Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba I Speak Fula iTunes release date: December 1, 2009 CD release date: February 2, 2010 To all the rock 'n' rollers of the USA, I'm coming in February, 2010!" Full Article at All About Jazz

Henry Ray Abrams/APMick Jagger, right, with U2's Bono at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame anniversary concert at Madison Square Garden, Oct. 30 The four-hour special will begin at 8 p.m. , and be re-broadcast many times in December. Full Article at NJ.com

In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Hos, Hookers, Call Girls & Rent Boys collects stories, poems, and essays by sex workers. Full Article at largehearted boy

"There's one thing I still haven't done in my life," my mother said. I glanced across her living room, from the piano where I'd been playing some old Broadway song, to the La-Z-Boy next to the window. Full Article at Chicago Tribune

One of my daughters posted this family photo on Facebook. It was taken back in those gone-but-not-forgotten days when my hair was a lot darker and the kids were a lot younger. Full Article at Atlanta Journal Constitution Blogs

Presented with near-arthroscopic intimacy by legendary producer Don Was (Rolling Stones, Bonnie Raitt, Bob Dylan, etc.), this laid-back, whisper-in-your-ear valentine celebrates Pieta Brown's signing by indie-folk bellwether Red House. Full Article at Iowa City Press Citizen