Guardian Music — For his 738th project this month, the actor will collaborate with New York performance artist Kalup LinzyActor James Franco is moving from films to literature, from art to academia, and now to high-concept performance art, announcing a collaboration ... more info

Stereogum — Before his show at Hollywood Forever last night, James Blake rolled around the Cemetery grounds while shadowed by photographer Graeme Flegenheimer. They spent some time near the tombstone of Johnny Ramone, a day after Joni Mitchell saw him do “A Ca... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Seasons Of My Soul is the debut album by British singer, Rumer. Available in the US from September 2011, but you don't have to wait that long, you can already stream it in full, and enjoy it below, after you clicked Read More... thanks to the good f... more info

Guardian Music — Randy Newman might be one of the pre-eminent songwriters of his generation, but that hasn't stopped many of his best-known songs from being misunderstoodRandy Newman sits at the piano in the London showroom of Steinway & Sons and absent-mindedly tink... more info

Said the Gramophone — Dave Van Ronk - "Both Sides Now" After reading Saul Bellow's Henderson the Rain King, Joni Mitchell wrote this song that posits love, like a cloud, as an amorphous, inscrutable thing whose shape is constantly shifting along with our perception... more info

Guardian Music — Who is she?Valentina Pappalardo, 26, an Italian-born singer songwriter who moved to Salisbury as a child and now lives in London. Raised on songwriters such as Joni Mitchell and Carole King, she was inspired to learn the guitar and the dulcimer.So he... more info

Guardian Music — Captain's Rest, GlasgowThe UK is slowly figuring out what northern Europe has known for a while – that Copenhagen-born, Berlin-based classically trained pianist and singer Agnes Obel is a master of her craft with a bright future ahead of her. Obel'... more info

Guardian Music — Summoning the spirit of 1986, these retro-pop miserablists specialise in winsome techno and wan electro-popHometown: Stockton, California.The lineup: Justin Vallesteros, Frankie Soto, Jack Doyle Smith, Anna Luxx Ryon. The background: Some years are s... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Ekko said... The latest mixtapes from Big K.R.I.T., Pusha T (of Clipse) and Xaphoon Jones (of Chiddy Bang) http://www.berkeleyplaceblog.com Levin said... Dave Edmunds - The Early Edmunds CD1 (1991) Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark (1973)FLAC Miklós ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Levin said... Larry Miller - A Man On A Mission (1991) Jeff Beck - You Had It Coming (2001)FLAC Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim (1967)FLAC Barbra Streisand - Love Songs (1981) Soul Asylum - Grave Dancers Union (1992) Las Ketchup - Un B... more info