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Critics's pop picks 2012: Kitty Empires meets Spector - video

4740 days ago
Guardian MusicOur critics have met the acts they're tipping for success next year, and here Kitty Empire gets to hang out with Fred MacPherson and Danny Blandy from Spector. They talk about the association with Phil Spector, writing love songs and their new albumK... more info

Phil Spector - Love Stunned By Phil Spector's Surprise Vocal

4746 days ago
ContactMusicVeteran singer Darlene Love was stunned when she first heard Phil Spectors seminal Christmas album as she had no idea the famed producer had included a spoken-word message on the closing track The album - A Christmas Gift for You - is packed with cla... more info

Birthday Sluts

4746 days ago
DlistedJared Leto (40) Beth Behrs (26) Chris Daughtry (32) Tiffany Brissette (37) Reichen Lehmkuhl (38) Lars Ulrich (48) Temuera Morrison (51) Tina Wesson (51) David Sedaris (55) John Walsh (66) Jane Lapotaire (67) Phil Spector (72) Caroll Spinney aka Big B... more info

Old music: Ramones – Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)

4751 days ago
Guardian MusicIt failed to even chart in 1987, but this festive anthem seems to be earning the punk pioneers some posthumous plauditsThey were, of course, the greatest band in the history of rock music. I hold that truth to be self-evident, and if you disagree I w... more info

The making of Wizzard's I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day – a classic interview from the vaults

4751 days ago
Guardian MusicIn our latest visit to the archives of Rock's Backpages – the world's leading collection of vintage music journalism – we unwrap Johnny Black's account, first published in Q magazine in 1996, of the making of I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday... more info

Yule's gold: how to make the perfect Christmas compilation

4753 days ago
Guardian MusicFrom James Brown to Martin Carthy, the best festive tunes don't always have to spread Christmas cheerFor the past five years, rather than cards, I've given family, friends and colleagues an annual CD of Christmas music. I sometimes wish I'd never sta... more info

Phil Spector Seeking Supreme Court Appeal

4755 days ago
411 ManiaHe won't give up... more info

Phil Spector Requests Appeal from U.S. Supreme Court

4755 days ago
TopixPhil Spector 's lawyers have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review his murder conviction, arguing that his constitutional rights were violated by the trial judge. more info

Phil Spector - Phil Spector Appeal Heading For Supreme Court

4756 days ago
ContactMusicJailed music legend Phil Spector is taking his fight for freedom to the highest court in the U S The pioneering producer was sentenced to 19 years to life in 2009 after he was found guilty of the second-degree murder of actress Lana Clarkson who was ... more info

HCTF's XMAS songs extravagnza

4756 days ago
Here Comes The Flood It is the season to be jolly, bur for serious music lovers, Christmas is Hell on Earth, with muzak dripping out of cheap speakers everywhere you go. Don't panic, there is some good stuff (old and new) too. How about some funk? Christmas Past is a ... more info

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