MTV.com News — Supergroup will perform in London during 'Hope for Haiti' telethon, airing Friday at 8 p.m. ET/PT on MTV.By Gil Kaufman The Edge Photo: Mark Sullivan/ Getty Images A once-in-a-lifetime collaboration between Jay-Z and U2's Bono and The Edge... more info

MTV.com News — Bruce Springsteen, Coldplay, Alicia Keys and Christina Aguilera will also perform at the show, airing live Friday at 8 p.m. ET.By Gil Kaufman Jay-Z Photo: Dave M. Benett/ Getty Images Justin Timberlake, Coldplay, Alicia Keys, Bruce Springs... more info

Guardian Music — The big-voiced titan of silky soul, who died yesterday aged 59, deserves his place alongside the all-time greatsTeddy Pendergrass, the singer who inspired modern R&B lovermen from R Kelly to Raphael Siddiq, died yesterday, 13 January, at a hospital i... more info

All About Jazz — Keyboardist Reggie Thomas and his group will join forces with the East St. Louis Senior High School Jazz Band for a free concert in February celebrating Black History Month and the music of Stevie Wonder.The event will be presented by Jazz St. Louis ... more info

MTV.com News — 'People need lyrics and the warmth in live instruments and music to help them through their day,' she says of Stronger With Each Tear. By Shaheem Reid, with reporting by Tim Kash Photo: MTV News Mary J. Blige released Stronger With Each Tea... more info

Live Daily — In keeping with tradition, South African vocal group Ladysmith Black Mambazo [ tickets ] will return to the US later this month for an extensive two-month trek. The nine-man a cappella group will begin the outing with a Jan. 31 show in Ann Arbor, ... more info

All About Jazz — Jazz St. Louis has scheduled the next meeting of its CD Listening Club for 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 9 at Borders, 1519 S. Brentwood Blvd. in Brentwood.The featured CD for the February meeting will be Stevie Wonder's Songs In The Key of Life (pictu... more info

Stereogum — NAME: of Montreal PROGRESS REPORT: Prepping False Priest ("I'm back and forth between The Controller Sphere, and False Priest") the followup to Skeletal Lamping, out sometime in August or September. Engineered by Jon Brion (probably). Featuring cam... more info

The Music Fix — Feature: The Dead Formats guitarist, Glenn Wizik, talks about what 2010 holds, Stevie Wonder and The Jam. more info

All About Jazz — By Tad Hendrickson Covering jazz usually relegates me to covering small club gigs and jazz festivals. Yet there was Esperanza Spalding playing after President Obama's acceptance speech during the presentation ceremony of his Nobel Peace Prize. (Go... more info