• On April 4th, recently created Sony BMG label Burgendy Records will release Sing Me Back Home by The New Orleans Social Club, a group that features Ivan Neville, Henry Butler and two founding members of The Meters, Leo Nocentelli and George Porter, Jr. (StarPulse)

• The New York Philharmonic has reached a three-year agreement with Universal Music Group. The two will release one CD per year and four digital albums per year. (Playbill Arts)

• The Flaming Lips' pop culture war.

• Prince's latest marketing stunt: Hiding in his upcoming CD special tickets that will get the ticketholder a private performance at his Minneapolis mansion. (Monsters and Critics)