Reuters — LONDON (Reuters) - A charity album featuring hits from the likes of Lady Gaga, Bob Dylan and Madonna has raised $5 million for the victims of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, the record labels involved said on Wednesday. more info

Totally Fuzzy — Bluegrass prodigy Sarah Jarosz's follow-up to 2009's Song Up In Her Head will be released on May 17. Music is just in her blood. That's what Sarah Jarosz says when she explains why she became a musician. There wasn't necessarily a day where she ... more info

The Telegraph — Bob Dylan talks to the Telegraph's Mick Brown in 1984 about why people didn't understand what he was trying to do. more info

Totally Fuzzy — Jason Collett is a Toronto based singer-songwriter. He is a member of Broken Social Scene but also tours on his own, having released four solo CDs. His latest album, Rat a Tat Tat, was released in March, 2010. He recently joined forces with fellow ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — From my SoundCloud inbox... "Hello, My name is Tei. I'm a Korean Native - Nu Disco with a hint of Shoegaze kinda guy - who likes to make music, and share it :) I've found some great music through your blog and I would like to thank you for that. ... more info

Guardian Music — (Capitol/EMI)Not so long ago, it seemed as though the Beastie Boys might end up gently gentrifying away from frontline rapping. Well into their 40s, successful beyond their teenage punk rock dreams, they had families and interests to pursue other tha... more info

Guardian Music — This year's bands will hope to walk in the footsteps of festival alumni Mumford & Sons and Amy WinehouseIts early days amounted to a gaggle of obscure indie kids playing to beer-soaked youngsters in pub back rooms, but Saturday will see a rather mor... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Matt Hires (born August 5, 1985) is an American singer-songwriter from Tampa, Florida. Drawing inspiration from influences as disparate as The Band, Sufjan Stevens, Wilco and Ryan Adams, Matt became the first artist to sign with F-Stop Music, an im... more info

The Telegraph — 'You've been with the professors / And they've all liked your looks... / something is happening here / But you don't know what it is / Do you, Mister Jones?' ('Ballad of a Thin Man'). Dylan's distrust of academic pretensions won't discourage those at... more info

Totally Fuzzy — The Sore Losers (Hasselt, Belgium) melted their love for rock, country, blues, folk and garage into a sound very much their own. Rumour has it comparisons with The Raconteurs, The Rolling Stones, Reigning Sound and more fascinating folks are plent... more info