All About Jazz — Look for Jackie Shannon’s self-titled debut folk album (1963), a twofer of Me About You (1968) and To Be Free (1970), and New Arrangement (1975), which gave the world the DeShannon-co-penned “Bette Davis Eyes.” LOS ANGELES, Calif.... more info

Undercover, Australia — One of the main features of Popkomm is Popkomm-IMEA, an award recognizing innovative ideas in the music and entertainment industries. more info

Guardian Music — Singer whose group's top 10 hits brought parody to 1960s popThe Barron Knights were the only mid-1960s British pop group to score in the top 20 with comedy, in four medleys that parodied chart favourites. Their lead vocalist was Duke D'Mond, who has ... more info

ContactMusic — Late star DUSTY SPRINGFIELD was so desperate for a baby, she once asked a friend to father a child with her, according to a new biography. Former The Searchers ... more info

Guardian Music — Stand aside, kids: there's a new group of rock'n'rollers in town. Alexis Petridis looks at how the over-50s may just be the saviours of our troubled music industryThe Tunbridge Wells Assembly Hall is not the kind of venue that rock bands dream of pla... more info

Pop Matters — As Gran Torino breaks down the iconic Eastwood Movie, it recalls The Searchers, another timely evocation of collective wrongheadedness and terrible legacies. more info

Pop Matters — As Gran Torino breaks down the iconic Eastwood Movie, it recalls The Searchers, another timely evocation of collective wrongheadedness and terrible legacies. more info

People.com — "Pending DNA results, I believe our coroner's investigation is over," a sheriff's official says more info

Idolator — I've been a fan of Stop Smiling, the bimonthly out of Chicago with themed issues, multiple covers, a predilection for in-depth Q&A's, and some of the cleanest art design around, for a while now. Their newest offering is juicy: "The DC Issue," which ... more info

People.com — Searchers are trying to determine if the plane belongs to the missing adventurer more info