If you've ever imagined how that wicked drum intro to M83's "Don't Save Us From the Flames" would sound on a timpani, save March 7 as date night with your favorite Molly Ringwald doppelgnger...

LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- The English Beat, formed in Birmingham, England in 1979, are celebrating their 30th anniversary with an action-packed 2009. Led by founding member, lead vocalist and songwriter Dave Wakeling, the band will be recording and touring extensively. The sparkling live show includes the band’s best-known originals, among them “Mirror in the Bathroom,” “Save It for Later,” “Stand Down Margaret” and “I Confess,” and their inspirational covers of “Tears of a Clown” and “Can't Get Used to Losing You,” as well as the hits Wakeling scored with ‘80s pop icons General Public, such as “Tenderness,” “Never You Done That” and “I'll Take You There.”...

Al Jarreau, Kevin Mahogany and The Godfathers of Groove, The Cyrus Chestnut Trio, Bonnie Bramlett and Vince Lewis will perform at The Grove Park Inn ASHEVILLE, N.C. (January, 2009) - The seventeenth annual "All That Jazz" weekend at The Grove Park Inn Resort and Spa will bring legendary jazz artists to Asheville, North Carolina, January 30 -31, for two days of concerts with seven-time GRAMMY award winner Al Jarreau, Down Beat magazine's "Male Vocalist Of The Year," Kevin Mahogany, Cyrus Chestnut, Bonnie Bramlett, Vince Lewis and many other notable artists...

ON A ‘STORMY’ PATH: “This is really all about Lena,” Leslie Uggams says. “I’m not doing a copy of Lena. There is only one Lena Horne. But I’m bringing the essence of Lena.” Both entertainers overcame racism and broke barriers for African Americans. Uggams is portraying Horne at the Pasadena Playhouse...

YouTube has refurbished the click-to-buy links that help sell music on their video site, Coolfer reports. The site’s new, cleaner overlay makes it easier for users to purchase music via iTunes or Amazon MP3. As evidenced by the still image from Beyonc’s “Single Ladies” above, the link pops up around the bottom of the video, but only for about 15-20 seconds. The new click-to-buy link is both less intrusive and more visible and “should help even more people take advantage of this program,” YouTube said in a blog entry...

There are a multitude of way to store clipping of interesting things you find on the web - - bookmark services like Delicious, clippings tools like Evernote and more. But one popular place to store your notes and bookmarks is headed to the garbage bin of the web. Google recently announced it will be shutting down its Google Notebook service. There are some other Google tools that can handle some aspects of Notebook, such as Google Bookmarks, the notes feature in Google Reader or even the new to-do and tasks lists in GMail. Unfortunately, however, none of the related tools quite cover the all of the same ground Google Notebook did...

Jazz legend Henry Grimes returned to the music world in 2003 after 35 years away, will perform with world renowned drummer Rashied Ali. Master jazz musician (acoustic bass, violin) HENRY GRIMES will perform with world renowned RASHIED ALI on Saturday, February 7, 2009 at 8 pm at Rutgers-Camden Walter K. Gordon Theater located at 3rd and Pearl Street, Camden, NJ at the base of the Ben Franklin Bridge. Free Parking in Lot 14 on 3rd Street. Tickets only $20. General Admission. Call 856-225-2700 or www.rutgerscamdenarts.org...

I honestly don't think we're bad people. Brian Roberts-- Comcast CEO Comcast appeared to be blocking file-sharing applications by creating fake data packets that interfered with trading sessions. The packets were cleverly disguised to look as if they were coming from the user, not the ISP. Robb Topolski couldn't stay awake. All he could manage was three hours at a stretch before passing out. At first, his doctors were baffled, though they would eventually diagnose his condition as a severe form of anemia. But for the time being, no one knew anything except that it was dangerous for Topolski to venture too far from his bed...

The 51st Annual Grammy Awards: 2009 And the Winner Is... Grammy Faceoff '09: Our A-list Panel Give the Lowdown on Who's Taking Home a Trophy on Music's Biggest Night

The Duke Ellington Jazz Festival was asked to provide a band for a private event for President-Elect Barack Obama and his family and friends. Members of Duke Ellington Jazz Festival Artistic Advisor Paquito D'Rivera's Quintet performed at the early dinner buffet on Sunday evening, January 18, at the Blair House, where the Obamas lived prior to moving into the White House on inauguration Day, January 20...