ContactMusic — Soul legend Bobby Womack has revealed to the Bbc that he has beaten cancer but admitted he still had a long way to go In an interview the vocalist said that he reckoned the problems started when touring with Damon Albarns group Gorillaz for three mon... more info

Gigwise — Along with Michael Stipe, Tilda Swinton and Gorillaz more info

Aquarium Drunkard — When Damon Albarn solicited soul legend Bobby Womack to perform on Gorillaz’s 2010 album Plastic Beach, it became the start of something more than just those couple of tracks and the result is Womack’s first album of original material in 18 years... more info

Guardian Music — (XL)Artistic rehabilitations have been all the rage for nearly 20 years, ever since Rick Rubin gave Johnny Cash a stack of contemporary songs to cover. These earned the ailing Cash a last hurrah of relevance and prompted a wave of resuscitations, som... more info

Guardian Music — Be among the first to hear the brand new album from Bobby Womack, The Bravest Man in the UniverseIn his recent and at times mind-boggling interview with the Guardian's Alexis Petridis, the extraordinary Bobby Womack made the assertion that "bad as I ... more info

Guardian Music — Bobby Womack is so proud of his magnificent new album, The Bravest Man in the Universe, that nothing will stop him talking about it. Alexis Petridis gets an audience at the soul legend's hospital bedsideThe nurse attending Bobby Womack wears an expre... more info

KEXP Seattle — At this point, Damon Albarn has done just about everything. He established himself with Brit-rock band Blur, which will play at the London Olympics this year. He surprised everyone in the late 1990s with his trippy side project turn full-fledged arti... more info

ContactMusic — Damon Albarn is working on a solo album The singer - who has fronted Blur and Gorillaz - has just released his soundtrack album to his musical Dr Dee but is already looking to his next project which he will release under his own name He t... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Damon Albarn seems about as busy as a pop star can be. In March the frontman of both Blur and Gorillaz released “Rocket Juice & the Moon,” a trippy Afro-funk disc he made with drummer Tony Allen and Flea of the Red Hot Chili Peppers; next month w... more info

Gigwise — He says that artist Jamie Hewlett is not essential more info