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Neil Young's contemporaries who came of age in the late '60s/early '70s -- including Jackson Browne, Crosby, Still and Nash, Emmylou Harris, John Mellencamp and James Taylor -- will join contemporary acts including Dave Matthews, Wilco, Sheryl Crow, Norah Jones, Josh Groban and the Red Hot Chili Peppers in an all-star tribute to Young at MusiCares' ...

7 in Kinston, NC, and has lined up dates well into 2010, with a batch of nine shows in November and December representing the bulk of his current schedule.

The singer-songwriter keeps it close to the bone in a no-frills acoustic solo show.

Let's start with the music. I had to leave at the end of the set, to make deadline, but apparently there was an encore, which means that the act played nearly 2.5 hours.

Singer Lyle Lovett believes in connecting with the audience. By Tad Dickens A 777-6474 One regular Lovett sideman, violinist Gene Elders, is a Roanoke native.

Songwriter Jill Sobule released her latest album, The California Years , through an unconventional yet increasingly common business model: She set up a pay-what-you-like Web site so her fans could donate at various levels.

An intelligent and openhearted singer-songwriter, Sharp has quietly been climbing toward a wider breakthrough for several years now.

Kris Kristofferson's latest CD, Closer to the Bone , is a personal reflection on his life and the people he's loved.

After last year's politically tinged EP Peace Queer , Nashville singer-songwriter Todd Snider headed to the West Coast with renowned producer Don Was and celebrity studio men Greg Liesz and Jim Keltner to record The Excitement Plan .

Full strummed on acoustic guitar, Kristofferson's contemplative title track rumbles like the best material on Warren Zevon's last album, touching the deepest crevices of the soul.

Kris Kristofferson and Patty Loveless are among the artists releasing new albums on Tuesday .

Even The New York Times weighed in on his new Don Was-produced album, The Excitement Plan , which features "Don't Tempt Me," a duet co-written and performed with country music royalty Loretta Lynn.

And the '90s rock acts keep on coming; first it was Marilyn Manson, now a reformed Stone Temple Pilots puts the Halifax Metro Centre on its schedule, for a show on Nov.

Smooth jazz saxophonist Mindi Abair has decided on a direction for her next CD, and at first impression it'll be a funky affair.

Just days after Scott Weiland suffered a midair seizure , forcing his plane to make an emergency landing in Dallas, the alt-rock singer's Stone Temple Pilots have announced a 24-date outing, set to kick off October 2 in Mobile, Alabama.

Todd Snider has settled down. He's aged. He's matured. He's gotten just a little bit saner.

For his 13th studio album, the veteran Texas roadhouse maven gives listeners a mixed-bag of genres that reflect his long, illustrious career.

Delbert McClinton & Dick 50, "Acquired Taste" i> The King of the Roadhouse, Delbert McClinton, has never made a bad album.

Songwriter Todd Snider heads back into town this week for a two-night stint at the Windjammer in support of his new album The Excitement Plan - a twangy collection that his labels describes as "at once social commentary, gypsy recession recovery plan, and soul-folk masterpiece." Snider will hit the Windjammer stage on Thurs.

Iowa City folk singer/songwriter Pieta Brown, daughter of Grammy-nominated folk singer Greg Brown, has signed with Red House Records.