Soul Sides — Jared Boxx, one of the nicest record dudes east of the Mississippi, has just put together an awesome "Soul Santa" podcast mix for Daptone. 1. Jing Jing A Ling ~ Honey and the Bees (Chess)2. Merry Christmas, Baby ~ Otis Redding (Atco)3. This Christmas... more info

A Deeper Shade of Soul — This is inexcusably late of me, but losing Merl Saunders, organist extraordinaire, at the end of October was a loss I felt keenly. Saunders played with Jerry Garcia, Grateful Dead, B.B. King, Frank Sinatra, Lionel Hampton, Bonnie Raitt, Miles Davis a... more info

All About Jazz — Veteran producer Quincy Jones will deliver a keynote address March 19 as part of the annual South by Southwest music conference in Austin, Texas. Jones is a 27-time Grammy winner and 79-time nominee who has also won seven Oscars, an Emmy, and been h... more info

Yahoo! Music UK — world entertainment news - Classic songs from Queen and Stevie Wonder are among 28 recordings that have been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. more info

All About Jazz — Celine Dion, Stevie Wonder and B.B. King healine the December schedule playing the NOKIA Theater at L.A.Live. Stan Kenton Christmas Carols with the Boston Brass and Brass All-Stars Big Band opening act for Duran Duran December 2nd. Celine Dion Gra... more info

Dlisted — If it wasn't for Brit Brit's new Cheeto-eatin' dress, I would think that this was the same clip from her Bambi (awww, he lost his mommy) Awards performance in Germany last night. It wasn't. Brit Brit "performed" that "Woomaniza... more info

I Like Music — One of his best loved hits, For Once In My Life released on digital, and 7" via Tamla Motown more info

NME — Stevie Wonder has announced plans to re-release one of his biggest hit singles. more info

JamBase — NOISE POP 2009 FESTIVAL DATES AND EARLY ARTIST CONFIRMATIONS ANNOUNCED ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS, A.C. NEWMAN, NO AGE, GOBLIN COCK, CLUES and DEAR AND THE HEADLIGHTS Antony And The Johnsons Event Producers, Noise Pop Industries, have announced the ... more info

TMZ — Filed under: Wacky & Weird It sounded like Stevie Wonder was tryin' to back out of a challenge he made to TMZ -- that he'd put on a benefit concert if we ran a piece about homeless people on our show. But after all the double talk outside of Prego ... more info