Guardian Music — Former Beatle is awarded the French Legion of Honour, then takes train to London for show with the Africa Express collectiveSir Paul McCartney joined over 80 musicians from Africa and the UK and the US at a concert in London on Saturday night, perfor... more info

ContactMusic — Damon Albarn is having a 24 hour party touring the UK for his Africa Express shows The Blur singer - who is travelling with musicians including Carl Barat Jarvis Cocker Gruff Rhys and Eliza Dooli... more info

Prefix — Gruff Rhys is, again, a man on a quest. After successfully turning a Patagonia trip to locate his extended family ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/features/gruff-rhys/gruff-rhys-an-investigative-tour-to-find-a-lost-an/67753/ more info

ContactMusic — Richard Hawley Death in Vegas and Gruff Rhys have been added to the line-up for Festival No 6 They will join headliners New Order Primal Scream and Spiritualized at the luxury boutique festival held in Portmeirion Wales from September 14-16 P... more info

Guardian Music — Cate Le Bon, On tourShe's Welsh, and plays with him in the 80s-themed pop group Neon Neon. These, however, aren't the only affinities Cate Le Bon has with Gruff Rhys. Far more persuasively, Le Bon, like Rhys, is someone whose take on songwriting is s... more info

Gigwise — Gary Numan, Gruff Rhys and Kool and The Gang also join the line-up more info

Guardian Music — Spotify today launches a new feature enabling us to embed songs, albums and playlists directly on to our pages. Help us try it out and join our writers in recommending some tunesAre you on Spotify? If you are, from today you'll be able to listen to a... more info

Guardian Music — Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonTwo years after an attempt to close it was thwarted, BBC 6 Music is celebrating its 10th anniversary. It's fitting that it marks that landmark with a birthday gig featuring a host of artists who would struggle to find radi... more info

Guardian Music — It's getting hard to avoid the hotly tipped folky R&B of Lianne La Havas; following Bombay Bicycle Club supports she's at the Great Escape, The Apple Cart, Latitude, Bestival and Wilderness festivals, and in between she's just announced a solo tour (... more info

BBC 6 Music — Orbital, Laura Marling and Gruff Rhys will join the party more info