Alison Krauss

The Mercury Prize is not a pop barometer

The Telegraph (Free subscription) | yesterday

Neil McCormick feels that the Mercury Prize shows the healthy state of contemporary pop.

Local Gallery Opening New Exhibit

Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008

The Callen McJunkin Gallery will open a new exhibit by Robin McClintock with a reception from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday. The gallery is located at the Loft, 219 Hale St., above Stray Dog Antiques.

PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Chris Botti Concert at Fox Theatre Postponed

All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008

Via St. Louis Post-Dispatch pop music critic Kevin Johnson's blog The Blender, the news comes that the concert by trumpeter Chris Botti scheduled for Saturday, September 13 at the Fox Theatre has been postponed. The announcement cites "scheduling complications" as the reason for the postponement. Bu...

Wheels: Dan Tyminski

Keep The Coffee Coming (Free subscription) | 08/29/2008

This is the title song from Dan's new album released in June on Rounder Records . I first heard Dan playing with Alison Krauss and Union Station. After O Brother, Where Art Thou? I became a fan. Wheels is his second solo album. MP3 File

CD Review: Darrell Scott: Modern Hymns

Blogger News Network (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008

Darrell Scott Modern Hymns Darrell Scott is a master musician, a songwriter who balances the story telling lines of folk music with the hooks of contemporary country and the musical solid structures that classic country writers built on. Suzy Bogguss, herself a musician who’d emerged from the folk music world to settle in Nashville, was the first [...]

Yankees fan hates 'redneck' Baltimoreans

Camden Chat (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008

Yankees fan hates 'redneck' Baltimoreans I'm trying again to share a Yahoo! link here. Some guy named schadenfreude hates us.

Alison Krauss - 9 to 5

The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008

in post Covering The Working Life: Songs About Day Jobs (From Those Who Don't Have Them) from Cover Lay Down .

Led Zep back in the studio

The Sun (Free subscription) | 08/27/2008

ROCK titans make a return to the studio for the first time in more than twenty-five years

Kenny Rogers Adds New CD To Cracker Barrel’s Menu

Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008

Paul McCartney had Starbucks, the Eagles and AC/DC have Wal-Mart and now country (and chicken) icon Kenny Rogers has linked up with the Cracker Barrel. Starting today, if you’re fortunate enough to reside near one of those Old Country Stores, you can pick up a copy of Rogers’ 50 Years along with their restaurant’s famed [...]

Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin Working On New Material Drummer Reveals

Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008

A record-breaking show may not have been the last fans will hear of Led Zeppelin after it emerged that they are working on new material.The 70s rock legends reformed ...

AfterNews: Badfish/Led Zep/Radiohead

Hidden Track (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008

Last night, Radiohead treated the crowd at the Hollywood Bowl to a terrific cover of Neil Young’s Tell Me Why. The rhythm section sat this one out as it was just Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood performing the tune on their acoustics. Check out a clip of their performance below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHIJcx9EB94 Radiohead - Tell Me Why Providence’s Badfish, [...]

Led Zeppelin: Led Zeppelin reunion album brewing?

prefix (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008

Let's play a game. You pretend you're not burned out on riding the roller coaster of the Led Zep reunion rumor mill, and we'll pretend to be as excited about ...

New Led Zeppelin On The Way? Jason Bonham Hints At 'Jam' Sessions With Jimmy Page -- But Not Robert Plant

VH1 (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008

Drummer Jason Bonham told Detroit radio station WCSX that he'd been in the studio with Led Zeppelin members working on new material.

CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: B.B.King First Studio Album in Three Years

All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008

B.B.King: One Kind Favor The wake of Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, John Mellencamp and all that's come before, T Bone Burnett is on such a producing roll that his presence threatens to eclipse the artist(s) he's working with. But that's hardly the case on B.B. King's first new studio album in three years. Burnett's concept for the 12-track set--to have the 82-year-old King revisit songs he played...

Billboard CD reviews: B.B. King, The Verve

Reuters (Free subscription) | 08/23/2008

NEW YORK (Billboard) - In the wake of Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, John Mellencamp and all that's come before, T Bone Burnett is on such a producing roll that his presence threatens to eclipse the artist(s) he's working with. But that's hardly the case on B.B. King's first new studio album in three years. Burnett's concept for the 12-track set -- to have the 82-year-old King revisit songs he played...

• Billboard CD reviews: B.B. King, The Verve - dapx