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Latitude Festival - First Aid Kit, The Coral, Kristin Hersh, Jesca Hoop & more

5616 days ago
Altsounds*Latitude Festival *returns for an incredible 5th Edition on *15-18th July 2010* set in the beautiful countryside of *Henham Park Estate* on *Suffolk’s Sunrise Coast*. A festival like no other, Latitude stands alone as a bold and pionee... more info

Artists and Friends React to the Death of Alex Chilton

5649 days ago
PitchforkYesterday Alex Chilton, the Memphis-raised singer, songwriter, performer, and producer, died in New Orleans. He was 59. It's impossible to express how much Chilton's work has meant to music in the last 40 or so years, particularly underground and ind... more info

Haiti's voodoo drumming

5664 days ago
Guardian MusicVoodoo drumming is one of the island's most thrilling musical traditions – and it's being used in the relief effortAfter the devastating effects of January's earthquake in Haiti, two very different fund-raising musical projects sprang into lif... more info

New band of the day – No 715: Lonelady

5697 days ago
Guardian MusicThis solitary singer's bad-mood music conjures the dark, dour Manchester and Ian Curtis and Ian BrownHometown: London.The lineup: Julie Campbell (vocals, guitar)The background: "Where have all the nervous people gone?" asked sometime guardian.co.uk/m... more info

Julia Nunes: I Think You Know

5714 days ago
Here Comes The Flood Can you scream at people while wielding a hefty ukulele? It's hard but, yes, it can be done. Julia Nunes, a 20 year old singer-songwriter from Rochester, NY, has assembled five songs for her new I Think You Know EP. With the lo-fi backing her lyric... more info

Hail, Hail, Rock'n'Roll

5726 days ago
Guardian MusicI had been looking for a voice to capture how it felt to hear that Vic Chesnutt had died, when I realised that voice was his ownI first heard Vic Chesnutt one Saturday morning in Dublin, many years ago now. Lying in bed in early summer, gulls cawing ... more info

Friends pay tribute to Vic Chesnutt

5728 days ago
Guardian MusicMichael Stipe, Patti Smith and others pay tribute at memorial to melancholic singer-songwriter who died on Christmas dayA memorial service has been held for the American musician Vic Chesnutt, who has died aged 45. Chesnutt, described by REM's Michae... more info

Vic Chesnutt Gallery Spotlight: Los Angeles, CA - Dec. 1, 2009

5729 days ago
Live DailyIn the song "Flirted With You All My Life," Vic Chesnutt [ tickets ] wrote what he called a "break-up song with death": "When you touched a friend of mine I thought I would lose my mind, but I found out with time that really, I was not ready, no no, ... more info

Vic Chesnutt dies following suspected overdose

5730 days ago
NMEMichael Stipe and Kristin Hersh pay tribute to songwriter more info

OBITUARY: Vic Chesnutt: Rip 1964 - 2009

5731 days ago
All About JazzVIC CHESNUTT 1964 - 2009 Delta Spirit Singer, songwriter, guitarist Vic Chesnut died on Christmas Day, December 25, 2009. According to Twitter reports from Chesnutt's close friend Kristin Hersh, Chesnutt slipped into a coma after attempting to com... more info

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