Guardian Music — Steven Ellison has been called the Jimi Hendrix of his generation. Here, the nephew of Alice Coltrane talks about drugs, his new album – and recording his mother's life-support machineLast year, after his mother suffered a heart attack, Steven Elli... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Capt. Willard said... * PAUL KANTNER Blows Against The Empire (1970) * DAVID CROSBY If I Could Only Remember My Name (1971) Both recorded roughly at the same time in San Francisco, using many of the same players, Garcia, Hart, Kaukonen, Nash, Slick a... more info

All About Jazz — Pasadena, CA: Los Angeles Music Academy College of Music (lamusicacademy.edu) is partnering with the Drum Department's own Richie Gajate Garcia for a "Day of Percussion" on Saturday, June 12th starting at 9:00am. The man known as "El Pulpo" ("The Oct... more info

ET Online — Motown music legend Diana Ross is gearing up for her all-new "More Today Than Yesterday" national tour, and she tells our own Mary Hart "the music is timeless." "I think the energy on the stage, it's exciting," says the former Supreme. "It's wh... more info

Mjsbigblog — Next week, the Top 4 sing the Songs of the Cinema.  After the jump, check out the 34-song list the kids will use to pick their songs. And man, the list is full of re-treads!  Yikes.  Not liking this list so much… At any rate, we might as well l... more info

All About Jazz — Frank DiBussolo has been a professional musician since 1965. During this time he has worked with Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Diana Ross, Diane Carroll, Vicky Carr, Bob Hope, George Burns and Dom DeLouise and others. As a soloist he has been featured... more info

Dlisted — Diana Ross and Mary Wilson are looking hot, right? On the streets of Beverly Hills yesterday afternoon, Bobby Trendy, Quween on the Scene and an unidentified beauty Shangela from RuPaul's Drag Race (who is putting heat on Beyonce's tuck gam... more info

Mjsbigblog — Alicia Keys will mentor the Top 7 next week, as they choose from a pool of Inspirational songs for Idol Gives Back week. On Wednesday, there’s a two hour special featuring Carrie Underwood, Black Eyed Peas, Annie Lennox, Jeff Beck and Sir Elton Jo... more info

Guardian Music — The neo-soul singer talks sinister melodies and special relationships ahead of her fifth albumHow does the new album, New Amerykah Part Two (Return of the Ankh), compare to its predecessor?EB: Both albums were written in pretty much the same period o... more info

MTV.com News — Disney superstar has kind words (and words of warning) for the top 11.By Katie Byrne Miley Cyrus on "American Idol" Tuesday Photo: Fox While previous "American Idol" mentors have included Barry Manilow, Randy Travis and Diana Ross, the show... more info