Mercury News, California — Highlights of the festival, set for Oct. 5-7, include the Civil Wars, the Chieftains, Patti Smith, Elvis Costello more info

Consequence of Sound — Elvis Costello, Patti Smith, Conor Oberst, The Chieftains, and more. more info

Here Comes The Flood — After two years of hard work, Chicago quintet Train Company have finished their The Remains Of An Effort album. There is a bit of Elvis Costello inspired rock (City Down By The Shoreline, Still Can Feel The Heat), electric blues (Myself In Two), jo... more info

Guardian Music — (Culture Clash)This celebration of the capital for the Cultural Olympiad presents a slew of local acts with multiculti versions of classic songs; an Ethiopian translation of Lily Allen's LDN, say, and a flamenco take on Elvis Costello's Chelsea. The ... more info

Guardian Music — AL Kennedy's Love Love Love Like the Beatles restores Miranda Sawyer's faith in radio dramaLove Love Love Like the Beatles (R4) | iPlayerIs It Worth It? (R2) | iPlayer6-Love-6 (5 Live) | iPlayerThis is a column for a Sunday paper, designed to be abso... more info

78s — Den kommenden Wochenstart versüsst 78s zwei Lesern mit gratis Karten für das Konzert von Jonathan Wilson in Zürich. Der Ausnahmegitarrist Johnathan Wilson tourte mit Elvis Costello, Erykah Badu und Gary Louise. Jetzt teilt das Multitalent die Büh... more info

Guardian Music — An analysis and exploration of Elvis Costello and Clive Langer's exquisite song Shipbuilding showcased its timeless powerIt takes a big song to fill an hour's programming dedicated to it but Shipbuilding – written by Elvis Costello and Clive Langer... more info

Guardian Music — From Devo to the Zutons, we expose your songs with deep and dark desiresLast week's call for songs about secrets brought forth a host of suggestions of forgotten and obscure music as you opened your closet doors and got the tunes out in the open.Afte... more info

Guardian Music — Last week, we invited readers to put questions to the artist, musician, film-maker and activist. Here's what she had to sayLast week, we asked you to put your questions to Yoko Ono. Here are her exclusive answers, as part of her week-long Guardian di... more info

Guardian Music — Is there really a market for this female duo's prettily melodic pop with a punch? Yes, if 4m YouTube hits is anything to go byHometown: Hamburg, Germany.The lineup: Valeska Steiner and Sonja Milena Glass.The background: There's a k-pop group called B... more info