Guardian Music — Alex Ross's follow-up to The Rest is Noise delights in blurring the lines between pop, classical and jazzThe title of Alex Ross's book – a collection essays that supplements The Rest is Noise, his superb history of music in the 20th century – rea... more info

Guardian Music — Are we witnessing the death throes of pop music? Take a look around you and the signs are everywhereThese days, in any given seven-day period, you can find plenty of examples of something that historians will one day describe as the key moment when ... more info

ContactMusic — The daughter of jazz great NINA SIMONE has taken aim at MARY J. BLIGE for labelling her mother a "drug addict", insisting the R&B superstar needs to do more research before... more info

KEXP Seattle — Each week the KEXP Documentary Team brings you a musical subject in the time it takes to play just one song! Our current series is “Sirens of Jazz”, with portraits of greats like Nina Simone, Billie Holiday and Cassandra Wilson.  Today’s artis... 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

KEXP Seattle — Our current KEXP Documentary series Sirens of Jazz features great women vocalists: Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, Cassandra Wilson, Betty Carter and today we look at the mysterious Sarah Vaughan. To her public she seemed shy and composed. They called h... more info

Guardian Music — Airline launches global TV campaign evoking movie title sequences and soundtracked by Muse songVirgin Atlantic is to launch a £6m global campaign that evokes the lush, racy title sequences from James Bond films.The airline said that the "surreal and... more info

KEXP Seattle — Nina Simone’s vocal work, like Billie Holiday’s, is so strong it gets airplay on non-jazz stations.  And after decades of play, her songs are still popular today.  She is one of the 10 female jazz singers we’re profiling in our new KEXP Docum... more info

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Popdose — El Ten Eleven – Hotcakes from Every Direction Is North (2007) Ben Folds Five – She Don’t Use Jelly from Lounge-A-Palooza (1997) Rosemary Clooney – Black Coffee from Music from the Television Series Crossing Jordan (2003) Nina Simone – I Nee... more info