Guardian Music — Italian tenor will also be up for male artist of the year against Lang Lang and Vasily Petrenko at awards ceremony next monthThe Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli is to be given a special award at this year's Classic Brits to mark his 20th anniversary in ... more info

Rollo & Grady — King Khan RECOMMENDED SHOWS :: AUGUST 28TH – SEPTEMBER 2ND Tuesday, August 28th Divine Fits @ Masonic Lodge at Hollywood Forever Wednesday, August 29th Herbie Hancock with Wayne Shorter Quartet, and Carlos Santana @ Hollywood Bowl The Entrance Band... more info

ContactMusic — The man behind the music for Harry Potter and Star Wars John Williams is set to have his achievements recognised in the form of a lifetime achievement award reports The Telegraph The Classical Brits is like well The Brits for... more info

Sky News — John Williams, the prolific musician behind some of Hollywood's best known scores, has won five Oscars and 21 Grammys. more info

ContactMusic — Legendary composer John Williams will be handed an award in recognition of his outstanding career at the Classic Brit Awards in the U K in October 12 The five-time Oscar winner who has written the scores for films including Jaws Star Wars an... more info

Guardian Music — For the first time the composer's best-known orchestral music can be heard with words to accompany itA project to put words to the best-known orchestral music of George Gershwin is to be launched this summer, following 15 years of work by one of Brit... more info

E! Online — The Civil Wars has a teeny new recruit! Joy Williams, who as one-half of the hitmaking duo scored two Grammy Awards this year, welcomed her first child, a son, with hubby Nate Yetton on... more info

Detroit Free Press — There is a celebratory feel to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's final classical concerts of the season, with early 20th-Century sonic spectaculars by Maurice Ravel and Ottorino Respighi shooting off fireworks and substantial contemporary pieces ... more info

Detroit Free Press — Two of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's long-range recording projects take another step toward the finish line this week as the orchestra completes its 2011-12 classical season with a program that seems designed to show off the sweeping palette ... more info

Guardian Music — Twenty-five years ago, in a galaxy far, far away, disco producer Meco gave the Star Wars soundtrack an astronomical twist. Feast your ears on the cosmic funkQuelque chose d'un wee bit différent this Friday, but bear with me: nearly 25 years ago, som... more info