Totally Fuzzy — A very nice gesture of Rounder Records to post this collection of songs either written by Earl Scruggs or that feature him performing. Why Earl Scruggs was the Beethoven of the banjo? (By Emma John for The Guardian) A trip to North Carolina to stu... more info

Guardian Music — Music news, reviews and discussion from the last seven daysIn the newsSnoop Dogg records reggae album with Major LazerRoger Daltrey and Paul Weller consider collaborationEarl Scruggs, bluegrass banjo legend, dies aged 88Sonisphere 2012 festival is ca... more info

Guardian Music — Radio 3's all-encompassing tribute to Schubert was audacious, serious and luxuriant – but by midweek I was yearning to listen to something elseOver eight days and for more than 200 hours of continuous broadcasting, The Spirit of Schubert is current... more info

Guardian Music — A trip to North Carolina to study bluegrass yielded this lesson: Earl Scruggs was the greatest there ever wasI spent a couple of months last year studying bluegrass in North Carolina, and I learned that there are is one tune you never ask a banjo pla... more info

Guardian Music — In this anniversary year, forget the concept of Debussy the musical impressionist. I want to celebrate Debussy the sonic explorer.Anniversaries. God love 'em. Yes, classical music's institutions are far too in thrall with them for their programming i... more info

Mercury News, California — Berkeley program will finish with 'Moonlight' sonata more info

Mercury News, California — The group's members will read the musical notes of Beethoven's score on their MacBook screens, while tapping plug-in foot pedals to digitally advance his score from page to page. And on an overhead screen, the audience will be able to follow the whil... more info

Guardian Music — Why I'm learning to bake Schubert strudelIf you've been listening to Radio 3 over the weekend, you'll now be fully immersed in the music of Franz Schubert. The station's latest complete-works survey of a major composer follows seasons on Beethoven, B... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Albert Hall, LondonCould any pianist today other than Lang Lang sell out the Albert Hall for a Beethoven concerto cycle? You would be brave to bet on it. But Lang Lang has done it this week, and there was never any doubt that this first of the ... more info

Guardian Music — With the Olympics and Euro 2012 approaching, let us know the perfect anthems for our 'big society' timesEarlier this month, Israeli supreme court justice Salim Joubran declined to sing the Israeli national anthem at the installation of the court's ne... more info