Guardian Music — The two remaining Beatles have teamed up for a duet on Starr's forthcoming solo album, Y Not. It's a band renuion! Sort of ...Ringo Starr's forthcoming solo album will feature bass and backing vocals from an old, mop-topped pal from Liverpool. Paul M... more info

My Old Kentucky — Many of Alexa Woodward's banjo-driven folk songs slowly slink like fog down from the Appalachian mountains and hills of Virgina and wrap your soul in melancholy. Woodward's 2009 release, Speck, is full of subtle textures and well-matched harmonies t... more info

Stereogum — A few years ago, the only Joanna pics you'd see painted her to be a sylvan nymph. Now she's casually popping up on all the street style blogs, even when they don't realize it's her. That's the transformative power of a good coat (or of hanging out in... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Tim Griffin "I got there in time to see Laura Marling who played acoustic guitar and was accompanied by a cellist. She was adorable and her folk songs brought Joanna Newsom & Gillian Welch to mind, high praise... more info

Guardian Music — Their debut album might be a modern classic, but Fleet Foxes need to write radio-friendly anthems if they are to match the success of the 1970s folk rockersCan people be blinded by hype into accepting absolute garbage into the rock'n'roll canon? I re... more info

Guardian Music — With a new album out, 'New Weird America star' Devendra Banhart admits to an odd ambition, writes Hermione HobyWide-eyed and wild-haired, Devendra Banhart exclaims: "I aspire to feel like a child, how about that!" He doesn't need to say it: moments i... more info

Stereogum — For every person that loved Ray Tintori's video for MGMT's "Kids," there were two therapists sending their contact info to the monster-terrorized child's mom. The little tyke looked terrified! So the old folks at Breakfast At Sulimay's just filmed... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — I was going about my typical Thursday routine, writing about some fine covers, when Twitter exploded in my face and CNN broke news across my television about a balloon. Not just your typical tycoon who thought he was a modern-day Magellan in a ballo... more info

Rawkblog — Halfway there! Welcome to the middle of The Rawking Refuses To Stop!’s countdown of the Top 100 Albums of the Decade. To start from the beginning, click below: 100-81 | 80-61 | 60-41 | 40-21 | 20-1 #s 60-41 after the jump! 60. Joanna Newsom â... more info

Guardian Music — This quirky newbie could easily be dismissed as just another kooky songstress were it not for the quality of her music and voice. Oasis fans look away now ...Hometown: Newcastle-Upon-Tyne.The lineup: Beth Jeans Houghton (vocals, guitar), Dav "Lego" S... more info