Metalsucks — Check out the live debut of a killer new cover of the Robert Johnson classic. more info

Guardian Music — Koko, LondonThe story goes that 18-year-old Jake Bugg – born Jacob Kennedy – picked up an acoustic guitar a few years ago and found himself writing songs in the urban-troubadour mould of Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie, with a touch of skiffle madnes... more info

Guardian Music — He invented his own form of notation, and spent decades composing a jazz history of the civil rights movement. Ben Beaumont-Thomas meets an extraordinary musical pioneerIshmael Wadada Leo Smith bows his trumpet down into the mic as if in an act of pr... more info

Guardian Music — The magazine created by Mark Ellen and David Hepworth is to close. For its readers, this goes much deeper than just the loss of a decent monthly read …The Word magazine closure: Twitter reaction"Ever felt a magazine is written just for you?" That w... more info

Guardian Music — You only need eight seconds to make a guitar solo really burn. Someone should tell Eric ClaptonReading this on mobile? Click hereI've nothing against Eric Clapton; in fact my school satchel bore the blotchy felt-tip inscription "EC = God" for a few m... more info

Guardian Music — From Beethoven to Bright Eyes: last week was all about pop paying homage to past mastersLast week we called for your favourite pop songs that borrow from classical music. There may be few as weighty or profound as their classical antecedents, but the... more info

Here Comes The Flood — photo: Larry Dimarzio It was popular game among guitar geeks in the Eighties: who is the better guitar player? Steve Vai or Joe Satriani. Vai played with Zappa as his resident stunt guitarist, Satriani was far more prolific as a composer and scored ... more info

Gigwise — Robert Johnson's 101st birthday marked with new video - watch more info

Guardian Music — Released on 19 March 1962, Bob Dylan's debut remains a landmark of popular cultureA rollicking rush on guitar is followed by the line, "I don't know why I love you like I do", sung with something between a hollow laugh and a stab of pain; and after o... more info

Metalsucks — Earlier this week, The Blues Hall of Fame held an all-star benefit concert, dubbed “Robert Johnson at 100,” at the Apollo Theater here in New York. In case the title didn’t give it away, the concert featured a whole mess of cool artists — in... more info