Big Apple Music Scene — Image: Newscom Anita Baker at the Hard Rock Cafe in Florida in 2008 Last year’s Martin Luther King, Jr. free concert series at Wingate Field in Brooklyn saw the likes of Erykah Badu. This year includes Keyshia Cole and Anita Baker, among others. Al... more info

Rollo & Grady — Mason Proper Mason Proper, Stellastarr & Wild Light are playing the Troubadour on Friday, July 31st (tix) MP3: Deer Tick - Nebraska (Bruce Springsteen) MP3: Mason Proper - Lock Lovedown Gets Innocuous (Kanye West/LCD Soundsystem) MP3: The Roots fea... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — The Beach at Governor’s Island is working on becoming the new outdoor venue in New York. The Highline Ballroom is presenting some shows there this summer, some of which are pretty good, including the one and only Erykah Badu, Mos Def, and the B-52s... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Mos Def gets ready for the beach (Black Star @ Nokia Theater) (more by Tim Griffin) The lineup for this summer's Highline Ballroom/AEG-produced events on Governors Island has been expanded. We already mentioned the big B-52s and Erykah Badu shows.... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Water Taxi Beach @ Governors Island [Newyorkology] "The Highline Ballroom, along with Liberty Event Management & Water Taxi Beach, is proud to announce the Beach on Governors Island. This unique venue will quickly become New York's premier live outdo... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Yesterday's updates to the 2009 Bonnaroo music festival live show downloads page include bittorrent downloads of lossless shows by David Byrne, Grace Potter, Ilo and the Coral Reefer Allstars (with Jimmy Buffett), Andrew Bird, Toubab Krewe, Eryk... more info

VH1 Blog — VH1 TV Shows | Music Videos | Celebrity Photos | News & Gossip VH1 News brought back lots of good interviews from Bonnaroo this year, but after a few days, this clip of Erykah Badu hauling the crew over to catch Snoop Dogg stayed with us. There’s ... more info

JamBase — Words by: Kayceman | Images by: Rod Snyder & Dave Vann Bonnaroo :: 06.11.09 - 06.14.09 :: Manchester, TN Bonnaroo 2009 by Snyder Put simply, Bonnaroo is the best. There are many reasons for this, which I'll explain over the next few pages, but w... more info

MTV.com News — The failing economy, Lady Gaga and other phenomena to put in your time capsule.By Gil Kaufman President-elect Obama greets supporters in Chicago on Election night Photo: Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images The Class of '09 will be graduating at a... more info

Live Daily — Sunday (6/14) marked the final installment of the four-day Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, TN. The reported 80,000-plus crowd no doubt embodied the famous Mae West line: "Too much of a good thing is wonderful." The day's lineup inc... more info