All About Jazz — It's going to be a few more months before an actor playing Ray Charles on a Broadway stage is told to hit the road, Jack, and begs like a man in a trance to be set free. On Friday, the producers of "Unchain My Heart," a musical based on the life o... more info

TMZ — Filed under: Vienna Girardi, Jake Pavelka, The Bachelor Vienna Girardi dragged Ray Charles into the middle of her breakup war with " Bachelor " ex Jake Pavelka last night ... because nothing says "I've moved on... more info

Totally Fuzzy — a r n e l said... V.A. - The 5th Sunny Summer Sampler 01. I Got The Sun In The Morning - Betty Hutton / 2:15 02. Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying - Ray Charles / 5:18 03. (Zo van die) Zomerdagen - Bart Peeters / 3:32 04. Sunny Weather - Lisa Ekdahl... more info

All About Jazz — Independence Day weekend has always been good for John Phillip Sousa but bad for jazz. Seems everyone is out picnicking and watching fireworks or at least drinking and playing with sparklers and not in the clubs, so we were pleasantly surprised to... more info

Guardian Music — Scottish singer with a second career on TVTam White, who has died after a heart attack aged 67, was once described by the musician Alexis Korner as "the greatest undiscovered blues talent of our time". White was a highly accomplished blues and jazz s... more info

ContactMusic — Legendary soul man RAY CHARLES hid the pain of failing to save his brother from drowning for much of his life, according to the piano great's son RAY CHARLES ROBINSON,... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonPaolo Nutini channels more voices than the late Doris Stokes, and all of them were present at this one-off concert for Meltdown. The singer, still only 23, began inflected with Ray Charles, took in along the way in no parti... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Record Fiend said... Frank Stokes' Dream: The Memphis Blues 1927-1931 (another first-rate early Yazoo album featuring material by Frank Stokes [obviously], Furry Lewis, Cannon's Jug Stompers, Memphis Minnie, Tom Dickson, Noah Lewis, Will Weldon, and ... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Spencer Tweedy In her 60-year career, gospel/soul legend Mavis Staples has worked with countless big names, including Bob Dylan, Prince, Ray Charles, Curtis Mayfield, the Band, and Booker T. & the MG's. Now she can add another name to tha... more info

Metalsucks — I couldn’t find an appropriate wedding cake for this story, so this birthday cake will have to do. Sorry. Earlier this year, Charles Ray proposed on-stage at a Fear Factory concert. And while I don’t like Fear Factory, I know plenty of intellige... more info