Guardian Music — Royal Albert Hall, LondonA band of all-female punk demonstrators, Pussy Riot, are currently languishing in jail in Russia after a guerrilla gig in a church protesting against Russia's strongman president, Vladimir Putin. Their imprisonment has become... more info

Guardian Music — Hammersmith Apollo; Coliseum, London"Mad" is one of the more annoying adjectives regularly flung at strong female pop presences. That Lady Gaga – she's bonkers, you know. The habit defies genre. Kate Bush, Grace Jones, Björk: all "mad". The gurnin... more info

Guardian Music — Mixing memory and desire with regret, Roy Harper offered a grownup love song about real, complicated livesReading this on mobile? Click here to viewI blame my Dad for the Roy Harper thing. I don't know where it came from – perhaps from one of the r... more info

Guardian Music — Each week we invite someone to share with us some of the songs they've been listening to recently. Today's selection features several bands from in and around SheffieldThis week's playlist is from Emily Brinnand, who has joined the Guardian music des... more info

Guardian Music — Musicians from Edward Elgar to Ella Fitzgerald, Kate Bush and, of course, The Beatles are photographed at the world's most famous recording studio more info

Guardian Music — (Labrador)Seventeen-year-old Amanda Mair is Swedish, so we can take it as read that she has the pop gene – specifically, the strand that expresses itself as frothy melancholia, a la Robyn and Lykke Li. She's already much blogged-about, perhaps to h... more info

Guardian Music — While all the other ageing rockers are reforming and creaking around on stage, Morrissey has decided to bow out with dignityIn 1987, shortly before his powers left him, Morrissey wrote a song called Little Man, What Now? Inspired, apparently, by watc... more info

Guardian Music — The Swedes are poppy, the Danes are laid back – but Norwegian musicians embrace the darknessAnyone who became hooked on Danish-Swedish crime series The Bridge knows its theme tune set a perfect mood for the gruesome, dark and grainy drama. Back in... more info

Guardian Music — (ACT)Jazz Bigband Graz was founded in 1998, and has devoted itself to a world music mix from Europe and Africa, and traditional jazz methods coloured by contemporary electronica. Kurt Elling, Take 6 and Jon Hendricks have all guested with JBBG, and t... more info

Guardian Music — Britain is celebrating Music is Great week with a DVD of iconic live moments. But why has the campaign ignored the melting pot that makes British music special?Did you know this week is Music is Great week in Britain? You may think it's Music is Grea... more info