Guardian Music — The story behind Bon Iver's debut album was so perfect some wondered if its fragile beauty was a one off. But the follow-up wove an even more ravishing tapestry of folk, ambient and MORIf there was reason to doubt Justin Vernon's staying power three ... more info
411 Mania — From Adele and Kate Bush to Alison Mosshart of The Kills, Wild Flag, Anna Calvi and more, 411's Christopher Bell counts down the top 10 female artists of the year! Check out the full article to see who made his list and why! more info
Guardian Music — Our music team pick the songs or albums, old or new, they just can't turn offThe Rumour Said Fire By the Shore Jasper Lidang grew up in remote northern Denmark filling long childhood hours by intercutting his dad's Paul Simon records with Nirvana a... more info
Guardian Music — As her latest album rides high in many end-of-year polls, we want to know what you consider to be the singer's best work50 Words for Snow, the latest album from Kate Bush and No 29 in the Guardian's albums of the year list, has received many glowing ... more info
Guardian Music — Next week we'll be counting down our top 10 albums of the year … but here's how the rest of our critics' top 50 looksStarting on Monday we'll be counting down Guardian critics' top 10 albums of 2011. To get you in the mood, here's how our writers v... more info
Impose Magazine — Kate Bush just released her tenth studio album, 50 Words For Snow, and there are few people outside of the 1980s UK that love Kate Bush more than Parenthetical Girls' Zac Pennington. The Portland group began recording in 2003 and have three album... more info
Stereogum — Even for a longtime iconoclast like Kate Bush, the song “Misty” is a true flight of fancy — a thirteen-minute-plus tragic reverie about a woman who gets busy with a snowman. When the track is actually playing, it’s easy to get lost in Bush’... more info
Guardian Music — Do your parents' passions shape your own? Guardian music writers look back on their formative yearsLaura Barton In the evenings, after he had set down his briefcase and taken his first sip of gin and tonic, my dad would teach me how to rock'n'roll ... more info
Guardian Music — Our music writers are currently picking their albums of the year. What would yours be?December is nearly upon us, bringing the inevitable blizzard of best-album-of-the-year lists. The Guardian will of course be participating; as you read this, an arm... more info