The Independent — For many non-musos, the idea of going into a second-hand record shop could best be summed up by the scene in High Fidelity in which insolent record-shop employee Barry (played by Jack Black in the film) bawls out a man who is shopping for Stevie Won... more info

Popdose — We lost Funk Brother Bob Babbitt this week, He played on countless Motown hits, including this Stevie Wonder classic more info

Guardian Music — One of the last surviving members of the Funk Brothers, the backbone of Tamla MotownThe bass guitarist Bob Babbitt, who has died of brain cancer aged 74, was one of the last surviving members of the Funk Brothers, that exclusive club comprising a doz... more info

ContactMusic — Motown visionary Berry Gordy has launched an online search for a budding star to portray himself Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder in a soulful new musical The music executive has taken to YouTube com in an effort to discover an African-American perf... more info

betterPropoganda — Posted at 3:30pm, 7/18/2012 UPDATE: Just announced, the Outside Lands single day tickets go on sale this Friday, July 20th. The single day line-up has also just been revealed. Check it out below the flyer. --- Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival ... more info

Guardian Music — Motown hero laid down basslines on many of the label's most memorable hitsThe Motown session musician Bob Babbitt, one of the legendary Funk Brothers studio team, ghas died aged 74. Babbitt's bass playing pounded through sauch Motown classics as the ... more info

411 Mania — They tried to get $500,000 from Stevie... more info

ContactMusic — An investigation has been launched after University of Hawaii UH officials handed 200000 125000 to a talent agency to book Stevie Wonder for a gig A third-party concert promoter acting on behalf of UH wired the deposit to a company in Miami Flori... more info

ContactMusic — Stevie Wonders cousin has been ordered to stand trial over an allegation he tried to blackmail the singer Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Ray Jurado ruled on Thursday 12Jul12 that a jury will decide whether Alpha L Walker and his girlfriend Tamara E... more info

Guardian Music — Frank Ocean has got a lot of people talking about his sexuality – but his brilliant, beautiful new album is the real storyThe news that Frank Ocean had apparently outed himself as bisexual received a variety of reactions, but perhaps the most curio... more info