NME — Ziggy Marley is gearing up for the release of this third album 'Family Time', set to be released on May 5 via Tuff Gong Worldwide. more info

All About Jazz — Ziggy Marley has drafted his siblings, daughter and some superstars to assist on his first children's album, "Family Time," due May 5 from Tuff Gong. Produced by Don Was, the project finds Marley surrounded by his mother Rita, sister Cedella and dau... more info

JamBase — MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND WARMS UP WITHEKOOSTIK HOOKAH, LES, TOUBAB KREWE, WAILERS ekoostik hookah Hookahville XXXI has been announced for the weekend of Saturday, May 23 - Monday, May 25. The longstanding biannual event is held Memorial Day weekend ... more info

Pitchfork — -- They returned from nowhere to release an EP last year, and now 90s alt-pop survivors the Rentals have a big year-long project going on through their website. It's called "Songs About Time". Once a day, Matt Sharp's post-Weezer project put up a n... more info

All About Jazz — Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis first shared a stage at Frederick P. Rose Hall two years ago, finding common cause in the wide, slow river of American music. That interaction yielded an album, Two Men With the Blues (Blue Note), that flattered t... more info

JamBase — Images by: Dave Vann Willie Nelson with Lukas Nelson & The Promise of The Real 01.18.09 :: The Fillmore :: San Francisco, CA Lukas Nelson & The Promise of The Real Willie Nelson ... more info

The free music keeps on rolling here at The 9513 with Willie and the Wheel, the brand new collaboration between Willie Nelson and Western Swing icon Asleep at the Wheel. Today you have a chace to win the album that earned The 9513’s first 5-star r... more info

New York Times — On Monday, Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis played songs associated with Ray Charles, the artist who most credibly covered all the pertinent terrain: jazz, country, blues and gospel, along with R&B and soul. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Matt and Kim @ MHOW in January (more by Zach Stern) today in NYC * Razorlight @ Irving Plaza * Gary Lucas @ the World Financial Center * Fake Male Voice (Tunde Adebimpe) @ Glasslands * Willie Nelson & Wynton... more info

This record has a great story behind it. Jerry Wexler–the Atlantic Records head who coined the term “R&B” and consistently brought legendary talent to Atlantic to make some of the best records of their career–in true form had brought ... more info