ATHENS, Ga. (AP) -- Vic Chesnutt, the folk-rocker whose sometimes dark reflections on life were influenced in part by a car wreck that left him paralyzed, has died. He was 45.

Family friend Christina Stuckey, who answered the phone at Chesnutt's home, confirmed the death to The Associated Press. Chesnutt's record label, Constellation Records, said in a statement on its Web site that Chesnutt died on Christmas

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Tuesday night television is about to get a double dose of drama as MTV's hit series "The Hills" and "The City" prepare to dominate cable on a new night. Premiering Tuesday, September 29th, the two reality series MTV fans can't live without will air back-to-back for the first time with "The Hills" Season Five, Part Two at 10p.m. ET/PT and "The City" Season One, Part Two at 10:30p.m. ET/PT. Each running for 10 all-new episodes, the conflict continues on both shows as "Laguna Beach" alum Kristin more...

NEW YORK (Billboard) – The Dave Matthews Band, Pearl Jam and Elvis Costello are among acts scheduled to perform on the public-broadcast music show "Austin City Limits," which begins its 35th year on October 3.

Others on the season lineup include Willie Nelson (performing with Asleep at the Wheel), Ben Harper, and Them Crooked Vultures (the newly formed supergroup of Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl, Led Zeppelin alumnus John Paul

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The Killers star Brandon Flowers is to be a dad again - his wife Tana is expecting their second child.

The pair married in Hawaii in 2005 before welcoming their first child, son Ammon, in July 2007.

And now the Flowers brood is set to bloom again as the couple prepares for another arrival.

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Conceived as a meeting point between celtic folk music and a jazz group, Carmina is the brain child of vocalist and sax player, Pippa Marland and guitarist Rob King. For their third album they've enlisted veteran of Donal Lunny, co-founder of the visionary group, Planxty, to occupy the producers chair as well as throw in some of his musical talent.

Unsurprisingly the production values are high. The record positively glitters in a

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The first in a new series compiling and celebrating the work of Bill Frisell is an easy thing to review. Two words will sum up anything the exemplary guitarist has turned his hand to: 'very good'. But when it comes to his explorations in Americana as on this collection, it's very very good. If you don't already own most of these tracks, beware. Because when you do hear them you'll have to go out and buy all the parent albums that they're culled

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As the CD compilation market grows tinier and more fractured, the annual collection that accompanies the annual BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards becomes more indispensable. Like the Rough Trade Counter Culture CD which brings together the best in indie, this 24-track gathering of all the nominees is the one-stop shop for the folk uninitiated and a perfect round-up for the aficionado.

Compiled by the show's Executive Producer, John Leonard,

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