Right this second - from Brooklyn to Brisbane, Capetown to Kansas City - they’re making new noise. It’s the hip-hop-adelic-roots-reggae-rock-tronica-pop-jazz of the moment.

Legendary tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins performs in Seoul for the first time in May. The 77-year-old jazz artist is expected to dazzle audiences with two exciting concerts at the LG Arts Center on May 23 and 25.

Billboard has reported that Steely Dan principal Walter Becker plans to release his first solo album in 14 years by early June, and says he may hit the road to promote it later in the year.

My great friend confidante and man-about-the-universe Andrew Hirsamboon commissioned an interview with a musician here in town who slipped the Jungle radar.

Bit of a job keeping up with all the news of who’s doing what to whom in the world of own rock and roll but thankfully we have our very own music biz CNN…CLICK HERE AND READ ALLABOUT IT

Some of Denmark’s finest guitar FX ex-stock here in Thailand and much much more….

It beggars belief the depths the Blessed Ones ‘aspire’ to in the name of fame.

RedGorilla Music Fest, Austin, TX, March 11-16, 2008

Just wanted to let you know that Jungle-sponsored act Billy The Mountain will be the Country featured artist at Noisehead tomorrow 12/28.

Yoko Ono rang in her 75th birthday February 18th in New York City at Joe’s Pub.

More than ever, bands must be able to manage themselves. The age of lavish label advances and indulgent A&R hand-holding is over. Upheaval and stress in the industry means diminished tolerance for chaotic behaviour among band members. There is less money available to clean up the messes created by out-of-control artists

For electric guitar players of every description - shredders and jazzers alike and every style in between - there is a special date for your calendar when the first Mango Dust Tone Lab is held at Tokyo Joe’s on Sukhumvit Soi 26 from 2 pm until 5 pm Sunday November