MVSW — Videos The Golden Filter ~ “White Nights” (mp3 download available for email addy here) Scala & Kolacny Brothers ~ “RainTears“ Atlantic/Pacific ~ “Some Weary Valentine“ mp3s John Legend & The Roots ~ “Wake Up”(Arcade Fire)(mp3 download... more info

All About Jazz — HERBIE HANCOCK'S "THE IMAGINE PROJECT" NOMINATED FOR THREE GRAMMY AWARDS INCLUDING BEST POP COLLABORATION WITH VOCALS, BEST IMPROVISED JAZZ SOLO AND BEST INSTRUMENTAL ARRANGEMENT ACCOMPANYING VOCALIST(S) Critically-acclaimed CD The Imagine Project r... more info

The Culture Of Me — HP is sponsoring an invite-only concert this coming Tuesday at the Highline Ballroom in New York City with John Legend and The Roots, and we've got a pair of tickets to give away to lucky fans. The show kicks off at 8pm and promises to be intense, an... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — John Legend & The Roots are certainly fans of Arcade Fire. They named their cover album after Arcade Fire’s concert closer, “Wake Up”. John Legend and The Roots oddly left the studio version out of the album, leaving us with only a video of the... more info

VH1 Blog — It’s that time of the year already! The 53rd annual Grammy nominations (for 2011) were announced last night and it’s safe to say that Eminem made a clean sweep popping up in 10 categories. Love the Way you Lie is up for Song and Record of the T... more info

Guardian Music — Hammersmith Apollo, London In the middle of the first tuition-fees protest in London, Sky News's wretched Kay Burley found herself improbably talking about drum'n'bass, or as she insisted on referring to it, "the drum and the bass". An enterprising s... more info

Guardian Music — (Blue Note)The follow-up to Cassandra Wilson's 2008 standards album Loverly, Silver Pony has an autobiographical spin, mixes the singer's familiar fascination for the blues with Lennon/McCartney, Stevie Wonder and three originals, and includes a duet... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Chris La Putt she played some songs on piano There were no guest appearances by Rick Ross, John Legend or Nicki Minaj, and Ivanka Trump wasn't tweeting from the balcony with Spike Lee, but there were a lot... more info

Stereogum — John Legend & The Roots released their covers album Wake Up! back in September. We posted live video of their Arcade Fire cover around the same time. The studio version didn’t end up making the album, though they kept the name for their collection ... more info

Mjsbigblog — The 2010 American Music Awards begin at 8 pm tonight on ABC. I’ll be live blogging the event right here. To check out the list of nominees click this link. Carrie Underwood, the only Idol nominated is up for Favorite Female Artist... more info