Keith Urban and Brad Paisley to Honor Glen Campbell; Sammy Shelor to Perform on Letterman; New Album and Book Releases

• Brad Paisley and Keith Urban will honor Glen Campbell with a musical tribute at the CMA Awards.

• Kellie Pickler’s upcoming album (out January 24), includes a song called “Where’s Tammy Wynette.”

• Prairie Home Companion sound effects creator, Tom Keith, passed away on Sunday after suddenly collapsing at his home. He was 64.

• In 2012, Dierks Bentley has shows planned in Canada and Australia.

• Sugarland returned to Indiana on Friday.

• Here’s an excerpt from Brad Paisley’s new book Diary of a Player.

• Set your DVR: Sammy Shelor and the Lonesome River Band will perform with Steve Martin on The Late Show with David Letterman on November 11.

• Tom Waits was interviewed by Fresh Air’s Terry Gross about new album Bad as Me. An excerpt: To make the recording sound older, Waits added the sound of vinyl pops and clicks — using a piece of chicken barbecuing on a grill. “It sounds exactly like vinyl if you hold the microphone up to your barbecue,” he says.

• Miranda Lambert on married life: “We cook meat out on our smoker, then we watch TV.”

• Dehlia Low, the Gibson Brothers, and Tony Rice are a few of the acts announced as part of the 2012 MerleFest initial lineup. Tickets go on sale November 8.

• RFD-TV has a new show, Reflections from the Circle, which features Eddie Stubbs interviewing artists like Vince Gill and Charlie Daniels.

• John Goad of Bluegrass Today reviewed the late Marty Godbey’s biography Crowe on the Banjo: The Musical Life of JD Crowe.

• Peter Cooper spoke with the McCrary Sisters about new record Our Journey and their pal Bob (as in Dylan).

• Kris Kristofferson and Jackson Browne are two of Martina McBride’s songwriting heroes.

• Give a listen to T-Bone Burnett on the World Café as he reflects on some of the projects he’s done over the years.

• New albums and books:

Miranda Lambert – Four the Record

Sons of Fathers – Sons of Fathers

Drew Kennedy – Fresh Water in the Salton Sea (it’s a book, too)

The Decemberists – Long Live the King (EP of The King is Dead outtakes) 

Craig Morgan – This Ole Boy (EP)

The Isaacs – Why Can’t We 

The Gothard Sisters – Story Girl

Julie Roberts – Who Needs Mistletoe

Laurelyn Dossett, Rhiannon Giddens, Mike Compton, Joe Newberry & Jason Sypher – The Gathering 

David King Dunaway, Molly Beer – Singing Out: An Oral History of America’s Folk Music Revivals

Brad Paisley – Diary of a Player