The Hip Hop Chronicle — Third Order Wizardry is a collective of fly, talented individuals from the UK who live and breathe good music, artistry and loyalty. In Celebration of Haloween (All Hallows Eve), the collective, consisting of  YT, Mr. Jaeger & Louis XIV will be rele... more info

Guardian Music — Cadogan Hall, LondonLes 24 Violons du Roy take their name from – and explore the work of – the ensemble founded by Louis XIII in 1626, and which subsequently provided the music at the palace of Versailles until the early 1760s. The players are dr... more info

Guardian Music — Can't sew, won't go? Here are some tailor-made solutions to your festival fancy dress woesDressing up for a festival carnival parade these days requires a bit more thought than just squeezing into a DayGlo tutu. With Port Eliot now hosting a whole wa... more info

Guardian Music — Johnny Cash would have turned 80 this week – so here's a 1971 trip to Rock's Backpages, the world's leading archive of vintage music journalism, where Philip Norman enters House of CashThe heavy carved front door into House of Cash, Johnny Cash's s... more info

Guardian Music — D'Oustrac/Agnew/Naouri/Les Arts Florissants/Christie (FRA, 2DVDs)Those turned off French baroque opera by English National Opera's dreary recent attempt at Rameau's Castor et Pollux may change their minds after seeing Robert Carsen's production of Lu... more info

Guardian Music — Pictures from his Los Angeles home showing items soon to go up for auction give a bizarre glimpse into the king of pop's worldThis was not perhaps what we expected from the King of Pop, famed lover of white socks and fairgrounds and monkeys on leads.... more info

Guardian Music — Scheen/Perruche/Auvity/ Teitgen/Les Talens Lyriques/Rousset(Aparté, 2CDs)First performed in 1679, Bellérophon was among the most popular of Lully's operas in his lifetime. As with many of his works, it transcends the politics that were its immedia... more info

Guardian Music — Barbican, LondonThe final concert in Les Arts Florissants' 30th anniversary season focused on the French baroque repertoire that they have made their own. Grand motets written during Louis XIV's reign formed the programme – ornate, often drama... more info

?Whole in the Wall,? in a multistory studio space on Manhattan?s far West Side, is an exhibition of American and European street art. more info

Totally Fuzzy — Those dastardly French! What arrogance! In 1789, they tried to destroy the Ancien Régime (read Old Order). The Old Order is an aristocratic, social, and political system that prevailed in Europe between the 14th and 19th centuries. In it, power is... more info