Guardian Music — Guy Garvey, Isaac Julien, Martha Wainwright and other artists give their top tips for unleashing your inner geniusGuy Garvey, musician• For fear of making us sound like the Waltons, my band [Elbow] are a huge source of inspiration for me. They're m... more info

Guardian Music — From interviews with Adele and Lady Gaga to memories of Amy Winehouse, here's 20 of the best of our Music features and videos from 2011Adele: the girl with the mighty mouthAs the London singer conquers both Britain and America with a smash-hit No 1 a... more info

Guardian Music — Station to devote whole day to vinyl format with guest presenters including Jarvis Cocker, Guy Garvey and Cerys MatthewsBBC Radio 6 Music is to make New Year's Day a vinyl-only day. Many BBC stations phased out the use of vinyl records in favour of C... more info

Guardian Music — How are ping-pong and violin-playing similar? If the tension at the starting line was a tune, what would it sound like? Tom Service talks to the musicians trying to bridge sport and art for 2012's Cultural OlympiadMusic and sport go together like …... more info

ContactMusic — Rockers Coldplay and Elbow are among the stars who have donated memorabilia to a charity auction The Yellow hitmakers have handed over a signed guitar and photographs to the eBay sale in aid of Mencap an organisation for those with learning difficult... more info

ContactMusic — Elbow Biffy Clyro and Noel Gallaghers High Flying Birds have joined the line up for the Isle of Wight Festival 2012 A host of new acts have been added to the bill for the festival which takes place on the island - just off the mainland of the UKs... more info

Guardian Music — Watch Elbow perform live at the Other Voices festival in Ireland more info

Guardian Music — Our music writers are currently picking their albums of the year. What would yours be?December is nearly upon us, bringing the inevitable blizzard of best-album-of-the-year lists. The Guardian will of course be participating; as you read this, an arm... more info

BBC 6 Music — Guy Garvey talks exclusively to 6 Music about writing the BBC's Olympic theme. more info

Gigwise — Vote for your favorite in the Gigwise poll... more info