Magnet Magazine — MAGNET’s A.D. Amorosi picks the best reissues/collections of the year 1) Joni Mitchell Archives — Volume 4: The Asylum Years (1976-1980) (Rhino)2) John Cale The Academy In Peril and Paris 1919 (Domino)3) Ray Charles Modern Sounds In Country And ... more info

Antimusic Rock — . Today, in celebration of what would've been his 94th birthday, Charles' own Tangerine Records is proud to announce five newly remastered albums more info

Magnet Magazine — Happy birthday Ray Charles. Genius loves company. Read Cortney Tidwell in MAGNET on Brother Ray: The post Happy Birthday Ray Charles appeared first on Magnet Magazine. more info

Antimusic Rock — Slash will visit the Ray Charles Terrace at the GRAMMY Museum for an evening discussing his latest album Orgy of the Damned more info

Antimusic Rock — Longtime Frank Zappa and Ray Charles bandmate Tom Fowler died earlier this month from complications of an aneurysm more info

New York Post — There’s a moment toward the end of “The Greatest Night in Pop” — the new Netflix documentary (premiering Monday) that goes inside the making of “We Are the World,” the historic 1985 charity single — where even Bob Dylan was intimidated ... more info

Stereogum — One night in January 1985, many of the biggest stars in pop history got together to record the same song at the same time. Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie had written a song called “We Are The World,” and it was slated to come out as a benef... more info

USA Today Music — Ray Charles, The Judds, Pete Drake and Eddie Bayers were inducted at an emotional Country Music Hall of Fame ceremony Sunday after Naomi Judd's death.           more info

New York Post — Ray Charles and The Judds joined the Country Music Hall of Fame on Sunday in a ceremony filled with tears, music and laughter, just a day after Naomi Judd died unexpectedly. more info

Stereogum — In 1961, a songwriter named Ray Charles -- not the famous Ray Charles, a different Ray Charles -- wrote a kids' novelty song called "Fifty Nifty United States" for the weekly variety show Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall. The song includes the names of ... more info