Guardian Music — An RR a day helps you work, rest and playChocolate makes for a rich metaphor. It's sweet, it melts, it's velvety and smooth – it's the most sexual of sweet stuffs. Its colour, too, lends it resonance – though only in the hands of black artists. S... more info

Guardian Music — Shortly before his death last week, Jim Marshall, creator of the famous amplifier, gave his last interview to Alfred Hickling. He talked about his debt to Hendrix and Spinal Tap – and his final invention, the one-watt ampAt the Marshall amplifier f... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — British artist Sir Peter Blake has recreated the iconic album sleeve for The Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band on his 80th birthday."It's a cross I bear, it's an albatross I have to deal with," he says.It is a fairly stark, somewhat surpr... more info

Starpulse — Happy Birthday to: Cream guitarist Eric Clapton (1945) Actress Cassie Scerbo (1990) Actress Allie Gonino (1990) Singer Anna Nalick (1984) Actor Jason Dohring (1982) Jazz singer Norah Jones ... more info

Guardian Music — It's easy now to see that when rock and disco clashed, disco won. But records like this suggest we should have realised a whole lot earlier It happened earlier this month as I piloted a tiny rented car across Lanzarote, regaled by the awful playlist ... more info

Starpulse — Motor-mad rocker Eric Clapton has spent a staggering $4.8 million on a custom-made Ferrari to add to his collection. The British guitarist, a renowned car collector, teamed up with designers at th... more info

ContactMusic — Motor-mad rocker Eric Clapton has spent a staggering 4 8 million 3 million on a custom-made Ferrari to add to his collection The British guitarist a renowned car collector teamed up with designers at the Italian manufacturers Special Projects divis..... more info

The Independent — The maker of the legendary Fender guitar, plucked (and in some cases destroyed) by the likes of Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton, has filed formal plans to raise up to $200m (£126m) by floating in New York. more info

Guardian Music — Maker of legendary guitars strummed by Buddy Holly, Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton has filed flotation papers in New YorkFender Musical Instruments, the maker of legendary guitars strummed by the likes of Buddy Holly, Jimi Hendrix and Eric Clapton, ha... more info

Topix — Now something completely different: The Secret Policeman's Ball franchise, which in the '70s and '80s brought Monty Python comedians together with rock stars Pete Townshend, Eric Clapton and Sting in support of Amnesty International, arrives in the U... more info