Rolling Stone reports: "Billy Bragg and Dave Wakeling of the English Beat have joined the chorus of Britons weighing in on the death of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who died yesterday at 87. Two musicians in a long list of Brits who were outspoken critics of Thatcher and her conservative policies, Bragg and Wakeling weighed in shortly after Morrissey blasted the former Tory leader on The Daily Beast as "a terror without an atom of humanity.""

So many jokes, so little space...  So moving on to the unifying force of good music instead, examiner.com reports: "Less than 24 hours removed from the last of his run of tour dates opening for Americana royalty Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell, Richard Thompson kicked off his headlining tour in support of his new album 'Electric' on April 6 in the city where the album was recorded, Nashville, Tennessee at 3rd and Lindsley Bar and Grill."

Hope you had a "lucky" weekend if you were of the horse racing voyeur variety or a better than non-descript one if you weren't. Rolling Stone reports: "They brought no plan or set lists, but modern troubadours Sam Beam (a.k.a. Iron and Wine) and Glen Hansard (the Frames, Swell Season) filled a tiny club in Los Angeles last night with songs aching, gentle and raging for a private show hosted by public radio stalwart KCRW. The intimate two-hour set at the Sayers Club came together as a result of Beam being in town to promote Iron and Wine’s upcoming album, Ghost On Ghost, while Hansard was passing through on his way back to Dublin. They share management and a long musical friendship."