L.A. Times - Entertainment — Even if Lewis Merenstein hadn’t produced records by Gladys Knight & the Pips, Miriam Makeba, John Cale, the Spencer Davis Group, Mama Cass Elliot and numerous other acts, music fans would owe him a debt of deep gratitude if the only recording ... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Even if Lewis Merenstein hadn’t produced records by Gladys Knight & the Pips, Miriam Makeba, John Cale, the Spencer Davis Group, Mama Cass Elliot and numerous other acts, music fans would owe him a debt of deep gratitude if the only recording ... more info

BBC News - UK — With Neil Hannon, Amanda Palmer, John Cale, Marc Almond, Paul Buchanan, Anna Calvi and the musicians' collective s t a r g a z e conducted by André de Ridder. more info

Guardian Music — Although scorned by the French music establishment, Erik Satie’s innovations can still be heard in minimalism, muzak and even Aphex Twin. Nick Shave on the maverick composer at 150On 9 September 1963, 70 years after it was written, Erik SatieÃ... more info

Guardian Music — St David’s Hall, CardiffThe relentlessly innovative Velvet Underground star launched Cardiff’s Festival of Voice with the help of a choir, chamber orchestra and Charlotte ChurchFor Wales to launch its Festival of Voice – later to... more info

Guardian Music — Pontins Holiday Park, PrestatynDespite organisational problems, acts such as the Fall, Roky Erickson, Sleaford Mods and Ex-Easter Island Head made the seaside festival the place to be for fans of the avant garde, esoteric or outsiderOnce the alternat... more info

NME — Cale had been due to play in Prestatyn tomorrow (April 16) and Manchester next Friday (April 22) more info

Guardian Music — The legendary composer, musician, artist, professor and film-maker has died on Saturday aged 76. From his voluminous five-decade body of work, here are some of his best pieces of drone rock and experimental film It’s hard to find many recordings o... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — When John Cale released Music for a New Society in 1982, he was coming off a  decade-and-a-half hot streak. First as a member of the Velvet Underground, then as a solo artist and producer of key records by Nico, the Stooges, Squeeze, Patti Smith, an... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Following his exit from the VU John Cale kept busy as a producer, sonically manning the helm behind Nico’s The Marble Index / Desertshore and the Stooges landmark debut LP. All this prior to embarking on his own solo career in 1970 with the releas... more info