Mercury News, California — Faithfull's latest album, 'Easy Come, Easy Go,' finds the 62-year-old singer tackling a version of jazz great Duke Ellington's 'Solitude,' 'Sing Me Back Home' by country legend Merle Haggard, 'Dear God Please Help Me' by the master of moan, Morrissey... more info

L.A. Times - News — A closely watched index of home prices shows year-over-year improvement for the sixth month in a row and prices in all 20 cities rose from June to July. more info

Sky News — A 106-year-old woman will find out today if she is to be evicted from her council-run care home. more info

Starpulse — Gwen Stefani and Gavin Rossdale's celebrity neighbors are on high alert after a gang of burglars attempted to break into the couple's London home.[...] Read more! more info

Dlisted — You won't be seeing Pamela Anderson working the daytime shift on the ho stroll anytime soon (wait till next year), because she claims she isn't broke like a Real Housewife. Uh. Huh. Last week, a few contractors went running off to Star Maga... more info

NME - The Daily Download — Diesel : U : Music's World Tour hits London this week (Thursday Oct 1st) at a bunker under the University Of Westminster called P-3. The Big Pink, Young Fathers, Heartsrevolution, The Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt!, Amwe, Crazy Cousinz, Joker and MC Nom... more info

The Music Fix — News: Rhino Records is pleased to announce their latest signing, ‘The Soldiers' – Sergeant Major Gary Chilton, Sergeant Richie Maddocks and Lance Corporal Ryan Idzi. The real life soldiers are recording their debut album ‘C... more info

The Newsroom — v6180, NEW YORK, NEW YORK - Thursday September 17 2009. Sheryl Crow leaves the ABC Carpet and Home Store in New York. Taylor Swift and her mom were in the store at the same time. Video: PacificCoastNewsVideo.com UK OFFICE: +44 131 557 7760/7761/7762... more info

All About Jazz — Joe Lovano, jovial but focused, brought his tenor saxophone to his lips at Birdland on Wednesday night, taking charge without preamble or pause. With his first few notes he traced a syncopated vamp, quickly adopted by the bassist Lonnie Plaxico an... more info

Guardian Music — Love, sex, death and booze are the stuff of folk ballads. Could an amateur singer and pop music fan ever do them justice? Jude Rogers gives it a try at Sidmouth Folk WeekBright and early one morning, in a church hall in Devon, a group of women are si... more info