Guardian Music — Snoop puts the Dogg to bed after spiritual awakening in Jamaica, saying he wants to seek out new challengesSnoop Dogg is dead! Long live Snoop Lion!The rumors are true! Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr – aka Snoop Doggy Dogg aka the rap legend behind hit... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Wayne Rooney has revealed that Oasis, Bruce Springsteen and Cat Stevens - are among the singers who help fire him up for the big matches as he prepares to join the action at Euro 2012.The England striker has selected 11 tracks to get him in the goal-... more info

ContactMusic — Folk icon Richard Thompson is quietly hoping to collaborate with Yusuf Islam Fans are often puzzled why the two Brits and Muslim converts have never hit the studio together - and Thompson insists the music world should never rule out the idea Promo..... more info

The Telegraph — Razorlight, Cat Stevens and Eliza Doolittle join Jude Law for special Olympic concert at London's 02 Arena in a day to promote peace. more info

ContactMusic — Razorlight have joined the line up for the Peace One Day concert at Londons The O2 The Golden Touch rockers will appear alongside acts including Newton Faulkner Yusuf Cat Stevens Eliza Doolittle Youssou NDour Flawless and the English Nation... more info

Guardian Music — Barber's Adagio for Strings, Vaughan Williams and Springsteen top list crowdsourced by WYNC public radioNew York's public radio network faced an interesting challenge when contemplating how to fill the airwaves on the tenth anniversary of the World T... more info

Guardian Music — Bob Harris and guests look back on the legacy of one of the nation's best-loved music TV showsIt's a sign of how fondly this programme is held in the memories of music lovers: last night saw the start of 16 weeks of celebration for The Old Grey Wh... more info

Altsounds — *Jimmy Cliff* is best known among mainstream audiences for songs such as *"Sitting in Limbo,"* *"You Can Get It If You Really Want,"* and *"Many Rivers to Cross"* from the soundtrack to *The Harder They Come*, which helped popularize reggae across th... more info

Guardian Music — Band confirm they had permission to use Peter Allen and Adrienne Anderson's 1976 tune, I Go to Rio, for Every Teardrop Is a WaterfallColdplay have rejected claims that their new single borrows from a Euro house hit, explaining they paid the songwrite... more info

Guardian Music — Working in rock recording studios in the 60s and 70s was a test of stamina as much as skill. Island Records engineer Phill Brown recalls his eventful career in the control roomAs the house recording engineer at Island Records' studios in London durin... more info