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Rihanna's "Umbrella" has been covered dozens and dozens of times, and now U.K. outfit Passenger is throwing their own acoustic version in the mix.

Time for something a little different. Something very, very pretty.

Remember Young Love? He is that tall and lanky hipster kid from New York City who cranked out an excellent debut album after he was signed by none other than Jay Z to Island Def Jam Records during a hot Miami lunch date.

"We are going to do a bigger tour in the autumn, so we are going to play some pretty big venues and then we are going to release a DVD in October as well, so you are going to be able to see it and hear the entire show," Roisin Murphy tells me in an exclusive interview.

Before the talented Keri Hilson became a global chart sensation together with Timbaland and "The Way I Are," the Atlanta-based artist was mostly known as an R&B songwriter.

After chatting with Roisin Murphy at the EMI offices in London back in October, I caught up with the singer in New York late last week.

The Killers have commissioned British painter Paul Normansell to create the cover art for their forthcoming third album.

Uh Huh Her is the hotness. The emerging electro duo from Los Angeles combine lush vocal harmonies with multi-layered instrumentation and emotionally-charged melodies.

Katy Perry's pal David B. sheds a little bit more light about the reinvention of Katy Perry that I wrote about last week.

Does the world need another Amy Winehouse clone? In the case of newcomer Vassy the answer is a definite and loud yes.