Guardian Music — Jazz genius Ornette Coleman will curate this year's Meltdown Festival, and it's set to be even more eclectic than usual. Neil Spencer spoke to himThe annual musical binge that is Southbank's Meltdown Festival has taken on a decidedly chi-chi quality... more info

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS - These three rocking 13 and 14-year old girls (Sophie, Izzy, and Jena) put together a punk band, naming Patti Smith and The Ramones as their influences (good taste, huh?) And their name, CARE BEARS on FIRE, says... more info

The Red Radio — The music of R.E.M. was celebrated last night in a tribute show at NYC's Carnegie Hall. Calexico took the role of the house band for the evening while Kristen Hersh, The Apples In Stereo, The Feelies, Fink, Marshall Crenshaw, and... more info

Rolling Stone — A wide assortment bands and singers including Patti Smith, Kimya Dawson, the Feelies and Darius Rucker turned out at New York’s famed Carnegie Hall last night to pay tribute to R.E.M. by reinterpreting songs from the band’s back catalog before th... more info

ContactMusic — Rockers PATTI SMITH, GLEN HANSARD and BOB MOULD will headline a tribute concert in honour of R.E.M. in New York next week (11Mar09). The singers are among a host of ... more info

Guardian Music — Robert Smith trades on past glories while the Franz boys stay perky and White Lies peddle hip gloom"Godlike Genius" is a slippery thing. These days the recipient of NME's annual award for services to tinnitus must be able to headline the O2 Arena. Th... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Shannon McClean Does Rufus Wainwright ever just play a show at a club? Like, 60 minutes onstage plus an "April Fools" encore and two opening acts? It seems like that guy's always staging operas or painstakingly recreating Judy Garland conc... more info

Idolator — The one-sentence summary of this story—"Slovak pop singer rips off Alanis Morissette"—doesn't really capture the full picture here. Oh sure, it's funny because hey, you can already buy ripoff versions of Western movies and CDs in Eastern European... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Redtelephone66 said...Various Artists "CTV's After Four" (1968 Lp)http://redtelephone66.blogspot.comThe Grumpy Philosopher said...URL: http://jeastoonlife.blogspot.comThe Mix:1. "Pied Piper," Run-DMC, Raising Hell2. "Raising the Flag," X Clan, To the... more info

All About Jazz — Event features performances by 8 musicians who are also top scientists and academics in fields ranging from neuroscience to environmentalism; former Patti Smith guitarist Lenny Kaye to headline and variety show dance star Anna Copa Cabanna will emcee... more info