Guardian Music — (Nonesuch)American pianist Brad Mehldau has explored many styles and partnerships since his emergence in the early 1990s, but most of his recordings have been for an acoustic trio – drummer Jeff Ballard joined bassist Larry Grenadier from 2005 – ... more info

Guardian Music — Back in 1970, Leonard Cohen, on tour for the first time, captivated 600,000 people at the historic Isle of Wight festival. Mark Seacombe, then a 15-year-old schoolboy, was one of them. Last weekend he went to hear him againFlashback to the August ban... more info

Here Comes The Flood — The Jimi Hendrix shows at De Doelen in Rotterdam, The Netherlands on September 13, 1970 never happened. Bass player Billy Cox was totally out of it and had been shipped back to the States. (Thanks: Susep) more info

Metalsucks — A Life Once Lost have released the Brian Baker-created album art for Ecstatic Trance, their first new album in five years, and it is frickin’ SWEET. For one thing, it doesn’t look anything like most metal album covers — if anything, it seems a... more info

Guardian Music — Former Golden Silvers man Gold is wrecking heads by filtering his Tender Metal album through the new Bronze technology. Confused? Wait until you hear it …The last time I felt so depressed about music, Fearne Cotton was thanking Devlin and Ed Sheera... more info

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KEXP Seattle — It’s time for Friday on My Mind. This is the weekly collaboration between KEXP and King 5 News where we look at videos centered around a common theme. Today’s theme is Pearl Jam’s Ten. Boeing, coffee, Nirvana, the Space Needle, Jimi Hendrix, ra... more info

Metalsucks — You may recall that last year there was a video game called Homefront, and that video game released a free download of its soundtrack, which features various well-known metal bands — including The Dillinger Escape Plan, As I Lay Dying, and Periphe... more info

Guardian Music — Norman's spacey music was a million miles away from the saccharin-fuelled puppets of Christian rockReading on mobile? Listen hereThere was a brief window in time when contemporary Christian music – Jesus Music, as was – was not only really popula... more info

Guardian Music — (ECM – 3 CDs)Norwegian guitarist Terje Rypdal played piano, sax, flute and trumpet as a child – early tone-colour insights that probably laid the foundations for an electric guitar sound somewhere between a flute, a violin and Jimi Hendrix. Aged ... more info