Sweeping The Nation — Not including those million channels on Sky all of which loop the same smallish pool of Christmas videos... Saturday 14th December 12am TOTP2 Christmas (Gold)7.00pm TOTP2 Christmas (BBC4)There isn't a new compendium of the Corporation's seaso... more info

Nialler9 — BBC 6 Music radio presenter and former Catatonia singer Cerys Matthews will be in Dublin next week, September 24th at Liberty Hall in Dublin for an event centered around her new Penguin book Where the Wild Cooks Go exploring her love of food. Goes th... more info

Guardian Music — The singer and presenter talks about being a small fish in a big pond and running a mile a dayMy happiest day would be to find a meadow, light a fire and cook a big meal. I’d play my guitar or just listen to bird song. Music, food and good com... more info

Stereogum — Shane MacGowan, frontman of the legendary Irish punk band the Pogues, turned 60 years old on Christmas. And tonight, just after we lost one Irish music icon, a bunch of celebrities and musicians gathered to pay tribute to another. Nick Cave, Johnny D... more info

Nialler9 — The National Concert Hall will host a Shane MacGowan 60th Birthday Celebration on January 15th next year and a lot of famous people will be in attendance to participate including Shane MacGowan himself and: Nick Cave, Bobby Gillespie of Primal ... more info

Core News — “American singer-songwriter John Grant performs at the WOMAD festival this year. Today he hand picks some of his favourite music, including tracks from some of the artists appearing alongside him at the festival. Hear Cerys Matthews live from WOMAD... more info

Sky News — Among those stuck in queues is singer Cerys Matthews, who tweeted: "This is a once in a lifetime event. You are breaking hearts." more info

The Independent — Cerys Matthews has said the internet's impact on music and the rise of companies like Spotify is having a detrimental effect on young artists in the industry. more info

NME — The solo artist also presents on BBC Radio 6 Music more info

DrownedInSound — On 6th September 2013, the band made something of a reunion for a small audience of fans at BBC’s Maida Vale studios for an intimate chat with 6Music’s Cerys Matthews (LISTEN ONLINE HERE). All three surviving members, plus former tour manager Joh... more info