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

All About Jazz — EXCUSE US WHILE WE KISS THE SKY If he were still with us Jimi Hendrix would be 66 years old today. As it is, he's been gone for 38 years but what he wrought in his short career remains blisteringly present. Within the three (yes, just three) studio ... more info

Mojo 4 Music — Is this what Hendrix had in mind? more info

ContactMusic — AUSTRALIA star DAVID GULPILIL leads such a remote life in the Australian outback, he has only just discovered JIMI HENDRIX, who he befriended 38 years ago, has died. ... more info

JamBase — EXCUSE US WHILE WE KISS THE SKY If he were still with us Jimi Hendrix would be 66 years old today. As it is, he's been gone for 38 years but what he wrought in his short career remains blisteringly present. Within the three (yes, just three) studi... more info

All About Jazz — All About Jazz is celebrating Jimi Hendrix's birthday today! JAZZ MUSICIAN OF THE DAY Jimi HendrixGuitarist, singer, and songwriter. Born Johnny Allen Hendrix (later changed to James Marshall) on November 27, 1942, in Seattle, Washington. Learning ... more info

JamBase — Words & Images by: Stephen Urban Natural Breakdown :: 11.09.08 :: B.B. King Blues Club :: New York, NY Natural Breakdown :: 11.09 :: New York When we arrived at B.B. King Blues Club the many Deadheads in town for the Philathon were already outside... more info

Stereogum — Good being relative, of course. AMA stands for Auto-Tune Music Award so it wasn't long before Kanye was onstage. Upon accepting his first ever AMA, for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album, Kanye urged his contemporaries to join him in pushing the pop music e... more info