Guardian Music — Are the 44 best albums of the last decade really all made by white people? Is Outkast's B.O.B. really better than Crazy in Love?As the decade draws to an end, the English language seems to be trying to pull us back from the abyss of retrospective ind... more info

The Late Greats — The Family Straw is back from our vacation. It was super duper fun. Nice to get out of town for a while. Here is a song I got while away. A slow sultry number that will get you bobbing your head and beg you to sing along. Clarence Bucaro is drawing n... more info

Guardian Music — Thinking of leaking the new White Stripes album? Think again. There is a new law around these here parts that polices the net and turns in those who repeatedly infringe copyrightAs the Digital Britain consultation drew to a close this week, the hot t... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — TORONTO - With roughly three dozen studio albums under his belt, it took more than four decades for Van Morrison to return to one of his and rock music's landmarks. more info

Aquarium Drunkard — A highly talented singer-songwriter from Lowell, Massachusetts, Bob Martin released Midwest Farm Disaster in 1972 — a record that is generally acknowledged as his masterpiece and a genre benchmark. Martin’s voice is gravelly, weathered, soulful a... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Nine acts -- including Sting, Van Morrison and Little Richard -- have been added to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 25th-anniversary concerts taking place at Madison Square Garden, Oct. 29 and 30. Sting, Little Richard, Jackson Browne, James... more info

Rolling Stone — Sting, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jeff Beck, Van Morrison, Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt have been added to the already-impressive lineups taking the stage at New York’s Madison Square Garden for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 25th anniversary shows ne... more info

Dlisted — Richard Gere (60) Jeff Hardy (32) Sara Ramirez (34) Chris Tucker (37) Debbie Gibson (39) Queen Rania of Jordan (39) Gina Schock (52) Julie Brown (55) Marcia Clark (56) Van Morrison (64) more info

Totally Fuzzy — Walker said...U-Roy- Your Ace From Space- Treasure Isle recordings 1969-70thanks to Fuzzy http://burningaquarium.blogspot.comJohn said...cassandra wilson - dance to the drums againhttp://dormouseteapot.blogspot.comjohn said...gerry hemingway quintet ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Van Morrison @ Theater at MSG in Feb. 2009 (more by Eric M. Townsend) But over the years, [Astral Weeks] kept coming up. It was a perennial favorite in polls with titles like "What is the greatest album of all... more info