Guardian Music — How could Bertrant Cantat, the singer who killed his partner, be allowed to feature on Amadou and Mariam's new album?I didn't want to have to write this piece, because I have been waiting to read it from someone else first. This didn't happen. I thou... more info

Guardian Music — Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs – the new king of the dancefloorTEED? Is that a golfing reference? Does he look like a golfer to you? He's Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs, an electronic musician who's been filling festival and club dancefloor... more info

Guardian Music — Music news, reviews and discussion from the last seven daysIn the newsSnoop Dogg records reggae album with Major LazerRoger Daltrey and Paul Weller consider collaborationEarl Scruggs, bluegrass banjo legend, dies aged 88Sonisphere 2012 festival is ca... more info

Guardian Music — The Sun says it's the most boring music video ever. We're more charitable about this Albarn loveliness It's hard to know whether the world really needs another side project from Damon Albarn, seeing as he's already in Blur, Rocket Juice & the Moon (w... more info

Gigwise — Listen to 'The Marvelous Dream', taken from Albarn's upcoming solo project more info

Gigwise — Hear 'The Marvelous Dream' from Albarn solo album more info

Guardian Music — Soul legend also being treated for pneumonia but remains 'very upbeat about his future', according to friend Bootsy CollinsOn the eve of his hotly anticipated comeback album, news has emerged that Bobby Womack has been diagnosed with colon cancer. Th... more info

Guardian Music — Hackney Empire, LondonIt's a bit of a caricature, but in the world of art, there are two types of practitioners: first, the artist who leaps from one subject to another, mixing media, restlessly looking for the next new thing. Then there are those wh... more info

Guardian Music — Graham Coxon on his new album A+E, Blur's Hyde Park Olympics gig and his reaction to last summer's riots'My default setting is nine years old," says Graham Coxon, 43, as he wolfs down a cheese and ham toastie in a Camden brasserie. And there is somet... more info

Guardian Music — Mike Skinner emerged from the Birmingham garage scene, a musician poet who captivated a generation of fans with his wit and honesty. Now he writes about those years – the binges, the feuds, the need for authenticity that would end in illness and... more info