Guardian Music — Soul man Geno Washington promises to get the party started, while Suggs plans a classical 'Baggy Trousers'Anna Calvi, singer-songwriter (performing 16 June)What do the Kinks mean to you?I remember my dad putting on "Waterloo Sunset" and being struck ... more info

Altsounds — New York's finest and one of the founding fathers of punk music. With The Velvet Underground, Reed and his cohorts broke of mould of underground music, re-fashioning it with his own style and panache. A highly influential and respected musician and c... more info

NME — Reed following Hop Farm show with London and Wolverhampton gigs more info

Guardian Music — Information and lineups for the UK's biggest festivalsBestivalWhen: 8-11 SeptemberWhere: Robin Hill country park, Downend, Isle of WightWhat: The definitive closer of the festival season, with a "rock stars and divas" fancy dress theme this year. Ec... more info

Guardian Music — Singer returns to UK for first time since record-breaking residency at O2 arena in 2007Prince is to headline the Hop Farm Music festival in July. It will be the singer's only UK show of 2011, and comes as a surprise after he had been tipped to play G... more info

Stereogum — When you stop and think about all the great songs Buddy Holly wrote, it’s crazy to remember he died in that plane crash when he was 22. (Hurry up, Tyler.) If he’d lived, he would’ve been 75 this year. As a tribute/memorial, Paul McCartney, My M... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — "The Story Pirates, a national arts and literacy organization, will take the stage alongside special celebrity guests, including Jon Stewart (The Daily Show), Lou Reed, Ana Gasteyer (Saturday Night Live, Wicked), John Oliver (Community, The Daily Sho... more info

Guardian Music — 'There's a fascination in bands and their backing singers, the distance between a song and the voices that give it a blood-red vitality'A warm May afternoon in north London, and in John Moore's living room we are recording backing vocals for some of ... more info

The Music Fix — Lollapa-LOU-za! (You're fired - Ed.) more info

NME - The Daily Download — Following the latest Arctic Monkeys tidbit; namely that ‘Suck It And See’ was influenced by ”Nick Cave, John Cale, Lou Reed, (David) Bowie (and) Leonard Cohen”, let’s see if you can spot the handiwork of any of those past masters on the lat... more info