Perez Hilton — It's not quite a Sopranos movie…but it's a start! We've just learned that Edie Falco will be reuniting with her Sopranos co-star Aida Turturro on Season 4 of Showtime's Nurse Jackie! No details have been revealed yet about Janice's Aida's role on t... more info

ContactMusic — Ricky Gervais looks set to return as the host of the Golden Globes after being spotted by the New York Post dining with Aida Takla OReilly president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and Doug Vaughan Nbcs head of specials two individuals res... more info

Guardian Music — A beautifully programmed classical music club night, featuring Gabriela Montero's peerless improvisation, was a revelationEarlier this week I went to the last event of this season's Limelight, "classical music in a rock'n'roll setting" at the 100 Clu... more info

Guardian Music — Operatic tenor with exemplary phrasing, undeniable charisma and a rare sensitivityHailed as the "new Pavarotti" at the start of his career, the Italian tenor Salvatore Licitra, who has died at the age of 43 following a road accident, had much to live... more info

Guardian Music — His standout New York performance as Cavaradossi in Tosca made Licitra an overnight star – his death is a loss to the operatic worldComparisons between tenors are as inevitable as they can be invidious. Salvatore Licitra was dubbed "the new Pavarot... more info

Guardian Music — Know your contralto from your lirico-spinto? We explain the qualities and roles of opera's many talented voices• Soprano The highest female voice, usually representing the leading female character. Subdivisions include soubrette or light soprano (r... more info

The Telegraph — The magnificent Fascinating Aida are sharp enough to be considered a dangerous weapon in their new show Cheap Flights at the Edinburgh Festival. more info

Guardian Music — (Network) Subtitled "Our dreams are our weapons – soundtracks of the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt", this is an intriguing reminder of the role music has been playing in the Arab Spring; upheavals across north Africa and the Middle East have bee... more info

Topix — Saturday's concert version of "Aida" by the Greater Bridgeport Symphony pared Giuseppe Verdi's monumental four-hour opera to two hours, but that didn't dampen any of the opera's dramatic intensity at the Klein Memorial Auditorium. more info

Totally Fuzzy — Radio Free Wohlman said... Transmission 4111 One musical door leads to another. Crack open your mind and jam with Mother Superior, Dwight Twilley, The Beatles, John Cale, Motorpycho, James Blood Ulmer/Bill Laswell/Ronald Shannon Jackson and Eric Burd... more info