MTV.co.uk News — King of Soul Otis Redding may have passed away over 40-years ago, but Kanye West and Jay-Z have resurrected his spirit on a new track from their eagerly anticipated joint LP, Watch The... more info

Guardian Music — (Temple Records)Founded over 40 years ago in the Glasgow suburb of Battlefield, this band is one of the great institutions of the Scottish music scene. They are famous for their experiments, mixing pipes and fiddle with guitar, piano, whistle and cit... more info

Pop Justice — MONSTA are a new band featuring some people whose music we've enjoyed in the past. The man in the middle you will recognise as going by the name of Bryn, while the chaps on either side will answer to a shriek of 'Rocky and Rufio'. MONSTA make pop m... more info

Guardian Music — 16-18 June 1967: Number 27 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of world and folk musicIt paved the way for Woodstock two years later, and in certain respects the Monterey International Pop festival of June 1967 was of even greater lasti... more info

Guardian Music — Ready Steady Go!, the pioneering 60s pop show, takes to the stage as part of this year's Meltdown festival. Its producer Vicki Wickham recalls the impact – and fun – of the early yearsLike the Beatles' first LP and sexual intercourse, you might g... more info

ContactMusic — The Georgia Music Hall of Fame, which has honoured stars including James Brown, Little Richard and Otis Redding, is to close next month (Jun11) due to budget cuts. The state-funded museum was opened in 1996, but visitor numbers have dwindled in... more info

NME - The Daily Download — The AV Club (The Onion's music and arts wing) have been running an excellent series of band sessions recently. They've come up with a load of tracks, from Guitar Hero classic 'Mother' by Danzig to mammoth snare fest 'She Drives Me Crazy' via Gary Num... more info

Guardian Music — Who is he?A 23-year-old north London singer-songwriter with the voice of a 1960s US soul man, a vintage sound brimming with yearning and cracked joy – perfect for supporting Adele on her recent US/Europe tour. Kiwanuka credits an outtake version of... more info

Totally Fuzzy — The Allman Brothers guitarist is releasing his long-awaited solo disc on May 10th Warren Haynes has devoted so much time to the Allman Brothers Band, the Dead and Gov't Mule during the past 20 years that he's barely had any space for a solo career.... more info

Detroit Free Press — Green Onions,” that famously irresistible instrumental by Booker T. TV ads. The band never replicated that song's commercial success, but its Southern-soul sound was widely influential and it continued to record on its own with the likes of Ot... more info