Pitchfork — The world's four biggest music corporations-- Universal, Warner, EMI, and Sony BMG (soon to be Sony Music Entertainment Inc.)-- have teamed with MP3 player and memory card manufacturer SanDisk to create a new music media format called slotMusic.Here'... more info

Idolator — Above, The Rotary Connection's stellar version of Jimi Hendrix's warped "Burning of the Midnight Lamp", which you may recognize as being sampled in Jay-Z's "Hova Song." The Rotary Connection, led by a very young Minnie Riperton, take what's arguably... more info

All About Jazz — Words and Images by: Arthur Shim B.B. King :: 09.25.08 :: Klein Memorial Auditorium :: Bridgeport, CT B.B. King :: 09.25 :: CT The legendary king of the blues, Riley "B.B." King strolled into town, appearing at a small community theater in Brid... more info

JamBase — Words & Images by: Arthur Shim B.B. King :: 09.25.08 :: Klein Memorial Auditorium :: Bridgeport, CT B.B. King :: 09.25 :: CT The legendary king of the blues, Riley "B.B." King strolled into town, appearing at a small community theater in Br... more info

SINGER says her pastor parents were actually pretty wild before they found God more info

Yahoo! Music UK — Dotmusic - Singer's mother dated Jimi Hendrix more info

Undercover, Australia — Katy Perry claims her mother once dated Jimi Hendrix and her father dealt drugs. more info

Katy Perry has confessed her religious parents have not always been clean living - her father was a drug dealer, and her mother once dated guitar legend Jimi Hendrix.[...] Read more! more info

Starpulse — Katy Perry has confessed her religious parents have not always been clean living - her father was a drug dealer, and her mother once dated guitar legend Jimi Hendrix.[...] Read more! more info

JamBase — By: Dennis Cook Giant Sand The best musicians find lines of connection between music one might never consider compatible bedfellows. In Giant Sand one hears the grappling of Skip James with Television, Hendrix with Nick Drake, the apparent gul... more info