Guardian Music — Graham Parker turned out not to be the Kentish Bob Dylan, but those who heard him as punk's storm brewed knew he signalled something new for British musicBritish pop music in the mid-70s was flabby, overblown, overpraised, lazy. It was dominated by ... more info

Guardian Music — Barbican, LondonLondon has always given a warm welcome to Lambchop's country rhythms and skewed realism – and, as singer and guitarist Kurt Wagner takes in the awed crowd, it's clear the feeling is mutual. "A lot of cool stuff has happened on the s... more info

Stereogum — The Newport Folk Festival, the same storied event where Bob Dylan once terrorized Pete Seeger’s sensitive ears by plugging his guitar in, has transformed over the years into a slightly more banjo-friendly version of your average M.O.R. indie festiv... more info

Guardian Music — Here's one for the Leveson inquiry: the Salford bard's thoughts on the Daily Express For a while in the late 1970s John Cooper Clarke was a fixture on the new wave scene, impressively convincing punk rock crowds that what they really wanted to hear w... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Atlantic lists 10 fantastic novels with terrible endings. Paste lists the 20 best uses of Bob Dylan songs in film. Innocent Words interviews singer-songwriter Dar Williams about the influence of Greek mythology on her new album In The Time... more info

Guardian Music — Music news, reviews and discussion from the last seven daysIn the newsBrit awards and ITV apologise to Adele One Direction snubbed by Capital FM after Brits gaffe Blur to headline London Olympics closing concert Rihanna and Chris Brown release two ne... more info

411 Mania — From Eric Clapton's "Tears in Heaven" and Johnny Cash's "Ain't No Grave " to Bob Dylan's "Let Me Die In My Footsteps" and more, 411's C.A. Bell lists the top 10 songs to go with the five stages of grief! more info

Guardian Music — Light in the AtticPop's fading power to shock is thrown into stark relief by this compilation, conceived as the soundtrack to a new book of the same title that charts the black power struggles of the late 60s and early 70s. It's not as if anyone want... more info

Guardian Music — Koko, LondonNow that every MacBook is an Abbey Road studio you can destroy with one fumbled Frappuccino, it can seem as though 87% of Americans have become frazzled troubadours knocking out no-fi fuzz-folk albums in the hope of bagging the ultimate U... more info

Guardian Music — All property is theft. So why not steal someone's life, or someone's work, or someone's dress code?Every month, this column starts life as an impassioned plea that the new musical genre defined by Kanye West's 808s & Heartbreak and then developed by ... more info