Guardian Music — A dark, dark wood and a shy songbird make a magical setting for traditional folk balladsIt is 7.30pm and just starting to get dark in woodland not far from Lewes in Sussex. It’s raining steadily. A circle of people, booted, hatted and with umbrella... more info

TMZ — Kanye West is making a lot of dudes fashion savvy -- thanks to him guys are enrolling by the droves at the design college where he's teaching to complete his community service.  According to court docs, Yeezy's not only killing it teaching… more info

TMZ — Kanye West can move product ... and he proved that with a single push of a button Thursday ... and a marijuana-fueled clothing company is reaping the benefits.The always fashion-conscious Yeezus became a Pied Piper of sorts with the pic he snapped…... more info

ContactMusic — Late Tv mogul Aaron Spelling once developed a Pied Piper on Hamelin-inspired film for Michael Jackson.The Hollywood icon's widow Candy reveals she... more info

Time — (NEW YORK) — Russell Brand’s next Booky Wook is for kids. The actor and comedian has a deal with Atria Books for a series called “Russell Brand’s Trickster Tales,” retellings of classic fairy tales. The publisher announced Wednesday that th... more info

The Telegraph — Russell Brand is to write a series of fairy tales for children, starting with a retelling of The Pied Piper of Hamelin     more info

TMZ — Tyga's $2 million luxury car made him the Pied Piper of thirsty chicks outside a nightclub last night ... and the video is awesome!Tyga couldn't resist bragging about his customized Maybach 62 S Landaulet outside DBA nightclub in West Hollywood… ... more info

Time — “You may have thought you were comin’ here tonight to sit back and take things easy while we did all the work,” Pete Seeger told the audience at the legendary 1955 Weavers concert at Carnegie Hall. “But I’m gonna ask you to help us sing thi... more info

WFMU's Beware of the Blog — "By means of a secret charm to draw, and after me so as you never saw, all creatures living beneath the sun, that creep or swim or fly or run. / And I chiefly use my charm, on creatures that... more info

Topix — R. Kelly has been all about romance on his last two albums, but the self-proclaimed Pied Piper of R&B says he isn't going to abandon the explicit music that helped make him famous. more info