Guardian Music — Businesses are reluctant to invest in up-and-coming artists, and banks feel the same. Are bands worse off now than in the 80s?I recently attended an event by Music Mind Exchange that addressed alternative funding for artists. One of the panellists wa... more info

Guardian Music — Musician and technology entrepreneur criticises Ed Vaizey proposals to let ISPs charge content providers individually, saying says free and equal access helps startups like his ownThe UK government's plans to abandon net neutrality threaten British b... more info

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS - Musician and human rights activist Peter Gabriel will host the 6th Annual Focus for Change benefit dinner and concert for WITNESS, the international human rights organization. The special event will be on Thursday, December 2, 2010 in... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets are still on sale for DJ Shadow's upcoming show at Irving Plaza. And I have a pair you can win. Details below. Tickets are still on sale for the Shearwater/Damien Jurado/Anni Rossi show at Music Hall of Williamsburg.... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Musician-producers Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois have guided, sometimes together, some of rock’s most sustaining albums, in addition to their own groundbreaking ambient projects. For a quick refresher, Lanois oversaw U2’s “The Joshua Tree” (wit... more info

Guardian Music — Squeaky voices, wanting to be Michael Stipe, getting punched in the mouth – Graeme Thomson asks Martha Wainwright, Tinchy Stryder and other songwriters for their memories of penning their very first tunesNeil Hannon: Nobody Wins When Somebody Dies... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Willard said... * VARIOUS Psychedelic Jazz (2007) Great collection of drug inspired jazz from the 60s. * THE PEASALL SISTERS "Where No Man Stands Alone" (Streaming) From the new Coen Bros. movie, True Grit. The Peasalls' "Home To You" album is in the... more info

Guardian Music — Core member of the US rock band the CallThe Call – the California rock band led by the singer, bassist and songwriter Michael Been, who has died of a heart attack aged 60 – never enjoyed the same success as their 1980s peers, but their influence ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — S R Management said... Tricks Synthetic Podcast keeps on rolling with "No Stone unRolled, Part 2, Kazoo You" with: Miss You - The Kazoo-a-kats I'm Free - Tell Tale Hearts Last Time - The Who All Sold Out - Twelve12 She's A Rainbow - London Symphonic ... more info

Undercover, Australia — When I first heard Neil Young was teaming with Daniel Lanois I must admit I was expecting an album more aligned to previous Lanois production works like Bob Dylan ‘Time Out Of Mind’ U2 ‘The Unforgettable Fire’, or Peter Gabriel ‘So’. Not ... more info