Guardian Music — Canada's equivalent of the Mercury prize also includes Feist, Cold Specks and Japandroids among othersDrake, Grimes and a Noh-theatre-inspired psych band are among the nominees for this year's Polaris prize, Canada's biggest music award. Ten albums h... more info

Metal Injection — The last time the Metal Masters got together it was the night after the Revolver Golden Gods Awards and there was a ton of jamming, including Pantera tunes and a surprise appearance by Geezer Butler for some Black Sabbath jammage. You can watch foota... more info

ContactMusic — Black Sabbath star Geezer Butler Tom Morello and actor Ewan Mcgregor are among the first wave of celebrities paying tribute to Deep Purple star Jon Lord who passed away on Monday 16Jul12 after suffering a pulmonary embolism Morello and MCGregor offer... more info

Guardian Music — Organist who infused Deep Purple with classical influences, helping to make them one of the world's biggest rock bands'We're as valid as anything by Beethoven," declared Jon Lord of his band, Deep Purple, in an interview with the New Musical Express... more info

Guardian Music — What's the world coming to when a teenage multimillionaire can't ride around in a Batmobile without being hounded by the paparazzi?Lost in Showbiz has long been a devotee of Justin Bieber, the 18-year-old singing sensation claimed by his mother to ha... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Late rocker Ronnie James Dio was considering retiring on his 70th birthday, according to his former Black Sabbath bandmate Geezer Butler. more info

ContactMusic — Late rocker Ronnie James Dio was considering retiring on his 70th birthday according to his former Black Sabbath bandmate Geezer Butler The musician who lost his battle with stomach cancer in 2010 would have marked the milestone on Tuesday 10Jul12 an... more info

Prefix — Zakk Wylde used to play guitar in Ozzy Osbourne's backing band, and now he's paying his former boss back in ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/ex-ozzy-guitarist-zakk-wylde-names-son-sabbath/66930/ more info

ContactMusic — Ozzy Osbourne is adamant he wants departed drummer Bill Ward to rejoin the Black Sabbath reunion insisting the rockers would welcome their bandmate back into the fold Ward walked out of the group just four days before its comeback show in its native ... more info

Guardian Music — Don't know your Afrobeats from your Europop? Find your way through the changing pop landscape with our handy A-Z guideListen to our Spotify playlist or watch on YouTubePop. Indie. Electronica. Soul. Do these words mean anything any more? Switch on th... more info