Guardian Music — He was a central figure in the Stax sound of the 60s, but Booker T always wanted to play his own tunes. He tells Richard Williams how he found his musical identityThe first time Booker T Jones set his eyes on a Hammond B3 organ, it was one of three i... more info

MTV.com News — The actor/musician acts bizarrely on a Canadian radio show.By Gil Kaufman Billy Bob Thorton (file) Photo: Jay West/ WireImage It takes an almost superhuman level of crazy/weird to make people compare you to Joaquin Phoenix these days. But,... more info

Detroit Free Press — Country superstars including Willie Nelson, Rodney Atkins and Lee Ann Womack were announced Wednesday as part of the lineup for the 99.5 WYCD Downtown Hoedown. more info

Dlisted — That's really the only way to describe Billy Bob Thornton's interview on the CBC this morning with Jian Ghomeshi. Who queefed in his Malt-O-Meal, because Billy Bob was an asshole from the beginning. The dude was there to talk about his... more info

Detroit Free Press — Wille Nelson and Rodney Atkins top the list of more than 50 national and local acts that will appear in this year's 99.5 WYCD Downtown Hoedown. more info

Buzzgrinder — :: What a surprise -- Chris Brown plead not guilty to his felony charges. :: Seems there's some debate over whether or not Toby Keith told Kris Kristofferson not to play any "lefty" music at Willie Nelson's birthday party six years ago. :: Jon at A... more info

The current issue of Rolling Stone has a profile of Kris Kristofferson in which actor Ethan Hawke recalled a confrontation between Kristofferson and an unnamed country singer at Willie Nelson’s 70th birthday party in 2003. The Tennessean then ran a... more info

Altsounds — In 1975 Willie Nelson recorded the album To Lefty From Willie, 10 songs in which Nelson pays homage to Lefty Frizell, reinterpreting his favorites from the Frizzell catalog and stamping them with his own unique voice, reshaping them into his own new ... more info

MTV.com News — '12 Rounds' star says he's 'still trying to keep in touch with the hip-hop.'By Shaheem Reid, with additional reporting by Josh Horowitz John Cena Photo: MTV News Former WWE World Heavyweight Champion John Cena said he's listening to a lot ... more info

Idolator — OK, he's not that old, and he's probably a reasonably intelligent guy. But what do you expect people to say when the man who took the Cougar out of the Mellencamp takes on the music biz claiming that—surprise!—things were better back in his day? ... more info