Big Apple Music Scene — Weird confession: I find David Bowie endlessly fascinating. Somehow, over his long and impressive career, he's managed to make himself into something more than just a guy who happens to make really good music: He's actually become a concept. This is ... more info

Guardian Music — The former Roxy Music synth twiddler's fingerprints are all over hits by U2, Coldplay and David Bowie, but he's most fascinated by musicians who 'don't completely understand their territory'I'm bloody awful at multi-tasking," says Brian Eno as he sim... more info

Guardian Music — Vitriol, pride and self-pity are the main ingredients in Andy Kershaw's sad memoirI have personal experience of Andy Kershaw's absent off switch. In March 2008, during the period when, thanks to alcohol and the break-up of his relationship with the m... more info

Guardian Music — Fancy some crying-at-the-disco pop? Good, because this Gremlins-inspired band are experts at just thatWe featured a song by Bright Light Bright Light on the new music blog last year and we're such big fans of Rod Thomas' brand of crying-at-the-disco ... more info

Guardian Music — 'There was a time when I didn't like myself. I thought I was a cruel joke'Cee Lo Green, 36, was born Thomas Calloway in Atlanta, Georgia. After he was kicked out of school, his mother sent him to military academy. Later, he changed his name and becam... more info

Guardian Music — Bono and U2 in the firing line over alleged tax avoidance as Glastonbury festival aims to return to its radical rootsThe last time U2 played Glastonbury a low-flying aircraft towed an anti-CND banner past the newly-erected pyramid stage. It was 1982,... more info

Guardian Music — Former Mean Fiddler boss Vince Power prepares return to stock market with new venture that promotes Hop Farm and Benicàssim eventsThese days the done thing at festivals is to relive the past: golden oldies Paul Simon, Don McLean and BB King are amon... more info

Guardian Music — Along with Gayngs and Ariel Pink, Dan Bejar's Destroyer seem to be bringing back the high-gloss, sax-laden radio rock sound of the 80s. But it's not about ironyDan Bejar, the creative linchpin of Destroyer, is surprised. "I've been making records for... more info

ContactMusic — Cult British rocker Luke Haines has taken aim at Bono in his biting new memoir, slamming the U2 frontman for snubbing him backstage. The former Auteurs star was invited to play a show when David Bowie curated Britain's Meltdown festival in 2002 and r... more info

Guardian Music — Doctor Dee was a confidante of Elizabeth I, a mathematician and alchemist. Damon Albarn has written an opera about him and says the work has allowed him to express his patriotismIt's Tuesday morning in the mess of glass, metal and international retai... more info