All About Jazz — Jazz siren Rana Farhan proclaims on her web site: "Jazz is peace." She's not just borrowing 60s flower child rhetoric. She knows firsthand. Born in Iran, Rana grew up listening to any albums she could get her hands on, fostering a love for American ... more info

JamBase — Words by: Andrew Bruss | Images by: Julian Furtak Tom Morello :: 11.17.08 :: Middle East Downstairs :: Cambridge, MA Tom Morello - The Nightwatchman :: 11.17 :: MA In a recent interview with JamBase, Tom Morello described his forthcoming tour ... more info

Rolling Stone — California’s Laurel Canyon is one of rock’s most mythic neighborhoods: Where Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young first folded their voices into one beautiful harmony; where Zappa welcomed artists including Hendrix and Mick Jagger to parties at his inf... more info

ContactMusic — A guitar strap used by JIMI HENDRIX at Woodstock in 1969 is to go under the hammer at an upcoming Los Angeles auction. The accessory, which was given to the late rock ... more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Getty William Balfour, the suspected killer in the murders of Jennifer Hudson’s brother, mother and nephew, was officially arrested yesterday. Formal charges are still pending. Download Clipse’s new mixtape Road To Till The Casket Drops n... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: News, ExclusiveSpinner.com: Whether it's Bruce Springsteen's 1957 Chevy, James Brown's cape or Jimi Hendrix's 1968 Fender Stratocaster, music fans in New York City can now observe rock 'n' roll history up close. They are just some of th... more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Niemeier / K&K Center of Beat / Retna Jimi Hendrix, Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Police, Queen and Ennio Morricone were among those whose music was inducted into the Grammys Hall of Fame. Specifically, Hendrix’s famed Woodstock rendition of “Star-... more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — According to GuitarWorld.com, a Jimi Hendrix original guitar strap used at the Woodstock Music and Art Festival in 1969 will be put up for sale on December 11, 2008, one of the 500+ items that will be available at auction by Profiles in History. more info

JamBase — INSTRUMENTAL HEAVYWEIGHT WOULD HAVE BEEN 57 TODAY Once in a spell music finds new languages, fresh dialects drawn from the same Rosetta Stone that everyone thought well studied, known terrain. Jaco Pastorius was one of these rare individuals, o... more info

NME — Music including Jimi Hendrix's rendition of 'The Star Spangled Banner', Queen's 1977 single 'We are the Champions/We Will Rock You' and The Police's 1983 album 'Synchronicity' has been added to the Grammy Hall Of Fame. more info