Chicago Tribune — Pitchfork Music Festival: The seventh annual gathering of the indie tribes will be headlined by Feist, Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Vampire Weekend, with much-anticipated sets by Wild Flag, Danny Brown, Willis Earl Beal, Big K.R.I.T and the Olivi... more info

ContactMusic — The Essence Music Festival 2012 made a soulful finale in New Orleans on Sunday July 8th 2012 during the three day event Preceding music royalty the Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin and Queen of Funk Chaka Khan were spectacular performances from contempo... more info

Guardian Music — Jay-Z, Kanye West and Chris Brown win big, but memories of Houston took center stage at annual show in Los AngelesBeyonce and Chris Brown shared the top honors at the BET awards on Sunday night, in a show that featured an emotional tribute to late si... more info

Mjsbigblog — See a list of Winners from Sunday night's BET Awards. Plus check out performance videos including a tribute to the late Whitney Houston including performances from Mariah Carey, Brandy, Monica, Chaka Khan, Whitney's mother Cissy Houston and more. ... more info

ContactMusic — Mariah Carey stunned music fans at the Bet Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday night 01Jul12 when she stepped up to lead a tribute to Whitney Houston which featured performances by the late stars grieving mother Cissy and Chaka Khan The newly-blonde RB s... more info

Guardian Music — Each week we invite someone to share with us some of the songs they've been listening to recently. Today's selection features Ten Benson, Tight Fit and Half Man Half BiscuitThis week's playlist is by Paul Jenkins, a writer from Penarth who writes "in... more info

Starpulse — Soul legend Chaka Khan has been diagnosed with diabetes. more info

ContactMusic — Soul legend Chaka Khan has been diagnosed with diabetes The Im Every Woman hitmaker 59 learned she had the blood sugar condition last year 11 and the health revelation was the kickstart she needed to inspire her to lose weight and take better care of... more info

Guardian Music — 'Bleeding, sweating, crying, suffocating and being crushed – that's what art is made of'What got you started?I was born like this – loving music and wanting to express myself through it. This is just how they made me.What was your big breakthroug... more info

The Newsroom — The singer is using her star power to help women and children. more info