Guardian Music — Observer classical music critic Fiona Maddocks picks the releases that deserved far greater attention in the past yearClassical CDsElgar The Kingdom. Hallé Orchestra and Choir, soloists, Sir Mark Elder (conductor) (Hallé)This live recording of Elga... more info

Mjsbigblog — Both Adam Lambert and Daughtry earned spots on the VH1 Top 40 Countdown for 2010.  Adam landed twice–his “If I Had You” video scoring a spot in the Top 5.  Check out the deets here. 33 Adam Lambert “If I Had You” 23 Da... more info

VH1 Blog — Earlier this week, we gave you an alphabetical list of 35 of our Top 40 Music Videos of the year and asked you to guess what artists where going to be included in our top five music videos of 2010. Well, we’ve got good news and we’ve got bad news... more info

Guardian Music — Creative artists are fifth in the top 10 professions with high rates of depressive illness. But does depression attract them to the job? Or does the job make them depressed?Health.com recently published a top 10 of professions with the highest rate ... more info

Mercury News, California — The age-old question in hip-hop goes something like this: "Do my ladies run this party?"The answer provided at San Jose's HP Pavilion on Thursday night was a resounding yes. more info

Guardian Music — Here's the top 40 of the year, as voted for by the Guardian's rock and pop writers1 Janelle Monáe The ArchAndroid2 Kanye West My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy3 Hot Chip One Life Stand4 Arcade Fire The Suburbs5 These New Puritans Hidden6 Caribou Swi... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Global Rock Team said... Neil Young - Harvest (1972) http://globalrockteam.blogspot.com VoodooSeb said... Jurgen Blackmore sur scene avec Deep Purple And More at : http://laplaneterock.blogspot.com G O D said... the next album in the continuing,y... more info

NME - The Daily Download — A variety of free MP3 action for you today. First up, Monument Valley, aka London Ned Younger, a prodigious songwriter that’s drawn comparisons to Nick Drake and been welcomed into Ben Mumford’s Communion family. He just released the ‘No Air EP... more info

Popeater — Filed under: Music News, Celebrity Twitter Lil' Kim saw a sudden surge in popularity this year, despite the fact that she hasn't released a new album in more than five years. The reason behind her sudden popularity? Social networking site Twitter,... more info

People.com — The Canadian rapper was humbled by Jay-Z's performance and would love to collaborate with Sade in the future more info