Brooklyn Vegan — The Rural Alberta Advantage @ Terminal 5 in 2010 (more by Vincent Cornelli) today in NYC * Cumbiagra @ Barbes * Mountains @ The Stone * Laurie Anderson @ 92Y * Boyz II Men @ BB King's * Furthur @... more info

Guardian Music — Singer 'feels horrible' about performing for Libyan leader's family and pledges to raise money for human rights with future singleTwo years after she performed at a New Year's Eve concert for the family of Muammar Gaddafi, Mariah Carey says she feels... more info

MVSW — Bell Biv DeVoe ~ “Poison” “Never trust a big butt and a smile” has to be one of the greatest lyrics of all time! BBD from back in their prime going from New Edition to new jack swing and helping to launch Boyz II Men. I can’t believe this s... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — Kanye West and Mary J Blige are to headline this year’s Essence Music Festival. According to AP the rapper and singer will be joined by the likes of Jill Scott, Trey Songz, Macy Gray and Boyz II Men. It’s rumoured George Clinton and Parliament-Fu... more info

Pop Bytes — With Justin Bieber's dark power on the wise (wonder why all those birds started dying in Arkansas? Biebs did it), BeelzeBieber has landed on the latest cover of Vanity Fair magazine to tell us all about how he devoured the King of Pop Michael Jac... more info

Dlisted — Vanity Fair is obviously trying to overtake Highlights as the #1 magazine of every pediatrician's office, because they have put the most famous lesbian toddler since Peppermint Patty on their cover! Something tells me this cover will be slobbere... more info

I Think You're Swell — Video: Nicole So, what if Boyz II Men and New Order had a kid who really liked Prince? I’m guessing they’d sound a lot like new Brooklyn 4-piece Video. The soulful, R&B vocals paired with the shimmering synth sounds of the 80’s is a refreshing... more info

People.com — "I felt like I was in a dream," group member Geston Pierre said after clinching victory on the NBC show more info

Mjsbigblog — The ratings have been so good for the Sing-off, for a few hot minutes, NBC planned to expand the finale to 2 1/2 hours. That decision only lasted a few days. We’re back to a 2 hour show tonight, and that’s probably for the bes... more info

Mjsbigblog — Did you guys watch The Sing-off last night? I blogged the American Country Awards (can’t get those two hours of my life back, unfortunately) so I’m just catching up with the premiere on Hulu this morning. What did you think? Th... more info