Link-O-Rama …

Do music festivals damage hearing? More than half of festival-goers surveyed think so – Telegraph U.K.

Sheryl Crow teams with Whole Foods to create a signature reusable shopping bag – Packaging Digest

Oh, great. Now it’s Sting and Tool. Maybe it would be easier to list the artists and bands that won’t appear in “Guitar Hero World Tour” – IGN.com

It’s true! Recent study confirms what we’ve known all along – your musical tastes define your personality – The Independent U.K.

A jittery Jessica Simpson sings for recording industry biggies in Nashville – “”I’m a little nervous. If I throw up, I’m sorry.” – People

Catching up with Al Stewart – The Register-Guard

Dates, Dates & More Dates …

Award-winning Christian band Downhere updates today with a rather varied string of dates for October. October 2 places the band in Mt. Vernon, Illinois at Central Christian Church, October 3 puts them in Cadillac, Michigan at Resurrection Life Church, October 16, 17 & 18 finds the band in Anchorage, Alaska at Abbott Loop Christian Center and October 30 lists Broken Arrow, Oklahoma for the town and Church At Battle Creek for the venue. The band also adds a November 5 date for Houston, a November 14 show for Watsontown, Penn., and November 15 in Lynchburg, Virginia.

Lenny Kravitz books a very extensive run of French towns for May 2009. New dates include Nice on May 5, Toulouse on May 13, Nantes on May 16, Paris on May 20, Tours on May 22, Amneville on May 24, Lyon on May 27, Clermont on May 28 and Strasbourg on May 29.

Locksley plays theatres and clubs this October. Newly added listings include Boston on October 5 at Cafe 939, Pittsburgh on October 7 at Rex Theatre, Madison, Wisconsin on October 10 at Barrymore Theatre, Des Moines on October 13 at Vaudeville Mews and Denver on October 16 at Hi-Dive.

And Argentine artist Andres Calamaro adds shows in Columbia and Ecuador. New Columbia dates are October 16 in Medellin, October 18 in Cali and October 21 in Bogota. The Ecuador date is October 23 in Quito.

During the past few hours we also updated the schedules for Candye Kane, Jenny Lewis, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Seth Walker, Sam Phillips, Supersuckers, They Might Be Giants, Todd Snider, The Wilkinsons, VHS or Beta and Zappa Plays Zappa.

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