John Mellencamp will begin his summer tour this July on top of the release of his 23rd career album. Lucinda Williams will be on the concert bill for most of the dates

Reuters - Beck, Stone Temple Pilots and Lucinda Williams are among the first acts confirmed for Seattle's annual Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival, which will be held August 30-September 1.

Next Tuesday, artists as diverse as Willie Nelson, Lucinda Williams, Norah Jones, Lenny Kravitz and Paul McCartney will pay tribute to Fats Domino on the double-CD covers set Goin' Home: A Tribute to Fats Domino (album sales will help buy instruments for students in New Orleans public schools and contribute to the building of a community center ...

The Smoking Section has checked in with Lucinda Williams on multiple occasions over the years, but we've never heard her so happy. She's downright ebullient. How has Lucinda reclaimed her joy? For starters, she's engaged to a swell guy named Tom Overby, who just took over as her manager.

Earlier this week Rock Daily celebrated the resiliency of the album, noting how Slint, Sonic Youth and Wu-Tangs GZA are playing full albums live this summer. Now comes word that alt-country poetess Lucinda Williams will perform five of her eight studio albums, one night at a time, from start to finish in the fall.