L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Check the thermostat in hell -- it appears to have dropped below 32 degrees: Long-snubbed  Canadian progressive-rock trio Rush will at long last be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next year, along with Randy Newman, Public Enemy, Donna ... more info

Consequence of Sound — But no N.W.A., Kraftwerk, Joan Jett, or Deep Purple. more info

USA Today Music — Albert King, Randy Newman, Public Enemy also made the 2013 class, to be inducted April 18 more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Rush or Chic? Randy Newman or N.W.A? Music fans have about a week left to let their voices be heard for the first time on who deserves to get into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame next year. more info

Time — As adults across the U.S. line up in polling stations and make their call on who should direct the next four years of the American symphony, we’ve put together an hour of (nonpartisan) songs that we hope will implore and inspire Americans to fulfil... more info

Guardian Music — (Flariella)Back in the 1990s, Iris DeMent was rightly considered to be one of the finest singer-songwriters in America. She wrote heart-tugging, country-tinged ballads such as Our Town, and ranked alongside the McGarrigles for her blend of emotion an... more info

Guardian Music — (STRANGE FEELING)The Christmas album, once among pop's least enticing concepts, has undergone a rebirth in recent years, with Glasvegas, Low and Sufjan Stevens all contributing festive LPs. Tracey Thorn's fourth solo set, though, is the best of the b... more info

Consequence of Sound — Rush, Randy Newman, and Donna Summer also up for induction. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Randy Newman, Public Enemy, N.W.A, Donna Summer and -- to the delight of progressive rock fans around the world -- Rush are among the names on the final nominees list for 2013 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which for the first time wi... more info

Perez Hilton — Barbra Streisand recently unveiled her new album, Release Me, which is FULL of unreleased songs from her own personal vault! We previously let you listen to her version of Randy Newman’s I Think It’s Going To Rain Today and now we get to see the ... more info