Star Online, Malaysia — An America-Chinese composer offers an exotic melding of Javanese and classical Indian music – with a few hidden licks from Jimi Hendrix! more info

JamBase — WE LIGHT A CANDLE TO AN UNDER-SUNG MODERN GUITAR COWBOY Tomorrow is Mike McCready's 43rd birthday, and we're damn glad he's around. The Pearl Jam guitarist is a modern descendent of Hendrix, immersed in feel emboldened by technical flash with a das... more info

Chicago Sun-Times, IL — RENTON, Wash. -- The tiny, 900-square-foot house where Jimi Hendrix lived from ages 10 to 13 and first showed his love for music, was demolished last week. more info

MTV.com News — Rapper can't imagine hitting the stage without late DJ Jam Master Jay.By Jayson Rodriguez Run-DMC in the early 1980s Photo: Michael Ochs Archives/ Getty Images Run-DMC are set to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this weekend... more info

All About Jazz — Recording features 14 tracks, including cover of Dylan song Tears of Rage. A home recording by Jimi Hendrix, which its owners said showed the 1960s rock icons softer side, will be auctioned next month and is expected to fetch between $70,000 and $... more info

NME — Preservationists fail to save legendary guitarist's Seattle house more info

All About Jazz — Despite an eight-year, $100,000-plus effort by a Seattle real-estate investor, the house where Jimi Hendrix lived as a child in Seattle is gone. A home where Jimi Hendrix lived was moved to Hi-Land Mobile Manor in Renton by its owner, Pete Sikov. ... more info

All About Jazz — The Turtles' own Howard Kaylan wrote this reenactment of what happened when his band mates met their rock heroes. LOS ANGELES, Calif. — A slew of films about the British rock scene of the 1960s will make it to the marketplace this year. Beat... more info

Guardian Music — Despite the efforts of Seattle real-estate developers, the house in which the guitar legend discovered music has been torn downWith its peeling paint and boarded-up windows, Seattle authorities declared the shack on 4th Street, Renton, an "eyesore" t... more info

The Mirror — The US childhood home where rock star Jimi Hendrix is said to have first discovered music has been dismantled after eight years of preservation efforts failed. more info