Black Kids are all right with blog buzz (Reuters)
Reuters - The first chapter of the Black Kids' story reads like an indie rock fairy tale.

Music retailer thrives serving captive audience (Reuters)
Reuters - As music retailers struggle to stay in business, a Los Angeles firm is doing nicely targeting a demographic that gets bigger every year -- prisoners.

Run's DMC Hospitalized (E! Online)

E! Online - Darryl McDanielsthe rap progenitor who put the DMC in Run-DMChas been admitted to a New Jersey hospital, where he is expected to undergo surgery to remove two major blood clots later today, publicist Tracey Miller confirmed to E! News.

Billboard single reviews: Carrie Underwood, Beck (Reuters)

Reuters - The fourth single from Carrie Underwood's double-platinum "Carnival Ride" finds the singer charting new territory.

Singer and radio star Jo Stafford dies at 90 (AP)

AP - Jo Stafford, the honey-voiced band singer who starred in radio and television and sold more than 25 million records with her ballads and folks songs, has died. She was 90.

Nelson, Marsalis an odd couple on album chart (Reuters)

Reuters - The left-of-center pairing of Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis finds the country and jazz icons cooking up some sweet music -- as well as notching career milestones on their respective belts.

Jonas Brothers' Video Music Awards Surprise (E! Online)

E! Online - The Jonas Brothers want their MTV. And MTV wants them.

Indie Acts Gear Up For Festival Season (Yahoo! Music)
Yahoo! Music - Rock festival season is underway, with Coachella and Bonnaroo already over, the Warped and Ozzfest tours traveling from coast to coast, and Chicago's Lollapalooza and New Jersey's All Points West events around the corner in early August.

Kiwi singer Brooke Fraser finally cracks U.S. charts (Reuters)
Reuters - New Zealand pop singer Brooke Fraser has cracked the U.S. charts with an album that has already been out almost two years in her homeland, thanks to a spot on iTunes' editors' picks list.

Enrique Iglesias unveils bold arena tour (Reuters)
Reuters - Co-headliners of different genres are no longer an oddity in the U.S. Latin market.