VH1 Blog — It’s that time of the year already! The 53rd annual Grammy nominations (for 2011) were announced last night and it’s safe to say that Eminem made a clean sweep popping up in 10 categories. Love the Way you Lie is up for Song and Record of the T... more info

Guardian Music — Hammersmith Apollo, London In the middle of the first tuition-fees protest in London, Sky News's wretched Kay Burley found herself improbably talking about drum'n'bass, or as she insisted on referring to it, "the drum and the bass". An enterprising s... more info

Guardian Music — (Blue Note)The follow-up to Cassandra Wilson's 2008 standards album Loverly, Silver Pony has an autobiographical spin, mixes the singer's familiar fascination for the blues with Lennon/McCartney, Stevie Wonder and three originals, and includes a duet... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Chris La Putt she played some songs on piano There were no guest appearances by Rick Ross, John Legend or Nicki Minaj, and Ivanka Trump wasn't tweeting from the balcony with Spike Lee, but there were a lot... more info

Stereogum — John Legend & The Roots released their covers album Wake Up! back in September. We posted live video of their Arcade Fire cover around the same time. The studio version didn’t end up making the album, though they kept the name for their collection ... more info

Mjsbigblog — The 2010 American Music Awards begin at 8 pm tonight on ABC. I’ll be live blogging the event right here. To check out the list of nominees click this link. Carrie Underwood, the only Idol nominated is up for Favorite Female Artist... more info

Guardian Music — Our music team pick the songs or albums, old or new, they just can't turn offThe Mummers Fade Away This sounds as if it comes from the score of a twee 60s Broadway musical, such is the emphasis on xylophone, french horn and starry-eyed vocals from Br... more info

Idolator — Lupe Fiasco schooled Soulja Boy with the diss response track “S.L.R.“, but now the rapper is setting aside that beef for the moment and taking it down a notch with the glistening, melodic tune, “Never Forget You”, featuring John Legend’s so... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — An increasing number are paying charity experts for advice. Some want to help but aren't sure how. Some want to give more effectively. And, yes, some may just want some good PR.John Legend, the Grammy Award-winning musician, was in search of a charit... more info

Idolator — During his mostly uneventful UStream session, Kanye West revealed that his collaboration with John Legend and Pusha T, “Blame Game”, is his favorite song on My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. What we didn’t know til now is that the somber, pian... more info