Guardian Music — (Names)Earlier this year, Nashville-based Caitlin Rose released an EP of songs recorded in 2008, which introduced a promisingly wry lyricist unable to decide whether she wanted to sound like Loretta Lynn or Kimya Dawson. On her debut album, the 23-ye... more info

Guardian Music — Last week, we sweated over manual labour. Now let's all get lean and green with the pedal machineTinkle Tinkle! Mind out, mate! What's that? A red light? Ha, means nothing to me. Check me out! SQUISH.Yes, it's the mad, bad and dangerous world of bicy... more info

Guardian Music — Not many from the last 20 years, when pop poppets wouldn't know the meaning of the phrase, but we pick earthy songs from earthier timesFrom stage school to stardom via a year in a van – some of today's pop poppets have as much experience of life ou... more info

Guardian Music — Country songwriter with a string of hitsSongwriting in country music is the art of making the ordinary exceptional, the everyday timeless. Some of the most memorable examples of that skill in the 1960s and 70s came from the pen of Hank Cochran, who h... more info

Totally Fuzzy — K. Telle said... A Quick one today. Mp3s from Cut Copy (really catchy like Jellyfish 60s vibe) Pegi Young (Country/folk classic) http://thisismyhappening.blogspot.com Thanks again Fuzzy! Tam Borman said... BASS CULTURE MIX Winston Riley : Purify Bur... more info

The 9513 Country Music — Kellie Pickler and songwriter Kyle Jacobs announced their engagement. Jacobs popped the question on June 15, the birthday of Pickler’s late grandmother. The New York Times‘ Jon Caramanica recapped Tuesday night’s four-hour concert, “Nashville... more info

MTV.com News — Eclectic Borgata crowd is treated to a set packed with Only by the Night hits and brand-new tracks.By Kyle Anderson The Kings of Leon's Caleb Followill Photo: Barry Brecheisen/ WireImage ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey -- Past the rows of neon sl... more info

Guardian Music — Shepherd's Bush Empire, LondonFresh from a No 1 album at home, Aussie brother-and-sister act Angus & Julia Stone have recreated a cosy domesticity on the road. Flowers and lamps sit atop chintzy tablecloths, fairy lights creep around mics and a wine ... more info

Pitchfork — -- David Tibet's long-running doom-rock project Current 93 will celebrate its 25th anniversary May 28-29 with a pair of shows at London's HMV Forum. For these shows, the group's lineup includes Andrew W.K., Matt Sweeney, Baby Dee, James Blackshaw, an... more info

The Playlist — The list of good movies about country music is a thin one -- last year's "Crazy Heart" was a pretty good stab, and the Loretta Lynn biopic "Coal Miner's Daughter" probably deserves to be up there, but few others leap out. A new comedy centering aroun... more info