Associated Press — BAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) -- Billy Joel, who has championed the cause of Long Island, New York, fishermen in songs like "The Downeaster Alexa," is helping with the funeral expenses for a clam-digger whose body was found not far from the singer's mansio... more info

Buffalo News, New York — Saturday: Bernadette Peters. Oct. 11: “Play Ball! The Music of Sports”: The concert includes a video montage of some of Buffalo's great sports moments. Oct. 25: Pianist Michael Cavanaugh, the star of the Broadway Musical “Movin' Out,” prese... more info

Idolator — It's 7 a.m. here in Los Angeles, the news wires have been shocked into silence by the news that Britney Spears will try to become famous for something besides driving around this city, and I just hit Apple-Q when I meant to hit Apple-W, thus losing a... more info

Idolator — Far be it for me to call anyone lazy (I have a couple of editors who'd like to introduce me to the concept of a met deadline), but while it's certainly excellent that the Library of Congress is honoring Stevie Wonder with its second Gershwin Prize fo... more info

A Deeper Shade of Soul — I’ve been listening to the radio for the first time in years. Specifically, I’ve been playing New York’s new rock station, 101.9 WRXP. It’s a reasonably interesting concept – a mixture of classic rock and indie ro... more info

Dalston Oxfam Shop — This tape was loaned to me by good friends Josh & Tamara who do a lot of work with the Whoopee club. Josh told me that he doodled the image on the cassette cover himself.This is really really indie from the early 90s. Most of these artists never got ... more info

Dalston Oxfam Shop — This tape was loaned to me by good friends Josh & Tamara who do a lot of work with the Whoopee club. Josh told me that he doodled the image on the cassette cover himself.This is really really indie from the early 90s. Most of these artists never got ... more info

Dalston Oxfam Shop — This tape was loaned to me by good friends Josh & Tamara who do a lot of work with the Whoopee club. Josh told me that he doodled the image on the cassette cover himself.This is really really indie from the early 90s. Most of these artists never got ... more info

Dalston Oxfam Shop — This tape was loaned to me by good friends Josh & Tamara who do a lot of work with the Whoopee club. Josh told me that he doodled the image on the cassette cover himself.This is really really indie from the early 90s. Most of these artists never got ... more info

Dalston Oxfam Shop — This tape was loaned to me by good friends Josh & Tamara who do a lot of work with the Whoopee club. Josh told me that he doodled the image on the cassette cover himself.This is really really indie from the early 90s. Most of these artists never got ... more info