Pop Justice — One of the amazing things about pop music being about so much more than the music is that it is, often, quite possible to judge a release, or at least a significant proportion of a release, by what it looks like or what its artist's name makes it loo... more info

Detroit Free Press — John Legend & The Roots, Willie Nelson, Kid Rock, Bon Jovi, Wyclef Jean, Lauryn Hill, Arcade Fire, Wilco and Cyndi Lauper are among the headliners for the 2011 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. more info

Perez Hilton — What an amazing thing to behold! They sound simply… WOW! Check out this video (above) from Prince's show in New York last night. As he was performing Jungle Love, he was joined by the incomparable Cyndi Lauper! (mark 2:33) This is what great music ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Prince @ Madison Square Garden - 12/29/10 (pics via ShakedownBlog) Like he did on 12/18, Prince played Madison Square Garden on 12/29, but this time with help from Mint Condition, Janelle Monae and special guest Cyndi Lauper (though not Sheila... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Mihai Vancea said... Girl Talk - All Day (2010) - Review + Free Download All these 12 so called tracks are danceable, carefully crafted, and immensely fun. What Girl Talk does is to find samples and add new emotional spins to them. The production is ... more info

Guardian Music — Our music team pick the songs or albums, old or new, they just can't turn offThe Smiths Reel Around the Fountain A collection of Smiths demos that circulated on the web this week offered a reminder of what a phenomenon they were: a band who emerged... more info

Altsounds — David's Lyre continues his wonderful Advent Calender countdown with a host of fantastic covers, original tracks and poems.... Just a taste of things to come for DL, with the release of his debut album on Hideout/Mercury scheduled for early 2011! ... more info

Perez Hilton — So appropriate! A building in the New York City LGBT Community Center has been named after Cyndi Lauper's hit song True Colors, "in recognition of her continued work with the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community." Cyndi has devoted much ... more info

Guardian Music — Becky Barnicoat talks to the singer who's tipped to be the voice of 2011When it came to finding a party outfit for Jessie J, there was one rule: no dresses allowed. "It wouldn't feel like me," she says. "My style is ghetto chic. I love tacky jeweller... more info

People.com — The singer speaks up for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youths more info