Guardian Music — (Island)The success of Jack Johnson and (non-surfing but Cornwall-affiliated) Newton Faulkner has created an inviting niche for beach-bum strummers. Ben Howard, 24, is more earnest and a touch artier than most. His acoustic style recalls Faulkner but... more info

ContactMusic — Jack Johnson has donated $30,000 (18,750) to help feed Africans caught up in the current famine crisis. The singer/songwriter has pledged $10,000 (6,250) to Unicef, Save the Children, and the World Food Programme, who are all working tirelessly to bo... more info

Impose Magazine — Zach Schwartz, a.k.a. Zach Rogue has been making music for the better part of the oughts with the Bay's Rogue Wave since the crash and burn fissure of Web 1.0. On a whim to indulge his inner tunesmith, he recorded a new project with some friends ... more info

Guardian Music — (14th Floor)After two albums of sweet simplicity, it's all change for amiable LA songwriter Joshua Radin. Or so it will seem to those who've heard his songs on Grey's Anatomy and American Idol and have taken to heart his small, intimate ruminations... more info

ContactMusic — A French festival concert due to feature singer/songwriter Jack Johnson as a headliner has been cancelled at the last minute due to strong winds. The Better Together hitmaker was in Provence for the gig, which is part of the ongoing 2011 Les Voix du ... more info

Topix — The mighty ukulele is making an underdog's comeback. Led by pop culture stars such as Taylor Swift, Eddie Vedder and Jack Johnson, the resurgence of the "uke," particularly among the younger generation, correlates with its sound - carefree, blissful ... more info

Guardian Music — (Dirty Hit Ltd)The title "singer-songwriter" brings to mind a multitude of horrors: James Blunt cooing about beauty, James Morrison crooning about "something", Jack Johnson wooing ladies with banana pancakes. Benjamin Francis Leftwich bravely reappro... more info

Guardian Music — One of the last of the rural deep south juke-joint bluesmenDuring the 1970s and early 80s, anyone in search of authentic juke-joint blues – the old, and disappearing, black music of the rural and small-town American south – was advised to go to M... more info

Perez Hilton — This is FANTASTIC! Check out this stripped down, lovely little cover of Lady GaGa's Hair by YouTube's Robbie Jay (above)! So cool! We imagine this is what the song would sound like if Jason Mraz or Jack Johnson sang it! What a faboosh little Monster... more info

NME — But Adele, Jack Johnson and Coldplay are the safest, according to new Halfords survey more info