USA Today Music — Candid, endearingly chatty book traces her rise from a precocious Brooklyn girl to one of the world's most beloved singer/songwriters. more info

ContactMusic — Legendary singersongwriter Carole King will be honoured as an Icon at the upcoming Broadcast Music International Bmi Pop Awards The star will follow in the footsteps of past winners Paul Simon James Brown and Brian Wilson when she collects the Bmi Ic... more info

USA Today Music — Some hidden musical gems will soon be coming our way. more info

CNN Showbiz — The death of Davy Jones on Wednesday from a massive heart attack at age 66 elicited all the standard commentary about the Monkees, the band that made him a star: The Monkees were a made-for-TV boy band. They recorded tunes written not by them, but by... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Television was the priority, but the Monkees still made a lasting impression on pop music. The band's string of hits between 1966 and 1968 may have initially cashed in on Beatlemania, but the songs have long transcended novelty status, no doubt due i... more info

Guardian Music — Former child star who went on to be the only British member of the MonkeesDespite their obvious debt to the Beatles, the Monkees were one of the most successful and well-loved pop groups of the late 1960s. Their only British member was Davy Jones... more info

Guardian Music — The singer/actor made his way from Corrie to California, but was forever associated with the TV show about a manufactured bandDavy Jones, the singer of the Monkees, has died of a heart attack, the website TMZ has reported. Jones, who was 66 years old... more info

Guardian Music — The music world was stunned by the tragic death of Whitney Houston on Saturday. In our latest visit to Rock's Backpages – the world's leading archive of vintage music journalism – Bud Scoppa charts the singer's rise in a 1986 feature for Billboar... more info

Dlisted — Charlie Day (36) David Gallagher (27) Tom Hiddleston (31) Ziyi Zhang (33) A.J. Buckley (35) Amber Valletta (38) Colin Egglesfield (39) Travis Tritt (49) Holly Johnson of Frankie Goes to Hollywood (52) Jim J. Bullock (57) Charles Shaughnessy (57) Ciar... more info

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS- As a special web only treat for her Late Night with Jimmy Fallon performance this week, Carole King (and The Roots) performed an old song of hers that Blood Sweat & Tears made famous years ago, "Hi De... more info