The Independent — The sweet, plaintive vocals of folk singer Laura Marling sang out the start of a more critically respectable era for the oft-maligned Brit Awards. more info

NME — Plan B, Take That and Laura Marling also scoop gongs at London O2 Arena more info

Guardian Music — Musicians apparently allowed to vote alongside record company executives and industry figures for the first timeThis year, we are reliably informed, the Brits seeks to reposition itself. After years of selling itself to the public largely on the unsc... more info

Guardian Music — The manband's triumph at the Brits comes after three previous nominations for the awardIt may only take a minute to fall in love, but to reach the zenith of your artistic career can take a while longer, as Take That have discovered.After 17 No 1 hits... more info

NME — Laura Marling scoops Best British Female Solo Artist prize more info

Yahoo! Music UK — XFM - Plus, Arcade Fire and Laura Marling also big winners at showbiz bash... more info

Guardian Music — Hot In Cleveland | Murdoch Mysteries | War Child | The Brit Awards 2011 | Big Fat Gypsy Weddings | Nuns AloudHot In Cleveland8.30pm, Sky LivingFormer Golden Girl Betty White's career renaissance continues with this new sitcom, in which three glossy L... more info

Totally Fuzzy — jazzlover said... Zamla Mammas Manna - Familjesprickor (Family Cracks) (1980) http://jazzarchives.blogspot.com W said... THE BEE GEES 1st - DELUXE EDITION (1967/2006) 2CDs. Mono/Stereo & unreleased stuff. One of the great pop psychedelic albums of a... more info

Guardian Music — The Sugarmill, Stoke-on-TrentThe current issue of Q magazine contains a fascinating flowchart connecting the main players in what seems like rock's new ruling elite. Follow the arrows and you'll discover that various members of the ubiquitous English... more info

Guardian Music — The England PJ Harvey paints isn't the green and pleasant idyll of popular imagination, but a dear and bruised and bedraggled thingA few weeks back, I interviewed Colin Meloy of the Decemberists for these pages. Sitting in his study in Oregon, we di... more info