Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonBy pulling together folk, jazz and blues into evocative, melodic albums, Pentangle were ahead of the curve in the late 1960s. An early "supergroup", they set the scene for more celebrated artists. Long before singer-songwri... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Personal Playlist: Joss Stone listens to a lot of Joni Mitchell's ‘Blue,’ and a little Birdy more info

Guardian Music — Founder member of the chart-topping 1970s band AmericaThe songwriting ability and vocal harmonies of the bassist Dan Peek, who has died aged 60, were an integral part of the success of the soft-rock band America. Between 1971 and 1977, the year he qu... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The group's music evokes the best of the classic canyon rock era of the 1960s and '70s. The band members even have a place in Laurel Canyon.It's a hot, bone-dry, blue-skied day in the hills above Los Angeles — the kind of crystalline morning one mi... more info

Guardian Music — True Grit directors are reportedly planning biopic of folk singer Dave Van RonkIn one of their characteristic 180-degree turns, the Coen brothers appear to be planning to follow up their successful western True Grit with a film about the New York cof... more info

Guardian Music — The Fleetwood Mac veteran and solo star picks the music that has inspired her through her 40-year careerFrom Florence Welch to Courtney Love, Sheryl Crow to Taylor Swift, there are plenty of artists who owe a debt to Stevie Nicks (63). She began as h... more info

Guardian Music — 1963: Number 31 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of dance musicArizona-born Mingus was one of jazz's greatest composers, a double-bass virtuoso, a challenger of racism inside and outside the white-run music business of his time, and ... more info

Guardian Music — 29 August 1970: Number 38 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of Jazz musicThe coolest man on the planet took the stage at the Isle of Wight festival towards the end of the afternoon on Saturday 29 August 1970. He followed Joni Mitchell... more info

Guardian Music — For his 738th project this month, the actor will collaborate with New York performance artist Kalup LinzyActor James Franco is moving from films to literature, from art to academia, and now to high-concept performance art, announcing a collaboration ... more info

Stereogum — Before his show at Hollywood Forever last night, James Blake rolled around the Cemetery grounds while shadowed by photographer Graeme Flegenheimer. They spent some time near the tombstone of Johnny Ramone, a day after Joni Mitchell saw him do “A Ca... more info