MTV.com News — On 'American Idol,' Michael Lynche put his spin on Percy Sledge's #1 hit.By Eric Ditzian In 1966, R&B singer Percy Sledge's "When a Man Loves a Woman" rose to #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Almost 25 years later, Michael Bolton covered the tune and ... more info

VH1 News — On Tuesday's "American Idol," Michael Lynche performed "When a Man Loves a Woman," which was a #1 hit for Percy Sledge in 1966 and for Michael Bolton in 1991. more info

This Scene Is Dead — Another result lifted from my own compilation cd, as I mentioned in the Percy Sledge post previously. This time caught on the drive home from a terrific day out mountain biking some trails down in the south of England yesterday. Terrific all-American... more info

This Scene Is Dead — I’ve been swapping ideas all day as to what to go with as tonights post as I drove about listening to an MP3 compilation album that I’d made a while back. Lots of great stuff to with (naturally), though it’s with this beautiful (X10) love song ... more info

Guardian Music — No wonder ex Drive-By Trucker Jason Isbell became a musician: he grew up in America's hit factory, Muscle Shoals. He nominates his favourite tracks from the townIt was good growing up round Muscle Shoals, a little town of 18,000 people in Alabama, an... more info

All About Jazz — Barry Beckett, 66, a keyboard player and record producer who had important roles in recordings by Bob Dylan, Percy Sledge, Hank Williams Jr. and Kenny Chesney, died June 10 at his home in Henderson, Tenn. He had been in failing health for several ... more info

Said the Gramophone — Last week I visited Louisiana, invited by the lietenant governor's office and the state's tourist board. I rode a golden mini-van from Lafayette to Baton Rouge to New Orleans. It is a remarkable part of the world, rich and singular, with enough mus... more info