USA Today Music — John Mellencamp, Tom Jones and John Legend closed the first weekend of the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival in prized headliner slots ... more info

Guardian Music — Family car journeys are where musical seeds are sown. We revelled in the Gnu Song, the Bee Song and Bernard Cribbins's Right Said FredMy parents headed back to Lancashire after the Easter weekend, and as they left I gave them a pile of records for th... more info

USA Today Music — Wyclef Jean, Cyndi Lauper, John Mellencamp, Lauryn Hill and Fantasia will make first-time appearances at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, ... more info

VH1 Blog — Nearly a year after David Byrne filed a $1 million lawsuit against then-governor of Florida Charlie Crist for the politician’s unauthorized use of the 1985 Talking Heads song “Road to Nowhere” in a primary campaign ad, the two parties have reac... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — John Mellencamp arrived at the Nokia Theatre on Friday night in support of his impressive 2010 album, “No Better Than This”; it's the latest installment in his ongoing roots-music makeunder, with blunt, sparsely arranged songs. Saturday night at ... more info

ContactMusic — Horror author Stephen King's new play collaboration with rocker John Mellencamp has a start date - it will open in Atlanta, Georgia next April (12). The odd couple has been working on Ghost Brothers of Darkland County for years,... more info

Topix — If you're going to see John Mellencamp at the Moody Theater on Saturday, be sure to get there early. more info

ContactMusic — Rap mogul RUSSELL SIMMONS has hinted he'd like to date JOHN MELLENCAMP's estranged wife ELAINE IRWIN - but not until her divorce comes through.Irwin separated from the veteran musician after 18 years of marriage last December (10) and the rocker is n... more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — As hard as it was to see the White Stripes break up last week, we all know they're going to be reuniting in the near future.  It's harder when we truly lose someone forever. This week, lead guitarist for the epic 70s rock band Thin Lizzy passed awa... more info

ContactMusic — JOHN MELLENCAMP's estranged wife ELAINE IRWIN is refusing to let her divorce from the rocker get her down, insisting she is embracing the "change" in her life.The veteran musician announced in December (10) that he had separated from 41-year-old mode... more info