Guardian Music — The Slits frontwoman, she helped to reinvent women's role in musicThe singer Ari Up, who has died after an unspecified illness aged 48, was the idiosyncratic frontwoman of the Slits, the British punk band formed in 1976. With her bird's-nest hair, gu... more info

Guardian Music — (RCA)Barack Obama's "Yes we can" campaign didn't just inspire the US electorate. Six-time Grammy-winning soul singer John Legend and fellow Philadelphians the Roots are attempting preserve the mood of change with an album of soulful protest music fro... more info

Guardian Music — Apollo, ManchesterSheryl Crow's 1994 breakthrough hit, All I Wanna Do ("is have some fun"), was the epitome of Los Angeles carefree insouciance. However, she's since become an environmental campaigner, sung protest songs and more recently dealt with ... more info

Guardian Music — Though not as well-known as Marvin Gaye or James Brown, Solomon Burke, who died on Sunday aged 70, is perhaps the greatest soul singer of all timeSome things we can all agree on. The greatest footballer of all time? Pele. The greatest movie actor? Br... more info

All About Jazz — Solomon Burke, the larger-than-life "King of Rock and Soul" who was revered as one of music's greatest vocalists but never reached the level of fame of those he influenced, died early Sunday at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport. He was 70. Born to the ... more info

Guardian Music — Soul singer who recorded Cry to Me used in the film Dirty Dancing dies at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport aged 70Soul singer Solomon Burke, who wrote Everybody Needs Somebody To Love and recorded the hit Cry to Me used in the movie Dirty Dancing, has di... more info

All About Jazz — New York, NY (Top40 Latin Charts/ PASAJE C.U.B.A.)—Can you say " nuevo-latin, jazz, funk and fusion in the same sentence. Apparently so! A multi-talented musician-performance artist-videographer-designer, KIDD KARRIM describes her new "PASAJE... more info

Guardian Music — Last week we vegged out in the Cucumber Castle, now let's celebrate John Lennon's 70th with a Fab Four feastGreetings pop pick-yer-owners. Here's a thing I learnt this week. There is an incredible amount of songs that take some sort of inspiration fr... more info

Guardian Music — There was some fear that there wouldn't be enough vegetable-related songs to make a decent list. But that was reckoning without Potato Head Blues, Asparagus Next Left, Pass the Peas and the rest...When setting this topic the thought did occur (when i... more info

VH1 Blog — In advance of the second season of Fantasia for Real (premiering Sunday, September 19 at 10/9c), we spoke to Fantasia Barrino about living her life as an open book both on and off VH1. Fantasia has told the story of her recent suicide attempt alrea... more info