Guardian Music — Once the star of renaissance and baroque music, this older brother of the piano has found a new home in hip-hop and popWhat is it? The simplest explanation would be that it's a piano, but with the strings plucked rather than struck, although the harp... more info

Starpulse — Motley Crue rocker Tommy Lee, Linkin Park frontman Mike Shinoda and rap group Cypress Hill were among the stars who joined the Deftones at a benefit concert in Los Angeles on Thursday night.[...] Read more! more info

Yahoo! Music UK — world entertainment news - Motley Crue rocker Tommy Lee, Linkin Park frontman Mike Shinoda and rap group Cypress Hill were among the stars who joined the Deftones at a benefit concert in Los Angeles on Thursday night. more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: NewsIn a move that is likely to set headbangers frothing at the mouth with rage, one-time Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash has defended his decision to use Black Eyed Peas' vocalist Fergie to sing on a new version of his former paymasters' ... more info

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Rolling Stone — The first taste of Slash’s solo project has some fans losing their appetite for destruction. Yesterday the Velvet Revolver guitarist released a Japan-only two-song single featuring the rap group Cypress Hill and the Black Eyed Peas’ Fergie on a W... more info

MTV.com News — At the request of late singer Bradley Nowell's estate, judge issues preliminary injunction against use of the name.By Gil Kaufman Sublime, with original frontman Bradley Nowell (file) Photo: Skunk Records, Inc. Less than two weeks after 19... more info

Monsters and Critics — Last Saturday, October 24 was the SmokeOut festival at San Manuel Amphitheater in Devore (Friday and Saturday), and it featured more info

Monsters and Critics — Last Saturday, October 24 was the Cypress Hill SmokeOut festival at San Manuel Amphitheater in Devore (Friday and Saturday), and more info

Rolling Stone — They weren’t billed as headliners on Saturday’s SmokeOut Festival, which rolled out pot-friendly acts like Method Man and Redman, Cheech & Chong, Kottonmouth Kings and hosts Cypress Hill, but there’s no doubt Sublime, featuring surviving member... more info