Guardian Music — Hearing Jimi Hendrix convinced singer-songwriter Michael Kiwanuka that it was cool for a black kid to play guitar. Now the young Londoner with the mature voice has been picked for the BBC's 'Sound of 2012' awardThese might come to seem precious hours... more info

Guardian Music — The foremost figure in world music once said he never had any political ambitions. Now he wants to be Senegal's president, becoming a force for change rather than just a voice of changeIt stands 49 metres tall at the western tip of Africa. The costly... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — The videos below are from December 6th 1994, when Oasis appeared on Later With Jools Holland.Sad Song can be watched here. more info

Guardian Music — Koko, LondonYou don't get to say this most Decembers, but next year's surefire musical bet is an Aberdonian neuroscience drop-out with a tattoo of Frida Kahlo on her arm and a peroxide cockatiel quiff. Like Jessie J and Adele before her, singer Emeli... more info

Metal Injection — Before you think to yourself if you've heard of this new death metal band called Feist, stop yourself! Feist is not brootal. She is a singer, most famous for that song in iPod commercials a few years ago. A few weeks ago when she was in the UK ... more info

Guardian Music — Tell us what music you've been enjoying recently, and listen to some recommendationsLooking for something to listen to? Here's a selection of what some of our readers have been listening to recently.Listen to all these recommendations in one go with ... more info

Guardian Music — Canadian singer and metal titans to cover each others' songs on split 7in single. What next? Lou Reed and Metallica? Oh …Feist will collaborate with Mastodon on a limited-edition 7in single due next year. The Canadian singer was introduced to the m... more info

Altsounds — Spector performed What You Wanted on Jools Holland last night and you can watch their performance below. The band will be on this Friday's show playing Chevy Thunder and new single Grey Shirt & Tie. Spector - What You Wanted (Later with Jools H... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Below are a number of videos from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds on 'Later... With Jools Holland.Watch them perform 'AKA... What A Life!', 'If I Had A Gun...' and 'The Death Of You And Me' (with a 3-piece brass section).Noel also joins Jools at t... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds perform 'AKA... What A Life!', 'If I Had A Gun...' and 'The Death Of You And Me' (with a 3-piece brass section) tonight on UK's 'Later... With Jools Holland'. Noel also joins Jools at the piano for an interview.Red ... more info