Popdose — It's a rare but welcome event for Ken Shane when Jimmy Webb releases a new album. more info

Guardian Music — In one memorable line in MacArthur Park, Richard Harris sang of being pressed in love's hot fevered iron like a striped pair of pantsDriving through the US last year, I became a touch obsessed with a run of stations I found on the car radio, each pla... more info

Guardian Music — Former Beatle to receive prestigious award at event featuring Stevie Wonder, Jack White and, er, the Jonas BrothersPaul McCartney is to receive one of the United States' most important music awards, the Gershwin prize for popular song. Stevie Wonder,... more info

Guardian Music — Fans of all things innocent and bright will love this blend of 60s baroque, luscious harmony and sunshine popHometown: Bournemouth.The lineup: Dan Solo (Omnichord), Miles Copeland (Sea Organ), Shawn Lee (vocals, guitar).The background: For some, incl... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Capt. Willard said... ERIC CLAPTON'S Rainbow Concert (1973) Clapton's live return from two year exile, with Pete Townshend, Ronnie Wood, Stevie Winwood, Jim Capaldi, Rebop and others. We're posting off the shelf live stuff all week. Listen Before You... more info

All About Jazz — There are very few songwriters who have enjoyed careers as storied as Jimmy Webb. For more than 40 years he's been sending songs up the pop charts, creating stars along the way. My own appreciation of Webb began with the Richard Harris recording of W... more info

Popdose — The 5th Dimension had their first hit with Jimmy Webb's "Up, Up, and Away." When the time came for their second album, they turned to Webb again. The rest is pop history. more info

Live Daily — '60s songwriters eye the road A unique triple bill of legendary songwriters--Jimmy Webb, Lamont Dozier and Barry Mann--will be looking to tour the US later this year in what will most likely be a "music and conversation" format. The trio will begi... more info

Scotsman.com — THE old maxim that "the family that plays together stays together" has been tested to its limits by a few famously fractious musical clans such as the Wainwrights, the more info

Guardian Music — Their debut album might be a modern classic, but Fleet Foxes need to write radio-friendly anthems if they are to match the success of the 1970s folk rockersCan people be blinded by hype into accepting absolute garbage into the rock'n'roll canon? I re... more info