Guardian Music — Purcell Room, LondonNaming your band after your musical hero – in this case the legendary American old-time singer Ola Belle Reed – is dangerous; but this five-piece New York ensemble have no need to worry about doing their namesake justice. Rich... more info

All About Jazz — GOOD EATS, GOOD FOODJUST THE TICKET TO MAKE YOU FORGET JERSEY SHORE Railroad Earth by Dave Vann The 21st Annual Arnone's Crawfish Festival takes place June 4-6 at the Sussex County Fairgrounds in Augusta, New Jersey. Besides fresh boiled crawfish, ... more info

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MTV.com News — 'Avatar' director James Cameron, Sting and Q-Tip are expected at Washington, D.C.'s Climate Rally.By MTV News staff Photo: NASA/ Getty Images For the past 40 years, environmentalists have considered April 22 to be a day of reckoning. Earth D... more info

All About Jazz — Three full sets available in their entirety for the first time, with digital remastering and extensive liner notes LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- In 1966, Otis Redding had emerged not only as the star of Stax Records but as one of nation's most influentia... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Looting Main Street by MATT TAIBBI How the nation's biggest banks are ripping off American cities with the same predatory deals that brought down Greece If you want to know what life in the Third World is like, just ask Lisa Pack, an administrativ... more info

All About Jazz — Gladys Knight, Al Jarreau and The George Duke Trio, Taj Mahal, Al Di Meola, Ramsey Lewis and Ahmad Jamal and Many Others Highlight This Year's Festival Saratoga Performing Arts Center has announced that the 33rd annual Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Fes... more info

All About Jazz — Saratoga Performing Arts Center has announced that the 33rd annual Freihofer's Saratoga Jazz Festival will present a stellar 2010 lineup including the "Empress of Soul" Gladys Knight, jazz singer Al Jarreau and the George Duke Trio, legendary blues i... more info

Live Daily — After 35 years of playing trademark boogie and blues, George Thorogood [ tickets ] has no thoughts about making any changes to his image, style or music. His last two albums--2006's "The Hard Stuff" and last summer's "The Dirty Dozen"--have been ball... more info