Guardian Music — (Hear Music)After recent Fab Four nostalgia, Kisses on the Bottom may see anyone left arguing that Macca was the progressive, avant-garde Beatle gnashing their teeth. In a similar tradition to 1999's Run Devil Run album of rock'n'roll standards, it's... more info

Guardian Music — Be among the first to hear Paul McCartney's cheeky new albumThis is the album that Paul McCartney always wanted to make with the Beatles. It's his 15th solo LP – his first for almost five years – and comprises 12 cover versions of songs he grew u... more info

411 Mania — From the Rolling Stones' "Angie" and Eric Clapton's "Layla" to "Lola" by the Kinks, the Ramones' "Judy Is A Punk" and more, 411's Christopher Bell breaks down the top 10 songs about girls! more info

Guardian Music — The secret of Layla's greatness isn't just in the guitar line or the piano coda – it's in Tom Dowd's innovative productionLaunched into the stratosphere with arguably (or, in my opinion, indisputably) the greatest opening riff in the history of roc... more info

Here Comes The Flood — For me, it's about the music. I'm just the messenger, and I hope to do it as long as I live. Eric Clapton more info

Dlisted — "This is what beauty can be! Beauty celestial the best you'll agree..." are not only the lyrics to a Stephen Sondheim song, but those are also the words that fell from my head like rose petals on a silk pillow when these pictures of demure Irish... more info

Guardian Music — Going to see the Carpenters might have been a badge of shame – until they started playing and the magic beganThe Carpenters have never really been cool. Not now, not then, not ever. So on the day I went to see them at the London Palladium in Novemb... more info

The Independent — Eric Clapton proved himself no slow hand in the moneymaking stakes again last year as he took a salary of nearly £4m out of his music business. more info

411 Mania — Listen and see what you think... more info

ContactMusic — It was announced on Monday December 19 2011 that Paul Mccartney would return with his first studio album in five years on February 6 2012 The former Beatle has teamed up with Grammy Award-winning producer Tommy LiPuma to create a deeply personal jour... more info