MTV.com News — 'American Idol' alum will join Ke$ha, Tegan and Sara, festival founder Sarah McLachlan and more.By Jocelyn Vena Kelly Clarkson Photo: RCA Kelly Clarkson will soon take her pop anthems on the road as the latest artist to join the Lilith Fai... more info

8/1 — MP3: Various Artists - Perfect Day ACT LINES Lou Reed Just a perfect day, drink sangria in the park... Bono (of U2) And then later, when it gets dark... Sky (of Morcheeba) We go home.. ... more info

The Music Fix — Review: New versions of old songs, on a new internet-only series of albums....New versions of old songs, on a new internet-only series of albums. more info

All About Jazz — Kimberly Bjorklund President of K&B Entertainment and our Global Partners congratulates Mr. Roman Miroshnichenko on winning the 9th Annual Independent Music Awards in the category of "World Traditional Song." The song nominated was "Unforgiven" from ... more info

Stereogum — Suzanne Vega, who contributed to Dark Night Of The Soul last May and finds her self-titled debut turning 25 this May, is releasing a four-volume acoustic series: The first one, Suzanne Vega Close-Up, Vol 1, Love Songs, clearly focuses on love songs. ... more info

Live Daily — Tour includes college speaking gigs Suzanne Vega will perform at more than a dozen universities on her 33-date winter tour, participating in symposia and workshops in addition to performing. Among the colleges on her itinerary are Strathmore in N... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega hits the road for another string of dates promoting her Beauty & Crime album: 01/15 Emeline Theater , Mamaroneck, NY , 01/16 Jeanne Rimsky Theater, Port Washington, NY, 01/22 Olin Arts Center, Lewiston, ME, ... more info

Live Daily — Laurie Anderson [ tickets ], Joan Osborne [ tickets ] and Suzanne Vega [ tickets ] will perform at a March 8 concert to benefit the Women's Project theater company of New York, according to the New York Times. The three artists also will receive the ... more info

Songs:Illinois — On Accidental Experimental the new album from Inara George (The Bird and The Bee) Inara revisits some of the songs from her last record (w/Van Dyke Parks). The mix of Inara’s near perfect voice with mildly odd and experimental instrumentation is a... more info

Here Comes The Flood — photo: Michael Weintrob Erin McKeown (Fredericksburg, VA ) is a singer-songwriter/activist (lobbying for a better energy policy) whose songs are part Suzanne Vega and part Judy Garland. Her new album Hundreds of Lions lacks musical teeth, but her ly... more info