Guardian Music — Cyndi Lauper doesn't just want to have fun these days: her new album uses the blues to explore our troubled times. She talks to Alfred HicklingThe ukulele is not an instrument you normally associate with the blues; nor is the blues section where you'... more info

Altsounds — Fellow Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees and Grammy-winning legends **Buddy Guy **and **B.B. King **recently wrapped shooting the video for their historic duet **“Stay Around A Little Longer”** in Las Vegas, NV. **“St... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Los Campesinos! @ Irving Plaza in April (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) today in NYC * Air Supply @ BB King's * One Ring Zero @ Barbes * Dar Williams @ City Winery * America @ Best Buy Theater * Hugh... more info

Mjsbigblog — Adam Lambert’s Back-up Dancer Temporarily Detained at NAIA MANILA, Philippines – A police aviation security confirmed Monday that a back-up dancer of the American Idol runner-up was temporarily held at the Ninoy Aquino Internat... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Broken Bells @ Irving Plaza in June (more by David Andrako) today in NYC * Whiplash @ UCB * Chicha Libre @ Barbes * UB40 @ BB King's * Broken Bells, Elf Power @ Terminal 5 * Mark Ronson @... more info

All About Jazz — Dirk Etienne will return to Los Angeles to perform at the Vibrato in Bel Air on Sunday, October 17th at 6:30 p.m. Dirk will take the stage with Mark LeVang, Jim Fox and other top L.A. musicians to perform selections from his first jazz album, High St... more info

Metalsucks — Of the five or so times I’ve seen King’s X live over the years they’ve only ever played precisely one song from Dogman, their landmark (and my personal fave) album: “Dogman.” Until last night, when their current support tour with reunited G... more info

Metalsucks — I saw Vince Neil’s solo band live once… I think this was around 2001/2002ish, but don’t quote me on that. Anyways, the show was at B.B. King’s, a venue that holds roughly 500 people (or so I’m told — it actually looks way smaller to me), ... more info

All About Jazz — A legend on the blues scene for many years, harmonica player James Cotton began his career as a member of the Muddy Waters Blues Band, and cut a series of great early singles for the Sun Records label. He's barely slowed down since, and even though h... more info

Guardian Music — (Downtown)Since her beginnings as flame-haired pop diva, Lauper has steered a canny career course, producing slick MOR records while diversifying into film, TV and theatre. An album of blues standards on which she's backed by such august names as BB ... more info