined them on renditions of the American tradit... more info

Mercury News, California — Also on tap: Los Van Van, plucky Chi-town dancers Lucky Plush; 'West Side Story times 2; singer Marc Cohn and a Roy Orbison tribute band born from karaoke. more info

Stereogum — The Watkins Family Hour played a show at Newport’s Jane Pickens Theatre last Thursday, kicking off the Newport Folk Festival the night before it officially began. They brought out a bunch of friends to handle the vocals for their vaudevillian blueg... more info

Stereogum — Meg Myers is simply a badass. The Tennessee-born and Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter became a real buzz with her edgy and emotional pop lyrics rooted at a dark rock core, drawing comparisons to reigning alt-’90s queens Alanis Morissette and Fio... more info

Stereogum — Rap legend Q-Tip hasn’t released an official solo album since 2009 — although he has been keeping himself busy — but it looks like the long-awaited Last Zulu is almost here. In a new interview with Billboard, he says that the album is almost do... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Watkins Family Hour is the Americana collective featuring Sean & Sara Watkins of Nickel Creek, plus Fiona Apple, Don Heffington, Sebastian Steinberg, Benmont Tench, Greg Leisz and other guests. We already knew they'd be performing Bob Dylan's Highway... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Blake Mills w/ Fiona Apple at LPR in 2014 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Among the recently-announced Lincoln Center Out of Doors 2015 schedule is a very cool show that has Fiona Apple, members of Nickel Creek and more performing... more info

Perez Hilton — If you're a fan of Lana Del Ray and Fiona Apple, you probably already love Lykke Li! And if your pants are fitting a little tighter than usual, your body must be anticipating what's coming… The Swedish singer is set to perform at Coachella this wee... more info

Stereogum — The latest season of American Horror Story has been all about the music, taking a page from series creator Ryan Murphy’s other show Glee. So far this season, we’ve heard takes on David Bowie, Fiona Apple, and Lana Del Rey, and now cast member Eva... more info

Stereogum — American Horror Story is taking a distinctly musical turn this season; we’ve already posted the show’s take on Fiona Apple’s “Criminal.” And as previously reported, last night’s episode featured Jessica Lange, a 65-year-old double Oscar w... more info