Guardian Music — He idolises John Lennon, doesn't disrespect women, and works with the most eclectic producers, but this Harlem rapper's main aim is to 'stay young'Harlem is changing. As the sun goes down on West 123rd Street, people with their possessions in shoppin... more info

Guardian Music — Talent night at Harlem's illustrious Apollo Theater offered the chance to appear at London's Hackney Empire in JulyAmateur Night at the Apollo Theater in Harlem has a long, illustrious history going back to the discovery of Ella Fitzgerald there in 1... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Chicago soul funk band Lubriphonic calls it quits. They are giving away their latest studio album The Gig Is On as a thank you to their fans: After 10 long years the band has decided to call it quits. They played coast to coast 200 plus shows ... more info

Topix — This week, the tribe introduced a resolution honoring Bailey in the Idaho Legislature, in part to convince the Jazz at Lincoln Center Hall of Fame in New York City to add her to its inductees - on grounds she helped blaze a trail for better-known sin... more info

Topix — Jazz singer and cabaret crooner Sue Matsuki will present aAuElla & MeaAu at the Palace Theatre in Danbury on Saturday, March 3. Photo: Contributed Photo / CT Ella Fitzgerald -- known as the "First Lady of Song" -- will get a first-rate tribute on Sa... more info

Guardian Music — Ronnie Scott's, LondonCarmen Lundy looked happy to be among friends at Ronnie Scott's, an place that has felt like home to her kind of coolly expert, classic-to-contemporary jazz singing for years. The international career of the deep-toned, techni... more info

Nialler9 — Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt have all of the cute...Frank Loesser's 1947 song was covered by Nancy Wilson and Ella Fitzgerald.Original post via Hello Giggles. more info

Guardian Music — Under communism anything American was unwelcome, so Ruth Hohmann fell silent. But that changed when the Berlin Wall fell – and now, at 80, she is busier than everThey called her the Ella Fitzgerald of the East, the first lady of East German jazz, a... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Michael from Folks took the time to answer some questions ahead of the bands support date for Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds at The Roundhouse in London on October 31st.Were are you guys from?Mostly from Manchester (Scott, Michael, Elliot, Thom) ... more info

ContactMusic — Tony Bennett will always mourn the loss of Amy Winehouse as working with her convinced him she was as talented as Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday The British singer died in July 11 and her last ever recording a duet with Bennett called Body and So... more info