Brooklyn Vegan — art by Marissa Paternoster of Screaming Females today in NYC * ASSSSCAT 3000 @ UCB * Allen Toussaint @ Joe's Pub * Zachary Cale, Steve Gunn @ Barbes * Neko Case, Lost in the Trees @ The Bell House *... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — the Hold Steady @ Sasquatch 2009 (more by Chris Graham) today in NYC * It Is It @ Pianos * ASSSSCAT 3000 @ UCB * Justin Bond @ Joe's Pub * Toshi Reagon @ Joe's Pub * Allen Toussaint @... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Children under 12 are half price for the five upcoming Allen Toussaint shows happening at Joe's Pub. Note the noon start time. Speaking of Joe's Pub, Melvin Van Peebles returns to the venue on January 27th with his group... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: Between the Notes In a better world, as James Brown once sang, 'Santa Claus Goes Straight to the Ghetto.' Sharon Jones, who was born in Brown's hometown, Augusta, Ga., grew up singing and dancing to the city's Soul Brother Number One. ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — DOWNLOAD: Charles Bradley - "The World (Is Going Up In Flames)" (MP3) Charles Bradley album art (reminds me of something...) Lotsa great funk and dancefloor grooves are coming to Southpaw and elsewhere for you old soul fans/45 collectors out there...... more info

USA Today Music — Aaron Neville is a 'Changed' man, and the top pick, with Allen Toussaint at the keyboards. Among the 10 intriguing tracks: 'Carmelita' by Adam ... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Thanks to a super-fine tip, I have been knee deep in this blog post, over at Versions Galore, comprised of 100+ covers of Allen Toussaint’s “Get Out Of My Life, Woman.” Whereas the name Jimmy Smith, and his backroom organ undertaking of the tun... more info

All About Jazz — By Nick Deriso For all of her wandering, Allen Toussaint remains this touchstone for New Orleans-born vocalist Christina Gaudet. But Gaudet doesn't let her lasting affinity for a hometown soul legend pigeonhole her wider ambitions on Solid, though ... more info

Cross Rhythms — Allen Toussaint working with Aaron Neville once again more info

Guardian Music — Cyndi Lauper doesn't just want to have fun these days: her new album uses the blues to explore our troubled times. She talks to Alfred HicklingThe ukulele is not an instrument you normally associate with the blues; nor is the blues section where you'... more info