Guardian Music — 9 December: Our musical Christmas countdown continues as Conor from Villagers talks us through his Spotify playlistDomino artist Villagers has pulled out all the stops for his advent calendar entry with a detailed run through every song on his playli... more info

Mercury News, California — It was billed as "An Evening with Leonard Cohen." And that's exactly what it was on Monday night at Oakland's Paramount Theatre. more info

Guardian Music — How did the painfully shy son of a Dutch minister become one of the world's hottest rock photographers – and now a celebrated director? Anton Corbijn talks to Stuart JeffriesIn the years since he used his dad's camera to snap an obscure prog-rock... more info

Totally Fuzzy — VINYL OBSCURITY said... wild and whacky new wave from DOG POLICE - s/t (1986) just reviewed and sampled at http://vinylobscurity.blogspot.com Sakalli said... Lucifer's Friend - Banquet (1974) (@256) Therion - Theli (1996) (@256) http://www.sakalli.i... more info

Guardian Music — No, not that lame movie with Goldie Hawn and Mel Gibson, but Tony Palmer's documentary about Leonard Cohen's tour of Europe in 1972. The film, originally disliked by Cohen and abandoned, was thought to be lost. But it turned up again, in some old fil... more info

Guardian Music — Children In Need 2010 | Unreported World | Cheetah Kingdom | Bird On A Wire | Beyond Survival With Les Stroud | The Walking DeadChildren In Need 20107pm, BBC1It's that time of year again, when Terry Wogan, assisted this time around by Tess Daly, exho... more info

The Telegraph — This 'lost' 1972 Leonard Cohen documentary is as moving as the man's music. more info

The Telegraph — This 'lost' 1972 Leonard Cohen film is as moving as the man's music, says Bernadette McNulty. more info

Guardian Music — For Italian jazz superstar Paolo Conte, music must contain romance and mystery or it is worthlessA hush across the packed theatre in Milan descends with the lights as Paolo Conte, with his voice of gravel and silk, growls into the next number, the hi... more info

Guardian Music — (Syco)Ever indefatigable, Simon Cowell here comes back from last year's Christmas single defeat by assigning his prize protegee to wrap up the album charts. So Boyle applies her quivering mezzo-soprano to a selection of carols and songs that might as... more info