Guardian Music — From Jonathan Richman mourning his old corner shop to Gene Vincent heralding a 'brand new beat', here's what made our playlist of songs about the here and nowA new year, a new Readers Recommend curator (me) and a new theme: songs about modernity. Las... more info

NME — Julian tweets 'real' Strokes cover, Wino and Tony Bennett hook up – your music gossip stop more info

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Popeater — Filed under: Music News, WTF, Amy Winehouse Tony Bennett may have begun his career more than 60 years ago, but the octogenarian legend hasn't let time keep his style from evolving. The New York Post reports that Bennett is gearing up for a duet wi... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Tony Bennett is making plans to collaborate with troubled British singer Amy Winehouse. more info

ContactMusic — TONY BENNETT is making plans to collaborate with troubled British singer AMY WINEHOUSE.The Back To Black hitmaker, who is preparing to make her comeback this year (11), is a big fan of the music legend and was seen attending two of his shows when he ... more info

ContactMusic — LEANN RIMES, TONY BENNETT and guitar great JEFF BECK are to team up to pay tribute to BARBRA STREISAND at a pre-Grammy Awards concert.The trio will join Herbie Hancock, Diana Krall, Seal, Barry Manilow and the cast of Glee at the 2011 MusiCares Perso... more info

Guardian Music — Cult film-maker John Waters's collection of interviews and profiles of his personal heroes reveals a shameless narcissist who strikes creepy, perverse posesWanting to be notorious and also well-liked is an oddly forked ambition, but for 40 years now ... more info

CNN Showbiz — Larry King, America's interviewer-in-chief, ended his record-setting career as CNN's prime-time, talk-show host Thursday night with a serenade from Tony Bennett, a greeting from President Obama and a Larry King Day proclamation from California Gov. A... more info

ContactMusic — Crooner TONY BENNETT and his wife SUSAN BENEDETTO are to be honoured with the ASCAP Foundation Champion Award at the 15th annual prizegiving in New York on 8... more info