When Sheryl Crow dedicated her first song to the troops, I mentally composed a letter to Santa Claus. Please, Santa. Please let her sing "All I Wanna Do Is Have Some Fun." Full Article at DCist

Stargazing | The National Christmas Tree; AMC's snack ban More News Crowing about Christmas President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are scheduled to help light the National Christmas Tree today, and they’ll be serenaded by Sheryl Crow and... Full Article at KansasCity.com

The carols around the National Christmas Tree will have some serious star power this year. Singer Sheryl Crow and rapper Common are scheduled to perform at the tree lighting ceremony on Thursday near the National Mall. Full Article at SpokesmanReview.com

*Rapper Common and singer Sheryl Crow are scheduled to perform at the National Christmas Tree lighting ceremony on Thursday near the National Mall. Full Article at EURweb

MUSIC NEWS - The second season of Sundance Channel's popular music/talk original series “Spectacle: Elvis Costello with…” will return on Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 10:00pm et/pt with an episode featuring U2’s Bono and The Edge (maybe some Spiderman,... Full Article at Music News Net

Sundance Channel will launch the second season of its critically acclaimed music/talk original series "Spectacle: Elvis Costello with..." on Wednesday, December 9, 2009, at 10:00pm et/pt with an episode featuring U2's Bono and The Edge. Full Article at Plugin Music

Three celebrities made it to finale of the show's ninth season: Osmond, the singer Mya and Kelly Osbourne, the daughter of Ozzy Osbourne. The show picks a winner with a combination of judges' scores and viewer votes. Full Article at AOL News

NEW YORK Donny Osmond was declared the new champion of <em>Dancing with Stars</em> on Tuesday night, taking home the show's mirror ball trophy in the season finale of the ABC contest reality program.</p><p>Osmond, the former teen pop star of the... Full Article at DFW.com

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Park Service and the National Park Foundation announced that Jordin Sparks, Celtic Woman, Joshua Redman and Brad Mehldau will perform at the National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony 2009. Full Article at PR Newswire

WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Park Service and the National Park Foundation announced today that Sheryl Crow, Common and Ray LaMontagne will perform at the 2009 National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony. Full Article at PR Newswire

The Big Pink will be performing Wednesday night at the El Rey Theatre | Picture via the Big Pink's Myspace Them Crooked Vultures The Wiltern Charlie Haden Family & Friends: Rambling Boy Walt Disney Concert Hall Jeff Buckley Tribute Largo at... Full Article at LAist

How Cold Cave sidesteps the long shadow of Joy Division. Bluesman Ray LaMontagne sings an homage to Meg White, drummer of The White Stripes. Full Article at The Tyee

Opens today: You're probably familiar with the English theater form known as panto, even if you don't know it by that name. Full Article at TwinCities.com

When Ray LaMontagne does a solo show, one of the side effects of not having a band onstage with him is, “I can’t shut up.” That’s what he said Tuesday night at the Providence Performing Arts Center, and the New Hampshire native sure did talk a lot. Full Article at Providence Journal

It was in a shoe factory in Maine where Ray LaMontagne decided to become a singer. It wasn’t the hum of machines or a co-worker’s chanting that moved him, but hearing Stephen Stills sing “Treetop Flyer’’ on the radio. Full Article at Boston Globe

Nov. 2 F*ck Buttons/Growing/These Are Powers at Bowery Ballroom Nov. 3 Noah & The Whale at Mercury Lounge Nov. 4 Buraka Som Sistema at Le Poisson Rouge Nov. 5 Herman Dune at Bell House Nov. 6 Girls/Real Estate at Bowery... Full Article at Bloomberg.com

There's so much space and sweep in singer/songwriter Ray LaMontagne's music, it's a wonder he doesn't perform with orchestras more often. Full Article at Baltimore Sun Blogs

Tonight, enigmatic singer/songwriter Ray LaMontagne will play the first of two sold-out shows with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. The first is at Strathmore, and the second is tomorrow at the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. Full Article at Baltimore Sun Blogs