Altsounds — Artists and songwriters including Katy Perry, The Beatles, David Bowie, The Beach Boys, Iron Maiden, Gorillaz, Sting, David Gilmour and Tinie Tempah have donated exclusive personal items and memorabilia to the second phase of the EMI family's char... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Fans of Lost are basically stuck waiting until that fabled Michael Emerson and Terry O'Quinn buddy series materializes. But in the meantime, this adorable video of Ingrid Michaelson changing the lyrics to the Beatles "Ob-la-di Ob-la-da" to be about L... more info

Guardian Music — Yoko Ono gives permission for first collection of late Beatle's correspondence to be printedJohn Lennon's previously unpublished letters will finally appear in print. Yoko Ono, Lennon's widow, has agreed to help compile a collection of the singer's c... more info

ContactMusic — Legendary rock stars including Kiss, Billy Joel, and The Cure are reportedly set to contribute versions of songs by Sir Paul Mccartney for a new covers album. The Beatles star is planning to put together a compilation of his best-known tracks as..... more info

Totally Fuzzy — (Photo Jimmy Katz/Courtesy of Nonesuch Records) James Farm's self-titled debut — out April 26 2011 on Nonesuch Records. James Farm is the newish band featuring saxophonist Joshua Redman, pianist Aaron Parks, bassist Matt Penman and drummer Eric... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Radio Free Wohlman said... Transmission 4111 One musical door leads to another. Crack open your mind and jam with Mother Superior, Dwight Twilley, The Beatles, John Cale, Motorpycho, James Blood Ulmer/Bill Laswell/Ronald Shannon Jackson and Eric Burd... more info

ContactMusic — The Beatles' first recording contract is expected to fetch at least $80,000 (50,000) when it is put up for grabs at auction. The seven-page document contains the signatures of the band's original line-up, including John W. Lennon, James Paul... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Omaha World-Herald lists the best baseball songs ever. The Independent profiles Artemis Fowl author Eoin Colfer. He pauses. "But I think what helped me more was that Artemis became the anti-Harry Potter. If JK was the Beatles, I was... more info

USA Today Music — Everything budding entrepreneurs and venture capitalists need to know, they can learn from The Beatles. more info

NME — Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison signed the document in Hamburg more info