Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Rocker-turned-actor Lenny Kravitz has reportedly been tapped to portray Marvin Gaye in filmmaker Julien Temple's forthcoming biopic. more info

ContactMusic — Rocker-turned-actor Lenny Kravitz has reportedly been tapped to portray Marvin Gaye in filmmaker Julien Temple's forthcoming biopic.The controversial... more info

411 Mania — About the last years of his life... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — T.I. at SXSW 2012 (more by Ryan Muir) Atlanta MC T.I. is prepping to release Trouble Man, his eighth studio album, before the end of the year. Though not named after the the excellent Marvin Gaye soundtrack of the same... more info

Time — As adults across the U.S. line up in polling stations and make their call on who should direct the next four years of the American symphony, we’ve put together an hour of (nonpartisan) songs that we hope will implore and inspire Americans to fulfil... more info

Time — The digital agency Engage teamed up with BuzzFeed to show what tastes in movies, music, TV shows and networks may reveal about how Americans vote. Engage’s app Trendsetter cross-referenced polling data and “likes” of these brands’ Facebook ... more info

Time — Turns out there’s a reason people listen to music in the bedroom—and it’s not just out of courtesy to roommates. A new study, conducted by internet-radio service Spotify and Dr. Daniel Müllensiefen, a director of the University of London’s p... more info

The Independent — The orchestrated pleadings of Marvin Gaye and the crescendo of Ravel’s Balero are the true sounds of seduction, a new study has confirmed. But there is no place for Bohemian Rhapsody in the bedroom, a music psychology expert has warned. more info

Guardian Music — Jazzie B and Caron Wheeler on how reggae violins, shuffling beats and an outstanding vocal made a 1980s club classicJazzie B, producer and rapperEverything about this single was magic. We weren't trying to follow any trend or fit into any category �... more info

Guardian Music — Under the Bridge, LondonNas's career has never been a model of consistency. Having been lauded as the best rapper in the world in the wake of his game-changing 1994 debut, Illmatic, the New Yorker has since seen his reputation yo-yo as he has tacked ... more info