Guardian Music — Find out what this year's Mercury prize nominees told our writersAdele: 21Halfway through 2011, 21 is by far the world's bestselling album, with sales estimated at 8m – and Adele also leads the way in the singles market, with Rolling in the Deep ha... more info

Guardian Music — From Adele to Anna Calvi, Tinie Tempah to PJ Harvey, here are the nominees for this year's Mercury prize more info

Guardian Music — Previous winners PJ Harvey and Elbow also among 12 nominees for album of the yearShe has dominated the charts on both sides of the Atlantic this year, winning plaudits for her undeniable talent and unmanufactured style, and now Adele is in the runnin... more info

NME — Katy B, Anna Calvi, James Blake and Metronomy also up for £20,000 award more info

Guardian Music — The xx won it last year. Elbow won it in 2008. But in-between Speech Debelle picked up the Mercury prize, and what's happened to her?This week Alexis Petridis is joined by Rebecca Nicholson and Ruth Barnes. They look at the odds and try to predict wh... more info

NME - Festivals — How's that Beni hangover treating you? The Streets, Anna Calvi and Congotronics Vs Rockers all blew us away on Thursday - who did you enjoy? Let us know by commenting below. Right then, here's what you should do on Friday at Benicassim: 1. Watch ... more info

Guardian Music — Fans of Florence and the darkly dramatic will love the emotional bloodletting in the work of this Watford witchHometown: Watford.The lineup: Kyla La Grange (vocals, guitar).The background: We're always being told to go and catch such-and-such an act ... more info

Guardian Music — Even with her bootylicious, showpony body very much on display, Beyoncé's show became a huge feminist singalong"A girl, a woman, has not headlined in 20 years, so this is history for me," Beyoncé Knowles exclaimed mid-way through her heartstoppingl... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Anna Calvi's performance Live @ Glastonbury 2011. Enjoy it before it's gone.;) Read more » more info

The Music Fix — See her new video inside. more info