Darrell Scott is definitely on WNCW's short-list of favorite songwriters.  As if he hasn't been busy enough touring with Robert Plant & Band of Joy, he's also touring in support of his own new release, "Long Ride Home."  In his own words: "It is country music how i remember it - with some of the players that made the very music that was both lifting & breaking my heart as a kid - what i find is the country music industry has changed, but country & working people have not changed so much- they still love country music

One of our favorite voices to have discovered these last few years, Ryan Montbleau brings his band back to Studio B before shows in Asheville and Charlotte.  Hopefully we'll hear songs from his forthcoming release recorded in New Orleans, with help from George Porter, Jr., Ivan Neville, & Anders Osborne.  Not a bad studio band! 

New York Knicks guard and Harvard University alumnus Jeremy Lin may be a sudden NBA sensation, but the men's basketball team at his alma mater is making its own mark on the national scene.

Harvard is currently on top of the Ivy League basketball standings. And with a 21-3 overall record and some impressive nonconference wins, the Crimson spent part of the season in the Top 25 in national polls for Division I.

There's a palpable buzz about the team, as well — even a late January road game against the struggling squad from Brown University was a sellout.

Blending old-time, bluegrass, & blues with a contemporary songwriter's touch, The Steel Wheels sing and play with a passion rarely matched by others.  One of Americana music's best quartets returns to Studio B for a lively winter session as they prepare for a busy spring & summer schedule of festivals around the country.  

If you've been in New Orleans for carnival season, or if you're lucky enough to taste a cake that has arrived in the mail from there, there's a pretty good chance that yes, there is a plastic baby that comes with your cake.

The baby, meant to represent Jesus, has become a fixture of the king cake (galette des rois in France or rosca de reyes as it's called in Mexico). It's a frosted yeast dough cake that New Orleans bakeries churn out between King's Day, January 6^th, and Fat Tuesday, the last day of indulgence before Lent.

While pretty much any corner of Benghazi is a fine place to celebrate this week, the heart of the celebrations are taking place at the courthouse and its public square, where some of the revolution's first protests took place.

Proview Technology is threatening to take Apple to court to seek $2 billion in compensation, because the company says it owns the iPad name in China.

CNET reports:

More horrific reports out of Homs only a day after the United Nations General Assembly called on President Bashar al-Assad's regime to end its shelling of the city.

Voice of America reports activists say:

... tank fire and artillery shelling hit four neighborhoods in the central protest city Friday which has spearheaded the 11-month uprising.