Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Dana (Distortion) Yavin NY. yall treated a brother right last night at BB.Kings. We off to Canada now, but thanks for the love yall show us, the funk never forgets a good funkin'! Now that the Funkship is... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — On the Download interviews J. Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. At BlogHer, author Terry McMillan explains why she writes. The 2011 Bonnaroo downloads and streams page has been updated with links to videos of Bootsy Collins and Widespread Panic's sets. The... more info

Guardian Music — Psychedelic funk legend's comeback is derailed by arrest for cocaine possessionSly Stone has pleaded not guilty to cocaine possession. The 68-year-old funk genius was arrested on 1 April, when Los Angeles police allegedly found cocaine rocks secreted... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Brian Wilson played the Highline Ballroom [Sunday] night as part of its sister club's month-long Blue Note Jazz Festival, and though the two-set show featured his entire current Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin album of Gershwin standards, it wasn't ... more info

Chicago Tribune — 'Making something out of nothing' guides his creativityIt'd be audacious coming from just anybody else, but William "Bootsy" Collins named his new album "The Funk Capital of the World" (Mascot) knowing full well he could back up the claim. Everyone f... more info

Guardian Music — Rolling Stones guitarist may re-form side project following role in new Pirates of the Caribbean movieKeith Richards is working on a new album with his side-project, the X-Pensive Winos.The guitarist had been widely assumed to be regrouping with the ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The cover art of Derobert & The Half Truths' 2010 LP Nashville 60's throwbacks De Robert & The Half-Truths will play their first funkin' NYC show ever at the Dig Deeper event at Southpaw on April 30th with Magic in... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Bootsy Collins has called his new studio album a “musical biography,” and insomuch as it outlines the influences that helped shape the flamboyant singer-bassist's creative worldview, “Tha Funk Capital of the World” lives up to its billing: Th... more info

USA Today Music — Emmylou Harris' 'Hard Bargain' pays off. Plus: Steve Earle, Todd Rundgren, Bootsy Collins. more info

Guardian Music — (Mascot Records)Nine years on from Bootsy Collins's last new material, the P-Funk pioneer is back on a typically cosmic journey that sees him commemorating the past and energising the present. Opener Hip Hop @ Funk U is a fun-filled knees-up featurin... more info