Mjsbigblog — Idol producer Nigel Lythgoe tweets:  “On my way to New Jersey for Season Ten’s first audition in front of the new Judges. Good luck to everyone & remember, they’ll be nervous too.” Who will be more nervous? The new Idol jud... more info

Twangville — Continuing our series of classic songs covered, today we survey a collection of fuel-injected takes on Bruce Springsteen’s legendary “Born to Run.” “This Is American Music” – a music collective featuring Grand Champeen, Two Cow Garage, Th... more info

Pop Bytes — One of my favorite artists, Paula Cole , is finally back with a new album! Ithaca is her fifth studio release, and this time around she wrote and co-produced all the songs (something she hadn't done since 1999's Amen ) I had a chance to listen to... more info

Mjsbigblog — Every city produces video interviews from Idol tour press hour, but these vids from On Portland, conducted before yesterday’s Idols live show with Crystal Bowersox, Casey James, Aaron Kelly, Tim Urban and Didi Benami are worth po... more info

Mjsbigblog — Crystal Bowersox talks to Rodney of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution backstage at the Duluth, GA Idols show Sunday night. (Read more HERE.) Crystal and Rodney spend the first few minutes chatting about Type 1 Diabetes (they are bot... more info

TMZ — Filed under: Melissa Etheridge, Paparazzi Photo, Break-ups For the first time since filing legal documents to end her domestic partnership with Tammy Lynn Michaels two weeks ago, Melissa Etheridge emerged in Man... more info

Perez Hilton — This is getting nastier and nastier! Melissa Etheridge's split from Tammy Lynn Michaels is still less than amicable, and new court papers describe how effed the lezlicious singer has left her former lady love! While Etheridge claims that Michaels "us... more info

Starpulse — Melissa Etheridge's estranged partner is demanding the rocker pay her in excess of $12,000 a month, so she can look after the couple's kids and seek work now she's an unemployed single mom. In ne... more info

CNN Showbiz — In detailed new court papers, Melissa Etheridge says she cherishes every moment she can spend with her kids between her tour dates this summer. So, she was shocked when she traveled to Boston on July 6 to see 3-year-old twins Johnnie Rose and Miller ... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Melissa Etheridge's estranged partner is demanding the rocker pay her in excess of $12,000 a month, so she can look after the couple's kids and seek work now she's an unemployed single mother. more info