Guardian Music — London band's next record will feature a much heavier sound, like 'Black Sabbath meets Nick Drake'Mumford & Sons' second album will be a "doom folk" record, inspired by the heavy sounds of Black Sabbath as well as, apparently, Adele. There is still n... more info

Swedesplease — I believe I’m the worldwide expert on Klifton Filente (posts here and here). With that said I really know very little about him. The band is really just Jonas Lundvall from Gothenburg. In the past I have compared his sound to that of Paul Simon or ... more info

Guardian Music — (Domino)If eyebrows were raised when guitarist Bill Ryder-Jones left the Coral in 2008, his debut album should send them into the stratosphere. A score inspired by Italo Calvino's novel If on a Winter's Night a Traveller is a long way from the Liverp... more info

Guardian Music — (ECM)Not quite a jazz album, this exquisite performance for voice, harp and period fiddles joins Susanna Wallumrød's light-touch singing and the evocative, interweaving lines and stately enunciation of Henry Purcell's 17th-century church and theatr... more info

Guardian Music — King Tut's, GlasgowThe world has lost so many pioneering acoustic guitar virtuosos lately – Davey Graham, John Martyn, Bert Jansch – that seeing a young man channelling their spirit and technique before an enraptured crowd can't help but prove he... more info

Guardian Music — (Fuzzy Moon) The great British jazz singer Norma Winstone has just passed her 70th. Having spent much of her career working with composers who've used her range and precision as a texture, she has blossomed in recent years, with the superb Grammy-nom... more info

Perez Hilton — A sad day for the music world. He may not have had a household name, but Bert Jansch was an incredibly influential guitarist who has passed away of lung cancer at 67-years-old. Bert was an influence on many well-known artists, including Nick Drake an... more info

Stereogum — According to the Associated Press, the Scottish folk singer/guitarist and Pentangle co-founder Bert Jansch died this morning in London after a long battle with lung cancer. He was 67. Jansch was one of the most important figures in the late-’60s Br... more info

Guardian Music — Pioneering folk guitarist dies following two-year battle with cancerBert Jansch, a leading figure in the British folk revival of the 60s and one of the most respected musicians of his generation, has died aged 67 following a long battle with cancer.A... more info

Guardian Music — Our writers are picking their favourite albums. Here, Benji Lanyado says it just has to be the first Oasis album for himIn the summer of 1995 I caught a bus to Bromley, aiming for the HMV in the Glades shopping centre. I knew exactly what I was going... more info