| From Back-Porch Ease to a Taste of the Wild |
| The Roots of American Music Festival, held last weekend in Damrosch Park, adopted a flexible definition of roots music in an effort to build bridges and audiences. |
| McCartney Sets Concert in Israel |
| More than 40 years after the Beatles first proposed a concert in Israel, a date has been set for Paul McCartney to play there. |
| A Brooklyn Kiddie Band's R-Rated Mock Reality |
| The semi-improvised ''Z Rock'' has its moments, none of which can be described adequately here. |
| Punks, but Really Romantics at Heart |
| Vivian Girls, who build taut, noisy songs around gentle harmonies, blasted through a quick, dense set at Death by Audio on Wednesday. |
| Ronnie Drew, 73, Irish Folk Singer Who Founded the Dubliners, Is Dead |
| Mr. Drew was the gravelly voiced folk singer and guitarist who founded the Irish group the Dubliners and also sang with the Pogues and other rock bands. |
| Lavigne May Have to Skip Malaysia |
| Fans in Malaysia won't get to see Avril Lavigne perform, at least not this month. |
| LeRoi Moore, 46, Saxophone Player, Dies |
| Mr. Moore's fevered riffs embroidered the distinctive music of the Dave Matthews Band with florets of jazz and funk. |
| Album Charts: Jonas Brothers have a 'Longer' No. 1 stay |
| (LiveDaily.com) The Jonas Brothers [ tickets ]' new set, ''A Little Bit Longer,'' sold 147,000 copies during its latest week in stores to notch its second consecutive week at No. 1 on the US album chart.... continued |
| Matthew Sweet takes 'Lies' on road |
| (LiveDaily.com) Pop-rocker Matthew Sweet [ tickets ] comes out of hiding this fall for a run of dates behind his first studio album of original material in more than four years.... continued |
| Report: Bruce Springsteen won't perform at DNC |
| (LiveDaily.com) Colorado's Rocky Mountain News, which reported earlier this week that Bruce Springsteen [ tickets ] would perform at Barack Obama's Thursday (8/28) acceptance speech at Denver's Invesco Field, is backing off those reports.... continued |
