Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonIt was all very cosy. At the back of the stage was a pink sofa, a lamp and side-table with a vase of daffodils, and in front of them was the world's best-known female folk singer, playing guitar and easing into a two-hour s... more info

Guardian Music — At his keynote speech, the Boss channeled his inner enthusiast with a lengthy autobiographical love-letter to pop musicLegendary singer Bruce Springsteen gave a bravura performance at Texas' South by Southwest conference today, earning a standing ova... more info

MVSW — House of Pain ~ “Jump Around” A little House of Pain for Saint Patrick’s Day on Saturday. Samples: Bob and Earl ~ “Harlem Shuffle“ Lowell Fulson ~ “Tramp“ Jeanne & The Darlings ~ “Soul Girl“ Prince ~ “Get Off” Lou Donaldson ~ �... more info

Guardian Music — Leeds Metropolitan UniversityMark Lanegan has had an almost textbook outlaw passage to the black heart of rock'n'roll: heroin and crack addiction, homelessness, rehab and imprisonment and a road accident that almost killed him at the age of 20. Then,... more info

KEXP Seattle — It’s time again for the weekly installment of Friday on My Mind. This post is a collaborative effort between KEXP and King 5 News, in which we mull around a musically inclined idea each and every week. Yesterday would have marked the 44th wedding a... more info

Guardian Music — The singer on recording his new album of covers in the legendary Sun Records studio – and the secret of his quiffHi Chris, how are you? I'm cold.Oh – whereabouts are you? I'm in a hotel room in London … but it's one of those hotels where you tu... more info

Chorus.fm — Listen to *Owl City (http://absolutepunk.net/owlcity)*'s cover of *Johnny Cash* (http://www.johnnycash.com/)'s "Home of the Blues" here (http://owlcityblog.com/2012/02/26/home-of-the-blues-piano-cover/). Owl City will release a new album this summer... more info

411 Mania — Including Chris Cornell and Kenny Chesney... more info

Guardian Music — Johnny Cash would have turned 80 this week – so here's a 1971 trip to Rock's Backpages, the world's leading archive of vintage music journalism, where Philip Norman enters House of CashThe heavy carved front door into House of Cash, Johnny Cash's s... more info

Topix — In a 1999 file photo, the late country music legend Johnny Cash poses at his Hendersonville, Tenn. more info