Guardian Music — The time has come round again for this week's RR playlistAnother week, another Readers Recommend theme, regular as clockwork. Last week's call for songs about circles solicited some profoundly heady adventures into the subconscious and expressions of... more info

Guardian Music — Joy Orbison, LondonPeter O'Grady, the DJ and producer with arguably the dance world's best pseudonym, is someone having the best of both worlds. He's reassuringly underground (he says his influences include GG Allin and Martin Hannett) and he hasn't ... more info

Guardian Music — (Blue Note)A career on the saxophone with one of the most freethinking saxophonists in music history for a father has to be a tough call. Now 46, Ravi Coltrane, son of John, has often chosen to be a sympathetic sideman rather than the boss. But his B... more info

Metalsucks — I think I’ve said before that I’m pretty much over it with mash-ups — so take it as high praise that I’m posting this one of Metallica’s “Master of Puppets” with Herbie Hancock’s “Doin’ It” by Wax Audio. It really is amazing ho... more info

Guardian Music — Continuing our series of monthly columns, John Fordham picks out his musical milestones from the past few weeks. Tell us in the comments section below if there's things we've missed, plus what you'd like to see John covering in next month's column1) ... more info

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Guardian Music — Colston Hall, BristolWhen the British jazz scene hosts Americans, they tend to be big names playing big venues, or lesser-known artists dropping in for a night or two. Thanks to the energies of Michael Janisch – the brilliant American double-bassis... more info

Topix — The death of rock guitarist Ronnie Montrose, who formed an eponymous band in the 1970s and played with heavy hitters such as Van Morrison and Herbie Hancock, has been ruled a suicide. more info

Starpulse — Jazz legend Herbie Hancock is set to give fans an insight into his life by releasing his memoir. The veteran musician has enjoyed a stellar career as one of the pioneers of jazz, scooping a stagg... more info

ContactMusic — Jazz legend Herbie Hancock is set to give fans an insight into his life by releasing his memoir The veteran musician has enjoyed a stellar career as one of the pioneers of jazz scooping a staggering 14 Grammy Awards and even picking up an Oscar He... more info