BOULDER, Colo., June 4 /PRNewswire/ -- elephantjournal.com: Joni Mitchell's painting of Buddhist teacher Chogyam Trungpa, "who saved me from cocaine abuse." For more, elephantjournal.com: http://www.elephantjournal.com/2010/05/joni-mitchell-a-song-for-chogyam-trungpa/ ~ elephantjournal.com: Pepsi

By Randy Lewis Carly Simon isn't the first name you would expect to find on a list of classic-rock superstars who keep tabs on "American Idol.""I tune in whenever I get a chance," she says in that signature dusky voice.

By Jim Harrington, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif. May 26--The Sonoma Jazz + festival offered more than its share of musical thrills over Memorial Day weekend.

By Elysa Gardner Reading Girls Like Us, Sheila Weller's juicy tri-ography of three very different women who helped define a creatively and socially charged era in pop music and culture, you can't help but be infected by the author's giddy enthusiasm for her subjects.

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