Sheena Beaston — Every year around this time, San Francisco-based DJ couple, A Plus D, duke it out, fighting over which of the past year's mashups are good enough to make it on to their Best of Bootie album, an annual compilation mix of the year's best mashes.This se... more info

Reuters — NEW YORK (Reuters) - A music industry desperate for bankable superstars has all but anointed Alicia Keys as heir to the golden era of Motown, when Aretha Franklin, Smokey Robinson and others made it seem easy to pump out timeless R&B hits. more info

Topix — Van the Man and The Queen of Soul are headlining next year's New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. more info

AllHipHop — New Orleans rapper Juvenile and Canadian import Drake will share the stage with an all-star lineup of legendary Jazz and R&B artists during The 41st Annual Jazz Fest.   The rappers will perform alongside artists like Aretha Franklin, Van Morrison, ... more info

Detroit Free Press — NEW ORLEANS — Van the Man and The Queen of Soul are headlining next year's New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — NEW ORLEANS - Van the Man and The Queen of Soul are headlining next year's New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. more info

The Independent — Van Morrison and Aretha Franklin will perform at the 2010 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, along with Pearl Jam, Lionel Richie and actor Steve Martin, who plays banjo in his bluegrass group the Steep Canyon Rangers. The 41st annual event is s... more info

MTV.com News — 'I will show you the tears, fears and sweat,' singer promises.By Gil Kaufman R. Kelly Photo: Evan Agostini/ Getty Images In some ways, there isn't much we don't know about R. Kelly. Yet, the Chicago singer who has spent the past 20 years r... more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Legato/FilmMagicCross Lenny Kravitz off the list of potential singers to fill in for Steven Tyler as he takes his two-year hiatus from Aerosmith: The singer — who recently rocked with Aretha Franklin and celebrated the 20th anniversary of Le... more info

Reuters — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Shiny-nosed Rudolph proved the biggest draw on U.S. television Wednesday night as the 1964 animated "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" beat Grammy nominees Black Eyed Peas and Aretha Franklin at New York's Rockefeller Center Chr... more info