Singer Kate McGarrigle has died, she is well known to folk fans, but less known to the general public. Her Matapedia album, done with her sister Anna, is in my top five folk albums of all time.
Jeremy Clarkson goes to see Mama Mia at the theater. I did this once as well. Once. Via The Flibbergibbet
Big shout out to my Beatles fan peoples out there! Via Boing Boing
Two quick videos from around the webs for Friday: First up Swedish Death Metal Bluegrass: The the long forgotten 1951 version of Raiders of the Lost Ark:
This Elvis song could have easily been written by HP Lovecraft. Via the Trollsmyth
I am about one quarter of the way done listening to the SXSW samples for this year. The ones I like best so far can be found here. It is a real mix of genres, with a lot of Rock, some Hip-Hop, some Electronic, and a fair bit of Folk. Folk and Country are at [...]