Guardian Music — Well, by extravaganza, we really just mean that guardian.co.uk/music was fortunate enough to have not one but two album exclusives this week. Tracey Thorn's Love and its Opposite is an album that beautifully captures the quiet crisis of middle age, w... more info

Guardian Music — On this day in 1950, Stevland Hardaway Judkins was born. Sixty years later, we celebrate the legend that is Stevie WonderStevie Wonder's musical talent began in childhood. After being taken under the wing of Motown boss Berry Gordy, Stevland became L... more info

White Folks Get Crunk — Cosmo Baker just pointed out to me that it is Stevie Wonder’s birthday. Sir Duke (A-Trak Bmore Rmx) – Stevie Wonder download | mp3 more info

Totally Fuzzy — Mister Moods said... BRAND NEW MOODS presents: Vijay Iyer "Historicity" Vijay Iyer has mad skills, overwhelmingly and powerfully demonstrated on all of his recordings, but especially this one. He's also maturing at a rapid rate, while at the height o... more info

All About Jazz — SAUCIEST OLD SCHOOL SOUL REVUE CHARMS AGAIN It's hard to get over HOW much better the soul music being offered by Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings is than the vast majority of contemporary soul out there. One can easily imagine this tune playing on th... more info

MTV.com News — 'I'm just singing about love, relationships and compromise,' Richard 'Bing' Collora says of his winning song.By Shaheem Reid The Bingtones Photo: Uplaya Richard "Bing" Collora has never lost his passion for making music. For more than two d... more info

Totally Fuzzy — This is post # 10.500 on http://totallyfuzzy.blogspot.com We moved here, to blogspot, on May 9th 2007 from http://tofuhaus.antville.org. Haven't heard from herr k in years, he never replied to my latest emails, if he ever got them on his old fuzzy gm... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Glastonbury festival founder Michael Eavis has revealed Oasis turned him down when he offered the chance to headline last year's event.The Glastonbury Festival founder revealed the group - who split in August last year when Noel Gallagher left the ba... more info

Guardian Music — Touareg blues-rockers Tinariwen, much beloved of TV On The Radio and Robert Plant, have announced a couple of UK dates (28 Jul, Birmingham Town Hall, thsh.co.uk; 7 Aug, HMV Forum, NW5, seetickets.co.uk). They also play the Big Chill festival (Eastnor... more info

Idolator — Usher took to the P.C. Richard & Son theater recently for a special iheartradio live session. The recent American Idol mentor performed Raymond v. Raymond track “There Goes My Baby,” a cover of Stevie Wonder’s “That Girl” and his own 2008 #... more info