Reuters — LONDON (Reuters) - If you like the mellow sounds of jazz singer Norah Jones, you could well be what a new study calls "an empathizer" who responds to the emotions of others. more info

Stereogum — Keith Richards announced his first solo album in over 20 years early this month, the follow-up to 1992’s Main Offender. Crosseyed Heart will be out in September, and today Richards released its debut single “Trouble.” Richards worked with Norah... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Billie Joe Armstrong and Norah Jones at The Bowery Electric (photo by Matt Blank) Yesterday morning, Billie Joe Armstrong announced to his fan club that he'd play an intimate solo show in NYC that night. It turned out to be... more info

Stereogum — In 2013, Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong and Norah Jones put out a collaborative album called Foreverly, which was inspired by the Everly Brothers’ 1958 record Songs Our Daddy Taught Us. They never toured behind the album, but last night th... more info

Stereogum — Last night, the Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson was honored at a tribute concert held at the Fonda Theatre in Hollywood. Brian Fest aligns with the release of Wilson’s forthcoming 11th solo album, No Pier Pressure, which is due out early next month. An ... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Norah Jones, Heart’s Ann Wilson, Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne, Best Coast’s Bethany Cosentino, She & Him’s M. Ward, the Killers’ Brandon Flowers, Boz Scaggs and Devendra Banhart are among a cross-generational musical cast lined up to sal... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Not surprisingly given the honoree, a sense of mystery ran through the first 90 or so minutes of the annual Grammy-week MusiCares Person of the Year fundraising gala. As acts including Bonnie Raitt, Los Lobos, Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, Norah Jon... more info

Stereogum — Last night, Bob Dylan was honored with the Person Of The Year award at the 2015 MusiCares Gala. Jack White, Beck, Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, Willie Nelson, Crosby, Stills, & Nash, Sheryl Crow, Norah Jones, Alanis Morissette, and more performed Dy... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis photo:::Happyness @ Baby's All Right, CMJ 2014 (more by Amanda Hatfield) UK trio Happyness have signed with Bar None Records in the U.S. (and Moshi Moshi across the pond). Last year's terrific, underrated Weird Little Birthday will... more info

Stereogum — Happyness emerged with such a singular sound — a composite of several classic indie-rock strains topped off with Benji Compston’s unmistakable deadpan delivery — that it’s a trip hearing the London Band To Watch’s aesthetic applied to other... more info