Guardian Music — A site 'signposting the highest quality new underground music'Who are you and what's your blog called?My name's James Ernesto Lang AKA Agent J. As well as teaching six-year-olds full time, I DJ, co-run a community hip-hop night called In the Loop, co... more info

Guardian Music — From Senegal, South Africa and Sudan, music to start the week"Halleluja." Ghanaian-Swiss OY breaks down hair politics over some church loop. Next: Ghanaian-Canadian singer-songwriter Kae Sun's 'Ship and The Globe', the debut single off his forthcomin... more info

Guardian Music — Honest Jon's RecordsDamon Albarn does supergroups as regularly as other people do the washing up. This year's ensemble includes Tony Allen, Flea, Erykah Badu, Fatoumata Diawara and the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble. Allen is the centre of the group: from t... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — 2012 has been a brutal year for those of us who love soul, jazz, funk and related music. In a short span of time, we’ve lost Jimmy Castor, Johnny Otis, Etta James and Don Cornelius (apologies to anyone I’ve overlooked). As tributes from musicians... more info

Guardian Music — Soul singer Bobby Womack reveals how a phone call from Gorillaz helped him rekindle his career, and TV presenter Jonathan Ross hails the unlikely cartoon groupThe roll-call of Gorillaz collaborators over the last decade includes Danger Mouse, Ibrahim... more info

Guardian Music — Barbican, LondonAs the video screens flashing up selections from their back catalogue make clear, there may be no more eclectic record label in Britain than Honest Jon's, best known in the rock world for Damon Albarn's patronage. His new band, Rocket... more info

Guardian Music — Led Bib, on tourTheir name came from the dentists' garment that protects customers from x-rays, but their listeners might feel they need something similar as protection from the broadsides of punk-jazz this collective unleash. Led Bib meld John Zorn ... more info

Guardian Music — The musician has named his new band with Flea and Tony Allen, which is making its debut in Cork tonight with songs from the new album due out next yearWith a debut album on the way next year, Damon Albarn has officially named his new band with Flea a... more info

Nialler9 — The Rhythm Weekender takes place this weekend in Cork and Dublin with a host of electronic, hip-hop and soul acts taking to various venues including Modeselektor, Hypnotic Brass Ensemble, Cut Chemist, Plaid, J.Rocc, Taylor McFerrin, Kush, Jacques Gre... more info

White Folks Get Crunk — File this one under “Dinner Music” Spottie Ottie (DJ Apt One Edit) by DJ Apt One more info