All About Jazz — Chaka Khan with the George Duke Trio kicks off George Wein's CareFusion Jazz Festival 55 on Friday, August 7, at 8:00 pm at the International Tennis Hall of Fame at the Newport Casino, 194 Bellevue Avenue. Due to illness, Etta James has cancelled her... more info

MVSW — Adele, Chaka Khan, Janelle Monae @ Hollywood Bowl Phoenix, Amazing Baby @ Wiltern Cursive, Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band, Box Elders @ El Rey “Grand Ole Echo” w/ Simon Stokes, 50 Cent Haircut, Hang Jones @ Echo Local Natives, Saint Motel @ Echo... more info

All About Jazz — It's official: pianist {{Chick Corea = 5920}}, bassist {{Stanley Clarke = 5737}} and drummer {{Lenny White = 11316}} will be joined September 2nd by guest guitarist {{Bill Connors = 5879}} at the Hollywood Bowl kick-off gig of their fall tour. The ba... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Jake Thee Pope said...24 tracks of prime 80's Japanese hardcore:THE EXECUTE – Save Your Money (Bootleg Discog/Compilation, 2003)Thanks Fuzzy.http://spendingloudnight.wordpress.comNosi said...Diana Ross: Touch Me in the Morning (1973)http://sup... more info

The Mirror — Amy Winehouse in St Lucia, day 5,324. She was spotted blubbing to soul legend Chaka Khan that her life's a mess. We hear Chaka assured Amy she was an inspiration and insisted: "It is the diva's rite of passage for things to go wrong at firs... more info

MTV.com News — Allison Iraheta winds up in the bottom three after disco night. Anoop Desai on "American Idol" on Wednesday Photo: Michael Becker/Getty Images/ Fox One of the most talented groups to ever grace the "American Idol" final round (according to... more info

MTV.com News — 'They'd flip it and tell me to do the opposite,' castoff says of panel's conflicting critiques.By Katie Byrne Lil Rounds performs on Tuesday Photo: Becker/ Getty Images The "American Idol" judges hailed Lil Rounds as the second coming of M... more info

MTV.com News — Danny Gokey, Allison Iraheta earn praise for vocals on tricky dance classics.By Gil Kaufman Kris Allen performs "She Works Hard for the Money" on American Idol's disco night Photo: Michael Becker/ FOX Just like country night, the disco rou... more info

MTV.com News — 'I'm fine, I'm happy," she says, but still won't discuss family murders.By Gil Kaufman Jennifer Hudson Photo: Gregg DeGuire/WireImage More than six months after Jennifer Hudson's mother, brother and nephew were killed in her family home in... more info

Get Weird — Exploited have a new release out by Adam Sky called ‘The Imperious Urge’ featuring the late crooner Danny Williams of ‘Moon River’ fame and remixes come from JBAG, Tomski&Fredboy and Kubo. It’s been described as sounding like a forgotten Da... more info