Popdose — Anita Baker skates through Jheri Curl Fridays this week with her hit "Same Ole Love." more info

Brooklyn Vegan — today in NYC * ASSSCAT @ UCB * Fred Armisen @ Union Pool * Barkuna @ The Manhattan Inn * George Clinton @ BB King's * Nanci Griffith @ City Winery * Anita Baker @ Radio City Music Hall... more info

Mercury News, California — Another wildly diverse lineup is on tap for the Stern Grove Festival this summer, with acts representing R&B, jazz, indie pop and Latin rock/hip-hop on the bill. more info

Guardian Music — The singer, 71, on her cousin Whitney Houston's funeral, a spat with Cilla Black and feeling at home in BrazilI remember singing as early as six years old, performing "Jesus Loves Me" in my grandfather's church. I was wearing organza and ribbon, whic... more info

ContactMusic — RB star Anita Baker had a security scare at her house in Michigan on Monday 30Jan12 when a woman allegedly tried to gain access to the property The Grammy Award-winning singer was inside her Detroit home when the unnamed female allegedly peeked insid... more info

Detroit Free Press — Fans wondering why Anita Baker missed her scheduled appearance on last week's broadcast of "VH1 Divas Celebrates Soul" received a series of clues Tuesday night when the Detroit-raised singer opened up on Twitter. more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Vesta Williams might not have garnered the acclaim of contemporaries Teena Marie, Chaka Khan or Anita Baker, but the big voiced singer left an impression on soul music in the '80s. Vesta Williams might not have garnered the acclaim of contemporaries ... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — R&B singer Vesta Williams might not have garnered the acclaim of contemporaries such as Teena Marie, Chaka Khan or Anita Baker, but the big voiced singer, who was found dead in a hotel room in El Segundo on Thursday, left... more info

Pop Justice — On February 5 2009 we received an email from a 14-year-old singer/producer called MNEK. We'd seen him knocking around online before that, but his email was a very good one. "I’m unsigned so there’s none of that press release bullshit," he said.... more info

Perez Hilton — Check out the video (above) of Mary J. Blige's opening medley performance for The 2011 BET Awards. The medley included her hits from the 90's, such as Mary Jane and Real Love. She also performed a duet of Anita Baker's Caught Up in the Rapture with B... more info