News …
Huh? Yo-Yo Ma played to a tape during the inauguration? Say it isn't so - Associated Press
Should artists own their own record labels? - Times Online U.K.
Coachella rumors: Will Macca play the desert? - The Desert Sun
Singapore Airlines to offer iPod / iPhone docks - CNET Australia
Views …
3 Doors Down in Reading, Pennsylvania - "the most noticeable thing about the show was realizing how much these guys have ruled rock radio this decade." - The Reading Eagle
The Pussycat Dolls in the U.K. - " … spectacular, fast paced and great fun." - Birmingham Mail U.K.
Leonard Cohen in Auckland - "He cut a dapper, spry figure throughout, kneeling where the songs' entreaties or his musicians' solo turns demanded it, and skipping on and off stage as the encores mounted." - The New Zealand Herald
Jane Monheit in NYC - " … there were signs on Wednesday of an emerging thoughtfulness with regard to lyics." - The New York Times
Freddy Cole in Grand Rapids, Michigan - "Cole's understated but vitally accurate piano accompaniment complemented his singing with the right notes in the right spaces, neither in each other's way." - The Grand Rapids Press / MiLive.com
They Say It's Their Birthday … (Or so says Associated Press)
Jerry Lawson (The Persuasions) is 65
Anita Pointer is 61 (The Pointer Sisters)
Bill Cunningham is 59
Robin Zander (Cheap Trick) is 56
Anita Baker is 51
Earl Falconer (UB40) is 50
Marc Nelson is 38
Nick Harmer (Death Cab for Cutie) is 34