All About Jazz — By Nick DerisoThis song, taken from a brilliant album called "Tumbleweed Connection," is the reason why you have to hate Elton John's last period.John is never in half light any more—never so patient, so bravely remote, so note perfect. Back then... more info

Totally Fuzzy — swvccswvcc said... Madonna - Angel/Into the Groove 12" maxi-single (1983) [vinyl rip] Bananarama - Cruel Summer (Summer Dub) and Cairo (12", 1983) [vinyl rip] Eric Carmen - I Wanna Hear It From Your Lips (12", 1984) [vinyl rip] Guided By Voices - ... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — CALGARY - The word legend has been associated with Van Morrison for a long time now. more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Poor Van Morrison. He is by far the most prominent victim of the curse of high expectations in the history of the Edmonton Folk Music Festival. more info

All About Jazz — Writing about the songs of Van Morrison is rightly seen as something of a paradox. Perhaps that's because, for all his scholarly use of multiple musical styles and his references to Yeats and Joyce, the Belfast Cowboy's work is more sensual than it i... more info

Guardian Music — Versatile session man and house drummer at Ronnie Scott's clubRonnie Scott's jazz club has found some superb local candidates for the taxing task of drumming in its house band over the years – including the wilful Phil Seamen in the 1960s, the inno... more info

Guardian Music — Welsh singer set to knock Eminem off top spot with 40th studio album, Praise & Blame, but hints at collaboration with rapperIt's not unusual to be loved by anyone, as Wales' favourite crooner has been reminding us for a good 45 years. It is, on the o... more info

Guardian Music — Last week, we sweated over manual labour. Now let's all get lean and green with the pedal machineTinkle Tinkle! Mind out, mate! What's that? A red light? Ha, means nothing to me. Check me out! SQUISH.Yes, it's the mad, bad and dangerous world of bicy... more info

Guardian Music — Not many from the last 20 years, when pop poppets wouldn't know the meaning of the phrase, but we pick earthy songs from earthier timesFrom stage school to stardom via a year in a van – some of today's pop poppets have as much experience of life ou... more info

MTV.com News — Pastor and leader of Love Center Choir topped the charts from the '70s to the '90s.By James Montgomery Walter Hawkins Photo: Ilya Dreyvitser/ Wireimage Walter Hawkins, a Grammy-winning gospel singer, composer and pastor, died Sunday after a... more info