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After ho-hum reviews for her big screen acting debut in My Blueberry Nights, Norah Jones returns to the small screen this week with Live From Austin. The concert DVD is a 76-minute version of the Austin City Limits taping that was boiled down to 30 minutes for TV. Highlights include her duet with M. Ward on Roy Orbison's "Blue Bayou." Vinyl junkies can also get the concert as a double-LP.

Don't talk to Kid Rock about iTunes. You're liable to get his Southern gander up. He's enjoying radio and retail success with "All Summer Long" and its album, Rock N Roll Jesus, without either of them being available as digital downloads on iTunes, reports billboard.com. In fact, the Kid is rather, um, passionate about the subject.

"I remember being a kid when I heard a song that I liked, I would jump on the bus, ride to Detroit, get a $2.50 transfer and walk a mile to the hip-hop store to buy the new Eric B. & Rakim record. You're not going to stop people from obtaining what they want if it's available at some level."

Well said. Although his label, Atlantic Records, may thwart his bravado a bit. Rock N Roll Jesus is scheduled to be made available digitally on amazon.com, walmart.com, Rhapsody and bestbuy.com.

Photo: Kid Rock (Matt Sayles).

The good news is country band Little Big Town's stunning 2007 CD, A Place to Land, will get a second chance at success. The group is now signed to Capitol Nashville. They have acquired both discs they recorded for Equity Music Group, including 2005's breakthrough The Road to Here, and licensed them to Capitol. So come Oct. 14, A Place to Land will be rereleased with four additional tracks and new cover artwork. That's the bad news. We're going to lose that beautiful, '70s-inspired original cover of Land. Anyway, "Fine Line" is the first single on Capitol. It's a great song showcasing the quartet's stunning harmonies. Read more about the Land rerelease on billboard.com.

Photo: Karen Fairchild, Phillip Sweet, Jimi Westbrook and Kimberly Roads Schlapman of Little Big Town (courtesy of CMT.com).

The House of Blues announced (again) that Bow Wow's show on Nov. 8 has been canceled. Refunds are available for the Shad Moss Tour at the point of purchase.

We were so busy raving about Bobby "Blue" Bland we ran out of space to mention the opening acts at Sunday night's Freddy King Blues Fest at the Granada Theater.
Singer Wanda King --- Mr. King's daughter and the show's organizer - performed a tight, jubilant set with a top-notch band featuring Dallas guitarist Texas Slim and keyboardist Christian Dozzler. Opening the show was another Big D guitar whiz, Mike Morgan, who channeled John Lee Hooker by way of Keith Richards in an inspired version of "Shake Your Hips." In a city full of excellent blues-rock guitarists, it's easy to overlook Mr. Morgan. But his set Sunday night reminded you he's one of Dallas' best.

Solange Knowles' new disc, Sol-Angel and the Hadley St. Dreams, hits stores today, as do Rodney Crowell's Sex and Gasoline and The Smithereens' B-Sides the Beatles. Tell us: What do you think?

Other new releases include Lila Downs, Shake Away; Michael Feinstein, The Sinatra Project; Terrence Howard, Shine Through It; Jaguares, 45; Jefferson Starship, Jefferson's Tree of Liberty; Sonya Kitchell, This Storm; New Kids on the Block, The Block; Chris Tomlin, Hello Love; Brian Wilson, That Lucky Old Sun; and Young Jeezy, The Recession.