Five years to the day after the release of The Beatles in Mono a box set of the group’s monaurally mixed catalog through 1968 the band is issuing a vinyl version of the box set Although the quartet put out stereo versions of their albums concurrent with the mono ones… Source    

“As singers we all deal in pain” said Ray Charles “We’re all trying to push the pain through the music and make it sound pretty Jimmy Scott has more pain and prettiness in his voice than any singer anywhere” When Scott died on June 12th he left an extraordinary legacy of… Source    

At 72 the Queen of Soul has been a royal mostly in repose laying low over the past decade; canceled shows and reports of ill health haven’t been encouraging But with news of a major LP nearing completion Aretha Franklin’s two-night run at Radio City Music Hall in New York… Source    

Hip-Hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa’s records are the most important in the history of the genre; the patient zero whose breadth of genres influenced knowingly or not every subsequent DJ and hip-hop producer While Cornell University continues to digitally archive Bambaataa’s 40000+ record collection DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist will embark… Source    

In 2009 Pancake Mountain the alternative children’s television show that became a cult hit among adults for its performances by musicians such as Arcade Fire the White Stripes and Metric premiered on a local cable access show in Washington DC Starting today the show will return online with a new episode… Source    

Jay Z is changing the game again adding his spin to World Cup fever The rapper has contributed lines about soccer stars and Rio de Janeiro to “Jungle” the heavy-hitting anthem by British rocker Jamie N Commons and Brooklyn group X Ambassadors that accompanied the Beats by Dre Solo2 ad… Source    

“Weird Al” Yankovic will be back next month with his first new album in three years The veteran pop parodist announced over Twitter Saturday that the record will be released on July 15th after teasing the news with several hints of a “big important cryptic announcement coming” The final tweet… Source    

Ryan Seacrest was among the many colleagues and fans of Casey Kasem who paid tribute to the late radio icon on Sunday after Kasem’s daughter confirmed that he had died at the age of 82 Radio Legend Casey Kasem Dead at 82 “It’s a sad day for the broadcasting community and for… Source    

Björk’s Biophilia project is about to become an official component of education in some European schools The Guardian reports that the Biophilia Educational Program based on the Icelandic singer’s 2011 app album on the intersection of music and science will be officially adopted into the curriculum of several countries in… Source    

Casey Kasem the voice of pop radio for nearly four decades died Sunday at St Anthony’s Hospital near Seattle He was 82 His death was confirmed by his daughter Kerri in a Facebook post Jack White the Roots Phish Send Love Letters to Public Radio “Early this Father’s Day morning our dad Casey… Source