The Telegraph — WC Handy published his St Louis Blues on September 11 1914 and it has since been recorded hundreds of times, including by Bessie Smith, Herbie Hancock and Nat King Cole more info

The Telegraph — As a new documentary, Afraid of the Dark, and album, The Extraordinary, about Nat King Cole are released, Natalie Cole remembers her father and what it is like to sing his songs more info

The Independent — Nat King Cole, the first black American TV star and a friend of President John Kennedy, conquered hearts and minds across the world with a string of hits in the Forties and Fifties. more info

ContactMusic — Legendary singer Nat King Cole's nephew has emerged as a frontrunner to win the new season of Australia's hit talent show The Voice.Dreadlocked... more info

Discobelle.net — Our friendly fellow bloggers over at premier hip hop blog Southern Hospitality put together a mix of their 2013 club anthems, play it when you’ve grown tired of Nat King Cole’s christmas songs and get turned up! more info

Mercury News, California — Choices are tough at a first-class jazz smorgasbord such as this one. A couple of hours ago I went for Thelonious Monk tunes, performed by baritone saxophonist/flutist Claire Daly in the Night Club (over Nat 'King' Cole tunes performed by George Bens... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — George Benson’s concert Wednesday night at the Hollywood Bowl was billed as a tribute to Nat King Cole. Even before he really got going, though, the pop-jazz singer-guitarist revealed that he’d actually taken the stage in honor of two people: Col... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — In the 1950s, a collaboration with Cuban musician Bebo Valdés led to Nat King Cole's first Spanish language album. Now, their children are excited to share a bill at the Hollywood Bowl.When Natalie Cole and Chucho Valdés share a bill Wednesday nigh... more info

Starpulse — R&B singer Natalie Cole was inspired to record her new album entirely in Spanish after receiving a kidney transplant from an Hispanic donor. The daughter of music icon Nat King Cole, who suffers f... more info

USA Today Music — Bland was known as the "the Sinatra of the blues" and Nat King Cole was a big influence. more info