Bettye Lavette at Highline Ballroom (more by Jacob Blickenstaff )

A quick reminder that one of the greatest songwriters of all-time, Neil Young, will be celebrated at Carnegie Hall in two days (2/10) as part of a benefit for music & arts programs of underpriviledged youth. The bill is beyond diverse, featuring The Roots, Nada Surf, Glen Hansard, DeVotchka, J Mascis and Bettye Lavette just to name a few of the twenty+ that are on board. "100% of the net proceeds from this event" will benefit charities like Fixing Instruments for Kids in Schools, Church Street School for Music & Art, The Pinwheel Project, Music Unites, The American Symphony Orchestra and Young Audiences New York, so pick up your tickets with a clear conscious!

Meanwhile, quite a few of the Neil Young-tribute artists have recently been or will be very active. Glen Hansard recently played City Winery and the Doveman show at LPR. Patti Smith & Jesse Smith are scheduled to play the Tibet benefit at Carnegie Hall in March. When Questlove of The Roots isnt going to see Prince or spinning at Brooklyn Bowl, he can be found on Jimmy Fallon. Nada Surf recently played Mercury Lounge and Rock Shop. DeVotchKa will play Highline in March with El Mariachi Bronx. Juliana Hatfield & Evan Dando were just at Maxwell's and the Bell House. J Mascis has his upcoming tour with shows at Mercury Lounge and MHoW.

Ben Ottewell of Gomez plays the Neil Young event and an early solo show at Mercury Lounge the next day.

And last, but certainly not least, Bettye Lavette, besides paying tribute to the great rock'n roll patriarch from the North, also has quite a NYC residency in the spring when she'll set up shop at Cafe Carlyle from 5/24 - 6/3 (no shows on 5/29, 5/30). Ticketing info is forthcoming, but all tour dates, the full Neil Young Tribute lineup and some videos are below...

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Videos from the past two nights of TV, below...

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DOWNLOAD: The New Pornographers - Your Hands Together (MP3)

The New Pornographers are gearing up for their album-supporting shows this summer in Europe and North America.

The new disc, Together, comes out May 4th, and their first show after its release (which comes more than a month before their other North American shows) will happen on May 6th at Woodstock, NY's 250-seat Bearsville Theater (about 2 hour drive north of NYC). Tickets are on sale now.

That show and the others on their tour will feature the band's full eight-member lineup: A.C. Newman, Blaine Thurier (keys), John Collins (bass, etc.), Todd Fancey (guitar), Kurt Dahle (drums), Kathryn Calder (vox, keys), Neko Case (vox) and Dan Bejar (vox, guitar, et).

Their full tour comes to NYC directly on June 19th for a show at Terminal 5 with tourmates The Dodos and The Dutchess and the Duke. Tickets are still on sale.

Neko Case is currently touring as part of Jakob Dylan's band, and they play two nights in NYC starting tonight (4/21). You can catch them on Letterman tonight too.

Together's first single is posted again above. The second, "The Crash Years," is available on iTunes. There's also a series of listening parties in various cities (NYC TBA) for the record coming up. More info on those, all tour dates and a new video with actor Adam Goldberg interviewing members of the band (and album guests Zach Condon, Will Sheff and Daptone's Neal Sugarman) are below...

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As previously posted, Neko Case and Kelly Hogan both contributed heavily to Jakob Dylan's new album, and for what it's worth, are touring as part of his band. The tour will include shows at SXSW and one in NYC at Town Hall on April 21st. Tickets are on sale (@ noon). All dates TBA.

Lemonade @ LPR (more by Kyle Dean Reinford)

today in NYC
* DANCE
* Stella @ Nokia Theatre
* Diego Garcia @ Living Room
* Friendly Fires & Lemonade @ The Annex
* Friendly Fires @ Virgin Megastore Union Square
* Kid Cudi, Wale & DJ Marc Ronson @ Highline Ballroom
* Beach House & Tickley Feather @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Friendly Foes, Frankpollis & Your Skull My Closet @ The Bell House
* Ting Tings, Duke Spirit, Airborne Toxic Event & Mike Doughty @ Gramercy Theatre
* The Tallest Man On Earth & Marissa Nadler @ Mercury Lounge

Flower Travellin Band is not playing tonight.

Mike Doughty is also playing Maxwell's on New Years Eve.

The Tallest Man on Earth is also playing three other sold out shows this week.

Marissa Nadler blogged about her time at the Brainwaves Festival.

Jakob Dylan was born today in 1969.

Arcade Fire, Sigur Ros, and Tom Waits in... This Week in Music Licensing.

A video for Andrew Bird's "Lull" below...

What else?

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photos by Kyle Dean Reinford

a member of What Made Milwaukee Famous pouring What Made San Antonio Famous over his head

It was just announced that the dates of the 2009 Austin City Limits festival will be October 2-4. More pictures from day one (September 26) of this year's festival, below...

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photos by Fresh Bread

Willie Nelson headlined Radio City Music Hall in NYC last night (Sept 25, 2008). FB said, "Willie played for almost 2 hours, must have been 20 - 25 songs total....all the classics, some covers, a special guest (norah jones). Really was very good and definitely special." Jakob Dylan opened the show. More pictures below...

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Willie Nelson
Jakob Dylan & The Gold Mountain Rebels

Radio City Music Hall
Thu 9/25
on sale 7/18 10:00 am
All Ages
Doors 7pm / Show 8pm

$44.50 - $80.50
(price by section)

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Tickets are on sale for two Vetiver/Phosphorescent shows in NYC.

Jakob Dylan is playing Blender Theater on June 10th. Tickets are on sale (@10am).

Tickets are now finally on sale (and not on presale) for the Echo & The Bunnymen show at Radio City Music Hall.

NOFX are playing a bunch of shows.

The Futureheads are playing Bowery Ballroom.

Sloan is touring and playing 2 NYC shows that are still on sale.