Guardian Music — Catch up with the last seven days in the world of music50 years of The BeatlesLove Me Do: the Beatles' first hit is 50Hunter Davies gets up on the roof to mark the global resurgence of Beatlemania Philip Norman on how the Beatles' Love Me Do began th... more info

Guardian Music — In this extract from his new autobiography, the singer recalls how he came to write his protest anthem Ohio, to commemorate four Kent State University students killed in 1970One night in San Francisco in the fall of 1969, CSNY was recording the DéjÃ... more info

Guardian Music — German electronica pioneers would be the first all-synth group to join the Hall of Fame if inducted in 2013The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame could next year be joined by the most un-rock'n'roll group to be commemorated in the Cleveland museum. Among the... more info

Prefix — Mumford & Sons must be having a great couple of weeks as their latest album Babel continues to shatter sales ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/watch-mumford-sons-cover-neil-youngs-dance-dance-d/70108/ more info

Guardian Music — Keith Carradine reads from Neil Young's book, telling the story of the recording of the classic OhioRanjit Dhaliwal more info

Brooklyn Vegan — We always thought the Lannisters would be Romney supporters... Nerds for Obama! Neil Young , who is now on Twitter and recently played Central Park, thinks MP3s sound like shit and is creating a new 24-bit digital audio service called... more info

Guardian Music — We've got a Neil Young bonanza on Friday, when we'll be bringing you an exclusive extract from his autobiography Waging Heavy Peace, and a rare interview with the man himself. To get in the mood, we head to Rock's Backpages for this 1975 interview fr... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Fresh Air interviews Neil Young about his new memoir, Waging Heavy Peace. The Rumpus interviews Junot Diaz about his new short story collection This Is How You Lose Her. PopMatters is spotlighting singer-songwriter Tori Amos this week. The Poly Post.... more info

Guardian Music — The musician is launching a new high-end music service to combat the supposed poor sound quality of iTunes. But flops such as Super-Audio CD suggest that consumers don't careNeil Young is a famously belligerent audiophile, lambasting what he sees as ... more info

Guardian Music — We asked our readers to pick 10 essential Neil Young tracks for newcomers. Here's what they came up withLast week we asked our followers on Twitter and Facebook to nominate the best Neil Young songs for newcomers. Here are the results: 10 key tracks ... more info