Addict Music — Camp Bestival have announced Friendly Fires will be headlining the main stage on Sunday night of this year’s event! more info

NME — Example, Wurzels, Pete And The Pirates added to line-up more info

Altsounds — It’s all go at *Camp Bestival* HQ as *Rob da Bank* and crew gather together even more astounding line-up additions and head-turning treats for this year’s Lulworth Castle jaunt. Kicking off on *July 30th* and running until *August 1... more info

Guardian Music — Stereotyping folk musicians damages the reputation of a struggling but valuable form of musicChristian Koch lightheartedly listed the musical tastes of "the world's most evil men" (The guiltiest pleasures, 16 January). For instance, Osama bin Laden ... more info

Guardian Music — Roundhouse, LondonThe magazine Roots has played a key role in promoting folk, world music and the varied fusions of the new roots scene, and this brave, unexpectedly slick 30th-anniversary show managed to mix experiments, history and surprises, with ... more info

Roundhouse, LondonThe magazine Roots has played a key role in promoting folk, world music and the varied fusions of the new roots scene, and this brave, unexpectedly slick 30th-anniversary show managed to mix experiments, history and surprises, with ... more info

Guardian Music — This is just the tip of the iceberg of the financial reform we need to ensure we are never again forced to bail out the big banksIt has been just over a week since I declared that I would be withholding my tax payment due on 31 January in protest at ... more info

Scotsman.com — MUSICIAN Billy Bragg has announced he will step up his bid to stop "excessive" bonuses at the Royal Bank of Scotland with a speech in Hyde Park more info

Twangville — The late 1990’s may have been the golden era of alt. country. We had Son Volt’s Trace and Lucinda Williams’ Car Wheels on a Gravel Road. Steve Earle was having a post prison career renaissance, the Old 97’s were signing with a major label, ... more info

The Vinyl Villain — A wee cheat here......the sleeve above is that of the CD released in the USA. The UK version was red instead of green.....Yup, despite there being a few Billy Bragg compilations over the years, not to mention 2 x Boxsets, most of the tracks that he ... more info