Guardian Music — Soul-jazz singer who found fame with Back to BlackLeading a rock'n'roll life has proved fatal to many artists, but few of them could be considered as much of a loss to music as Amy Winehouse, who has been found dead at the age of 27, the cause not im... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonOn a Friday night in the mid-1960s, the most exciting place a teenager could be was in front of the TV watching seminal, swinging and lovably shambolic Ready Steady Go! Featuring new faces and big names beloved by the mod s... more info

Guardian Music — August 1963: Number 10 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of pop musicPop on TV in the mid-60s was the chaotic and brash Ready Steady Go! – the audience milled about the studio while cameras pushed through; artists performed from fou... more info

Guardian Music — Ready Steady Go!, the pioneering 60s pop show, takes to the stage as part of this year's Meltdown festival. Its producer Vicki Wickham recalls the impact – and fun – of the early yearsLike the Beatles' first LP and sexual intercourse, you might g... more info

Love And The Anger — Bobbie Gentry is my favorite new "old" country artist. She had a number one single in the 1970's with Ode to Billie Joe. She had a couple more albums that did not quite live up to that first single, or so the critics said. I had a hard time fi... more info

Guardian Music — Bucks Fizz's Cheryl Baker never misses Eurovision, while rock writer Charles Shaar Murray thinks it's a showcase for European culture at its worst. Susanna Rustin lets them argueTonight's 56th annual Eurovision song contest will see the kitsch and th... more info

Guardian Music — Singer with the Walker Brothers, one of the most popular bands of the 1960sWhile British groups were conquering the American pop charts in the mid-1960s, the American-born Walker Brothers were a three-man invasion of Britain. They were one of the mos... more info

Yahoo! Music UK — world entertainment news - Robin Gibb has hailed Dusty Springfield as the greatest female singer in modern history, insisting no artist can match the soul legend. more info

ContactMusic — Robin Gibb has hailed Dusty Springfield as the greatest female singer in modern history, insisting no artist can match the soul legend. The Bee Gees star unveiled a special plaque commemorating the Son of a Preacher Man hitmaker at her former home... more info

Detroit Free Press — Fab and feather-light, "Shout! The Mod Musical" is a swinging '60s London time capsule with a soundtrack heavy on Petula Clark, Dusty Springfield and Cilla Black. more info