Guardian Music — Singer's former producer, Robin Millar, reveals an improbable route to global successShe's sold 50m records worldwide – almost half of them in the US – and has had a career spanning four decades, all of it on her own terms, while barely compromis... more info

ContactMusic — Simon Cowell has a Frank Sinatra shrine in his dressing room. The 51-year-old music mogul has been a fan of the legendary crooner since he was a teenager and he always insists on images of the late singer being prominently displayed in his... more info

ContactMusic — Jamie Cullum sang to Robert De Niro at the Cannes Film Festival last night (11. 05. 11). The jazz musician played a medley of Frank Sinatra's 'New York, New York' and Jay-Z and Alicia Keys' duet 'Empire State Of Mind' for the screen legend i... more info

Totally Fuzzy — This is one truly amazing and beautiful album. If you're sympathetic to so called New Age music as in Kitaro (whom she actually performed with) and Andreas Vollenweider, or if you can appreciate some world music occasionally, hell even if you apprec... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Carney is Leon Russell's third solo studio album, released in 1972. It peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 200 and was the first for Russell to contain a hit single - "Tightrope" b/w ""This Masquerade" - which reached number 11 on the Billboard ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Following its release on coloured 12” vinyl as part of the Record Store Day celebrations, Domino is happy to announce the full release of Franz Ferdinand – Covers EP on Monday the 2nd of May 2011, now available on CD & black vinyl for the first ... more info

Guardian Music — (Linn)Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett have been among Carol Kidd's admirers in the past, and she just goes on getting better. Along with the musicianship and vocal warmth, there is an unpretentious honesty about her approach that can bring even the mo... more info

ContactMusic — Christian Slater and Billy Joel formed a new lounge double act during a recent vacation after becoming celebrity friends. The actor had been performing Frank Sinatra numbers and standards with the house pianist in the remote restaurant he frequent... more info

Guardian Music — Rob Brydon stole the Ken Bruce Radio 2 show, while Bono stole slightly more from journalist Neil McCormick. . .A couple of good doppelganger moments on the weekend radio. . . First we had Rob Brydon being Ken Bruce (Radio 2, Friday) for the entire sh... more info

Guardian Music — By Victoria SegalListening to his mother provide an understanding ear to the customers in the family dress shop, the young Talese realised that "their pauses, their evasions" were as telling as the information and opinions they willingly offered up. ... more info