Twangville — Few legends shine brighter than Johnny Cash. Over the course of a nearly 50 year career, he defined and re-defined American music in his own iconic style. And as anyone who has seen footage of his appearances at San Quentin or Folsom Prisons can atte... more info

Guardian Music — We gotta get out of this place, if it's the last thing we ever do. But not before your favourite songs in search of something newWe're off! Let's go, on a journey into sound: taking in some records that leave the others behind, all nominated over the... more info

Pop Justice — The heart-stopping combination of Pixie Lott, Nicole Scherzinger and Cee Lo Green all did stuff at The Royal Variety Performance in Manchester last night. (Daily Mail) (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2070431/Royal-Variety-Performance-20... more info

Perez Hilton — The Boss is headed to SXSW. Bruce Springsteen has been named the keynote speaker for South By Southwest. 2012's festival begins on March 13 and will until March 18. Bruce will speak during the middle of the festivities joining a list of celebrated ke... more info

Guardian Music — Fans of Cohen, Cave and Cash should like this low-voiced singer. But others may find his sub-Beefheart bass plumbs new depthsHometown: London.The lineup: Gabriel Bruce (vocals, keyboards).The background: Gabriel Bruce has been recommended to us by a ... more info

411 Mania — From Johnny Cash to Cee-lo to Weezer and Elton John, music videos featuring celebrities lip syncing is nothing new. In this edition of The Savage Animal, Mikey MiGo takes a look at his top eight celeb lip syncing videos. All of this, a look at Surviv... more info

Altsounds — *RUTHIE FOSTER'S NEW ALBUM, LET IT BURN, RECORDED IN NEW ORLEANS WITH SPECIAL GUESTS, EXPANDS MUSICAL BOUNDARIES* January 31 release on Blue Corn Music features Blind Boys of Alabama, soul legend William Bell, and songs by Adele, Black Keys, Los Lob... more info

Guardian Music — (Drumfire) Michael Weston King sounds as if he was born at the wrong time, in the wrong place. The former leader of the British alt-country band the Good Sons, he is now joined by his partner Lou Dalgleish for an album of country duets that sound as... more info

Guardian Music — The man behind Biggie Smalls film Notorious to helm picture based on Dark Magus, a book by Davis's eldest son, GregoryA biopic of jazz legend Miles Davis looks set to go into production after it was annouced that director George Tillman Jr has signed... more info

Guardian Music — Country music is huge in the US, but rarely makes a dent in the UK charts. Are we missing out? On the eve of the industry's biggest awards ceremony, pop critic Alexis Petridis saddles upFew events in the American musical calendar make a Briton feel ... more info