Guardian Music — The Unthanks singer on morris dancing as a child and a teenage fixation with Faith No MoreThe Unthanks are a traditional, though unique and idiosyncratic, folk outfit from Northumberland fronted by sisters Rachel and Becky Unthank and managed by Rach... more info

Guardian Music — (Rabblerouser)The distance between the Unthanks' Geordie folk canon and the songbooks of modern-day sophisticates Antony Hegarty and Robert Wyatt proves less than expected. The group's chamber folk – stately piano, string quartet, trumpet ̵... more info

Guardian Music — The director-turned-musician turns editor for this week's Film & MusicFive things we learnt from David Lynch's stint as editorSometimes a fish will tell you how it wants to be cookedThe block-and-tackle is a mysterious and powerful deviceDuran Duran ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Antony w/ an orchestra in 2010 (more by Richard Termine) This is awesome:The Museum of Modern Art has commissioned artist/musician Antony to conceive, produce, and perform a large-scale concert and performance event, Swanlights, with Antony and the J... more info

Guardian Music — Singer Antony Hegarty to perform at Radio City Hall with 60-piece symphony orchestra. And lasers …New York's Museum of Modern Art has commissioned a new multimedia work by Antony Hegarty, including a performance of some of Antony and the Johnso... more info

Guardian Music — Let England Shake is bookies' favourite for 20th Mercury prize, with King Creosote and Jon Hopkins emerging as dark horses• Listen to all the nominated albums and post your own reviews, and watch a series of exclusive performances in our studi... more info

Guardian Music — Pink Floyd lead an autumn of lavish box-set reissues, while Lykke Li and Tom Waits add a touch of the wild and warpedThe UnthanksChief among the Unthanks' multifarious talents – an array of skills that includes clog dancing – is their abi... more info

Guardian Music — From Feist, Björk and Laura Marling, to Noel Gallagher, Roots Manuva and Tom Waits – plus a promising debut by one David Lynch, director – our writers run you through the most anticipated releases of the seasonBJöRK: Biophilia(One Little ... more info

Guardian Music — Cornbury Park, OxfordshireLast weekend's first ever Wilderness festival transformed a nook of David Cameron's Oxfordshire constituency into a bohemian haven – less music festival, more holistic titillation. Billing itself as "a celebration of t... more info

Guardian Music — It takes years of training for opera singers to master their art. But would those skills help or hinder in singing pop songs? And what about the other way round?I remember hearing the great Malian singer Salif Keita for the first time in 1980. Joy Di... more info