Director: Jeff Stilson; Writers: Lance Crouther, Paul Marchand; Starring: Chris Rock, Maya Angelou, Eve, Ice-T; (Chris Rock Entertainment, 2009)

Director: F. Gary Gray; Writer: Kurt Wimmer; Starring: Jamie Foxx, Gerard Butler, Colm Meaney, Bruce McGill; (The Film Department, 2009)

Recordings by Andrew Bird, Terence Blanchard, Pete Seeger, Dr. John, Blind Boys of Alabama, Brandi Carlile, Cory Chisel, Ani DiFranco, Steve Earle, Merle Haggard, Richie Havens, Jason Isbell, Jim James, Angelique Kidjo, Amy LaVere, Anita Briem, Del McCoury, Buddy Miller, Paolo Nutini, and Tom Waits with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band. Proceeds will benefit Preservation Hall and the Preservation Hall Music Outreach Program. (MRI/Red Distribution)

The follow-up to his self-released EP Nation of Heat (Lighting Rod Records).

Hatfield's follow-up to last year's How to Walk Away (Ye Olde Records).

Produced y Raymond Richards. (Frenchkiss)

21 tracks of classic blues from musicians including Pink Anderson, Doc Watson, Roscoe Holcomb, Sticks McGee and more. Smithsonian Folkways.

Yoko Ono brings her avant-guarde Plastic Ono Band to the Brooklyn Academy of Music tonight.

British band The Clientele will embark on a spring tour to further support their latest release, Bonfires on the Heath. They'll start off in Hoboken, N.J. on Feb. 21 at Maxwell's and then trek across the country, hitting Louisiana, Texas and California. Their last show takes place in New York on March 23 at the Bowery Ballroom.

The debut full-length album from the band formerly known as The Muslims (Kemado).