Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — TORONTO - This year, a typically star-studded slate of artists has released Christmas albums, with discs from Bob Dylan, Neil Diamond, Sugarland and David Archuleta. But who does the holiday season better than Canadians? Canadian Press music writer N... more info

Live Daily — From the standards to more contemporary collections, store displays are filled with new or revamped holiday-themed releases this year, including albums by Straight No Chaser and A Fine Frenzy, along with a series of various collections that feature a... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Here are reviews of recently released holiday CDs: more info

Guardian Music — Rather than treating them like national treasures, let's hope musicians stretch their prejudices about what older artists can doIn the week that NME announced its 50 records of this past decade, I heard one of the next decade's best. I admit this so... more info

411 Mania — Mary J. Blige, Rob Thomas, President Obama and more join the festivities... more info

Live Daily — Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina have tacked a handful of new shows onto the end of their current trek, which now extends into late November. The '70s acoustic singing/songwriting duo continue the tour with an Oct. 30 performance in Coquitlam, Britis... more info

Mjsbigblog — Another Glee preview. Can you stand it? Puck strums an ode to his “personal Jewish Icon”, Neil Diamond. His rendition of “Sweet Caroline” has Quinn and Rachel swooning, and Finn looking a little jealous. Aw, Puck’s performance is nice, bu... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — It's beginning to look a lot like Chritmas, especially among this week's music releases. Bob Dylan's Christmas In the Heart is in stores tomorrow, along with Aretha Franklin's This Christmas, the Jackson 5's Ultimate Christmas Collection, and Neil Di... more info

Starpulse — Columbia Records announces the release of "A Cherry Cherry Christmas", the new Neil Diamond holiday collection, available in stores and online Tuesday, October 13. The title song,[...] Read more! more info

Rolling Stone — Radiohead’s Thom Yorke is playing a warm-up gig with his unnamed side band featuring Flea and Nigel Godrich tonight at Los Angele’s Echoplex. “It’s not that big, it’ll be total chaos and its kind of a rehearsal but … if you are near by �... more info