Guardian Music — More than 100 years of British musical history extinguished after a sorry tale of greed, piracy, incompetence – and, even, records"I knew I was out of luck the day the music died," sang Don McLean, on American Pie, still available on EMI. It is a c... more info

Guardian Music — At least one working-class 18-year-old is prepared to make it in the music biz the old-fashioned way… with an acoustic guitar and the inspiration of Hendrix and DylanJake Bugg is just back from rehearsing for his appearance on Later with Jools Holl... more info

Popdose — Jake Bugg is barely eighteen years old and is set to release his debut album for Mercury Records later this year. The singer-songwriter hails from Nottingham, England. Bugg discovered his music calling after hearing a Don McLean song on a episode of ... more info

Guardian Music — Stanley Reynolds tries to give modern music a fair hearingFor a whole decade now we have been putting up with the loud and aggressive artistic pretensions of pop music and mainly - and especially if we did not want to seem too outre - we have sat qui... more info

Guardian Music — Veterans dominate this year as June Tabor and Oysterband win four prizes, including best album and folk singer of the yearBritish folk has enjoyed an exciting resurgence during the last few years, owing to younger artists brimming with energy and ima... more info

Starpulse — In 1972 the Watergate scandal hit the national scene, "The Godfather" ruled the movie box office and songs that dominated the radio airwaves included Don McLean's "American Pie," Stevie Wonder's "S... more info

Topix — Don McLean says "American Pie" was written in Philadelphia, not the upstate New York bar that has long laid claim to it. more info

NME - Festivals — Vote for the best performance at Glastonbury 2011 Where the hell did the last five days go? Last thing we knew we were heading down the 303, fresh-faced and hyped for Rastamouse, heading to the greatest festival on earth, and the next time we look... 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 — 3 February 1959: Number 4 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of rock musicBuddy Holly was very important to Britain; he was almost single-handedly responsible for the sound and look of the Mersey groups. He was a new kind of hero, and ... more info