The Newsroom — v7670, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - Saturday March 20 2010. **EXCLUSIVE VIDEO** Eric Roberts shamlessly plugs his stepson Keaton Simons's new album!! Eric and his wife Eliza Garrett were speaking from the Autograph convention in California. The pair dis... more info

Live Daily — (LiveDaily.com) Recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Terry Sylvester [ tickets ] will headline this year's Abbey Road on the River, a Beatles-inspired festival that is returning to Louisville, KY, for its sixth year. Sylvester, who joined The H... more info

Guardian Music — It's always been a rock in-joke. But these days making it in the far east is nothing to be ashamed of'I got the sheets but not the bed/I got the jam but not the bread/But, heh, I'm big in Japan." So sang Tom Waits in 1999's Big in Japan, his nod to t... more info

Guardian Music — Eminent violinist and orchestra leaderThe distinguished violinist Max Salpeter, who has died aged 101, led such orchestras as the Philharmonia Orchestra, London Mozart Players, New London Orchestra, Boyd Neel Orchestra, Pro-Arte Orchestra and the rec... more info

Guardian Music — A teen star with the Box Tops, he formed the influential cult band Big StarThe maverick US musician Alex Chilton, who has died aged 59, enjoyed a long and extremely varied career that went from 1960s teenybop stardom through punk-era cult and beyond.... more info

Pop Candy — All in all, I think I had a pretty solid first day here at South by Southwest. (I'm also coherent enough to be typing a sentence, which is a good thing. It will not last.) more info

ContactMusic — PRIMAL SCREAM frontman BOBBY GILLESPIE has paid tribute to late BIG STAR rocker ALEX CHILTON - comparing the singer/guitarist's work to the legacy of THE BEATLES.The 59... more info

A Deeper Shade of Soul — I don't like Abba. I've never liked them; not when I was a kid, nor when I was in my early 20's and they came in vogue amongst the alternative/indie/hipster set (ironically or not). I was at a party this past Christmas season, and when the guests sta... more info

Guardian Music — $250m deal gives Sony rights to 10 new recordings, back catalogue and franchisingMichael Jackson's estate has signed the biggest recording contract in history, nine months after the pop legend's death.The $250m (£164m) deal for up to 10 recordings... more info

MTV.com News — Randy Jackson tells the quirky singer she's 'bringing the drama to 'American Idol' season nine.'By Larry Carroll Siobhan Magnus on "American Idol" on Tuesday Photo: Fox She looks like Marcie from "Peanuts," embraces theatricality like Adam... more info