Guardian Music — Guitarist will tell his life story 'to help readers discover the sanctity, grace, and divinity in themselves'Carlos Santana has joined the parade of musicians writing their memoirs. The Grammy award-winning guitarist will publish his autobiography in... more info

ContactMusic — Rock legend Eric Clapton is set to bank as much as 19 million 11 88 million after putting an abstract painting by German artist Gerhard Richter up for sale The singer and avid art collector is offloading a piece called Abstraktes Bild 809-4 and auct.... more info

Guardian Music — Colin Smith witnesses beat group the Blossom Toes take their subversive 'Asian jazz' to CzechoslovakiaIn the dressing room after the concert in Prague, a couple of Czech teenagers drift up to the British beat group and ask for hashish. The group, th... more info

Guardian Music — From the Clash to Boy George to Ian Dury, musical creativity and squat culture are inseparable – which is why this new law is such a bad ideaThis weekend a new law came into force that makes squatting – the occupation of empty buildings by otherw... more info

Guardian Music — Leader of the Grateful Dead passes away of natural causes in a drug and alcohol rehabilitation centreJerry Garcia, leader of The Grateful Dead, the ultimate San Francisco hippie band, was found dead yesterday in a drug and alcohol rehabilitation cent... more info

Guardian Music — Danny Boyle's track selections for the Olympics opener ranged from the Sex Pistols to Elgar, and all points in betweenA wide variety of different British musical styles provided the soundtrack to the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympics.Here ... more info

Guardian Music — Most of the artists on a new Fleetwood Mac tribute compilation are a million miles away from capturing the band's pure emotionFleetwood Mac memory No 1: I'm in a job interview for a hot, new indie music magazine. The editor asks which CDs I've bought... more info

Starpulse — Jimi Hendrix has seen off competition from a string of Brits to top a new Greatest Guitarists poll. The rock legend landed at number one on the Rolling Stone list ahead of Eric Clapton, Jimmy Pag... more info

ContactMusic — Jimi Hendrix has seen off competition from a string of Brits to top a new Greatest Guitarists poll The rock legend landed at number one on the Rolling Stone list ahead of Eric Clapton Jimmy Page Keith Richards and Jeff Beck who make up the top five b... more info

The Newsroom — An Eric Clapton guitar, Michael Jackson jacket and photographs of Marilyn Monroe feature in a celebrity memorabilia auction in Buenos Aires. more info