Press Play — I'm a huge motown/soul music fan, and while that scene was big in the 60s and 70s, it's all but died here in the States.  (Which is sad considering how it dominated the music charts back in the day.)  Enter the U.K.  I've noticed quite a few U.K. ... more info

Unreality Music — This year's Royal Variety Performance is hotting up, with a host of new stars added to the dazzling line-up. Australian songstress Kylie will join the star-studded evening to perform her new s... more info

Popeater — Filed under: Music News, Exclusives With the release of soulful stomper 'Rolling in the Deep,' Adele has shown that she won't be suffering from the dreaded sophomore slump on her upcoming, Rick Rubin-produced album, '21.' Rather than rush out a follo... more info

VH1 Blog — VH1 Divas Salute the Troops, airing Sunday at 9/8c, just got a little more interesting (and unusual) by pairing a telecast message from Michelle Obama with presenting duties by Snooki and The Situation. Also presenting are VH1’s Brandy, hottie Mari... more info

VH1 Blog — VH1 Divas Salute the Troops, airing Sunday at 9/8c, just got a little more interesting with Snooki and The Situation joining the lineup as presenters. Also presenting are VH1’s Brandy, hottie Marisa Miller and comedian Jeffrey Ross. Ann and Nancy W... more info

USA Today Music — Among other artists with intriguing tracks are Brad Paisley, Amos Lee and Dave Barnes. more info

Unreality Music — There are usually just two ways in which you can score a hit these days. One is to have a subliminally catchy song that gets at the listeners gradually, seeping it's way into their minds and g... more info

Guardian Music — XOYO, LondonYou could probably build a lunar station out of the discarded CDs of hopeful new artists whose early offerings fail to take off. Four years ago, a strange little track emerged, seemingly from nowhere – a hypnotic, spacious rendition of ... more info

Guardian Music — Touted as the future of rock, the Vaccines are playing pub backrooms and ignoring the hype. Will they survive when reality bites?Six weeks or so ago the Vaccines played their first London gig. The 300-strong audience included Alex Kapranos of Franz ... more info

Unreality Music — Okay so I've been trying, for a good while now, to find a positive approach for this song, and I still haven't found one as of yet... Oh well, I suppose we could look at it like this: Duffy ha... more info