Mercury News, California — Put your ear to the streets of East Oakland and be surprised. Or not, if you've paid attention over the last decade to the likes of music producer Yancey Richardson, multiplatinum producer Raphael Saadiq, and a sweet, 23-year old R&B crooner on the r... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The 2012 New Yorker Festival happens October 5 - 7, bringing together writers, musicians, filmmakers, chefs, deep thinkers and all other sorts of creative types. Highlights for the 13th annual fest include "Portlandia Live" with Fred Armisen, Carrie ... more info

Prefix — Photo gallery of Band of Skulls and Raphael Saadiq @ Annenberg Space for Photography as part of the KCRW Live ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/photos/band-of-skulls-raphael-saadiq-annenberg-space-for-/ more info

Totally Fuzzy — Australia’s finest purveyors of funky soul sounds return with Medicine Man, their 5th full-length album, and, as might be expected, it proves to be an expertly crafted blend of old and new R&B styles, with some killer pop twists for good measure. ... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The heavy commercial district that is Century City will be getting an injection of rock 'n' roll this summer. In conjunction with the upcoming exhibit “Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History, 1955 to the Present,” KCRW-FM has revealed the l... more info

ContactMusic — Ex-member of the multiplatinum R'n'B group Tony! Toni! Tone!, Raphael Saadiq is asked if there will be a reunion tour as he walks through Venice, California. He makes an indiction that there will not and abruptly changes the subject. The singer/son... more info

Core News — “Tonight it was Gilles’ final show on Radio 1, with a studio full of friends and family! With clips from 2001′s NERD interview, a brand new Tigran Hamasyan and LV Maida Vale collaboration, a classic Raphael Saadiq session track and a crateful o... more info

Guardian Music — Singer says The Diving Board is his best solo LP 'in a long time'Elton John has announced his 31st studio album, which he has called "the most exciting solo record I've done in a long, long time". Mostly recorded with a two-piece band, The Diving Boa... more info

Mjsbigblog — Chris Daughtry tweets about the Esquire Song Challenge: "Just played guitar on @HamiltonAnthony song now about to watch him do his thang! http://twitpic.com/8kvaw4...We've been recording our own songs we wrote for the @Esquiremag songwriting challen... more info

Guardian Music — After the president tweeted his 2012 campaign playlist, we did a bit of headphone analysis. But what songs would you have included?President Barack Obama tweeted his 2012 campaign Spotify playlist on Thursday – which is in itself noteworthy in that... more info