Guardian Music — Sarkozy was about the past, and old France. Hollande seems to appreciate the role migrants can play in building the futureThroughout the French election campaign, as race and immigration became heated topics, many of my black and African French frien... more info

Guardian Music — A collaboration of African and western musicians, Africa Express is now headlining festivals and planning a huge train tour of the UK this year. Damon Albarn and Baaba Maal talk to Caspar Llewellyn Smith'It's always felt like a journey on an African... more info

Guardian Music — The musician, 58, on Senegal, smoking and following your dreamMy mother was a wise woman. She used to tell me to wake up every morning unafraid of life – she told me that life can be hard but goodness always prevails.I realised I had a voice at 10.... more info

Guardian Music — Event founded by Peter Gabriel to see other performances by Raghu Dixit and the Buena Vista Social ClubRobert Plant and his new band the Sensational Space Shifters will make their live debut as headliners of this year's Womad, as the festival celebra... more info

Guardian Music — Music is a serious issue for Suzanne Moore. She has introduced daughter Angel to Bob Dylan, the Sex Pistols and Billie Holiday. Then along came The X Factor. So what happened when they went to the semi-finals?I haven't bothered much with The X Facto... more info

Guardian Music — Our music team pick the songs or albums, old or new, they just can't turn offShirelles (pictured) Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? Banned on some US radio stations in 1960 for explicitly acknowledging that sex happens outside marriage, this Goffin-Ki... more info

Guardian Music — Charlton Park, WiltshireTen o'clock on Saturday night in a field in Wiltshire, and all concerns about Cameron's Britain, or jitters about the Test match, could cheerfully be forgotten.The sun had just set, festival favourite Baaba Maal was on stage a... more info

Guardian Music — 21 June 2009: Number 49 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of dance musicLong after the last chord, people were still crowding down the aisles of the Royal Festival Hall in London to get close to jazz's greatest surviving revolutionary... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Of Montreal (styled as of Montreal) is an indie pop/rock band from Athens, Georgia. It was founded by frontman Kevin Barnes in 1996. The band is one of the founding bands of the Elephant 6 collective. Throughout its existence of Montreal's musical s... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonPerhaps taking its cue from the US's recently revived, all-female festival Lilith Fair, comes the inaugural WOW (Women of the World) conference at London's Southbank centre. Alongside three days of discussions spanning the ... more info