Guardian Music — Three festivals ago, New York theatre group TEAM attempted to tell the story of the American south through the prism of Gone With the Wind, in an ambitious (and sometimes baffling) piece called Architecting. This year, they have set their sights on t... more info

NME — But there's no place for Michael Jackson, Madonna or Elvis Presley in top 100 more info

Scotsman.com — STARS including Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson and Madonna all failed to get a single song in a top 100 Desert Island Discs playlist chosen by listeners to the show. more info

Guardian Music — Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley and Madonna fail to make it into Radio 4 listeners' top choices for Desert island DiscsElvis Presley, Michael Jackson and Madonna failed to get one song onto a top 100 Desert Island Discs playlist chosen by listeners to... more info

Perez Hilton — Across the pond, Adele is breaking some BIG records. Her sweet 21 is the longest running #1 album in 40 years . With 18 weeks in the top spot throne, she joins the cool kids club with The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Simon and Garfunkel, and the Bee Gees... more info

Guardian Music — Forty years have passed since the US Government declared a "war on drugs". Here we plunder the archives for coverage of the controversial policy by our own reporters.1970sOn 18th June 1971 Richard Nixon declared a 'war on drugs', stating that the dru... more info

ContactMusic — Elvis Presley has become the latest star to be turned into a comic book character. The legendary singer will be immortalised in Graphic Elvis, a limited edition comic created by Liquid Comics and Elvis Presley Enterprises to commemorate the 35th anni... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Music journalist Chet Flippo tells a fascinating story about the embattled publishing mogul's role in the waning days of the King's life. more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Rupert Murdoch's role in Elvis Presley's final days more info

Guardian Music — You can try any number of tricks but even the best songwriters don't know how they do it, as a new BBC2 show provesHow do you write a hit song? Through the decades, many books have been written on the subject – usually by people who aren't songwrit... more info