Brooklyn Vegan — "Struggling music group EMI faces being taken over by its bankers after failing to clinch a deal to sell the North American distribution rights for its artists to Universal Music Group or Sony Music... The collapse of talks leaves EMI... more info

Guardian Music — Metal monoliths among the many artists celebrating Record Store Day 2010 with limited-edition vinyl releasesA limited-edition 7" featuring songs by Black Sabbath and Metallica is among the treasures announced for Record Store Day 2010. Special vinyl ... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Albert Hall, LondonThe Who's rock opera, Quadrophenia, has had a chequered live history. On the opening night of the US tour following the album's 1973 release, Keith Moon decided to try PCP before taking the stage: he was carried off, comatos... more info

Guardian Music — Rolling Stones guitarist to front weekly programme made by independent production company Somethin' ElseRonnie Wood, the Rolling Stones guitarist, is to present a weekly show on rock music station Absolute Radio and its digital sibling, Absolute Clas... more info

Guardian Music — It might be more than 30 years old, but krautrock, Germany's experimental music from the 1970s, still has a freshness that sixth-generation British indie bands can't matchIt began out of nothing, was given a joke name, and became the pop influence du... more info

Pop Justice — In The Times today (http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article7076415.ece), Benny and Bjorn from Abba consider the idea of an Abba reunion. Here are some options in case Benny, Bjorn, Agnetha and Frida are having ... more info

Guardian Music — An acclaimed singer-songwriter, she wrote Elton John's Love SongLesley Duncan, who has died aged 66 of cerebro- vascular disease, was one of Britain's first female singer-songwriters. Her songs had an astonishing emotional depth and her voice a rare ... more info

411 Mania — From Green Day beginning to record their follow-up to 21st Century Breakdown and Metallica planning shows to rival Pink Floyd's "Wall" performances to Jessica Simpson's new show "The Price of Beauty," 50 Cent going "club," a recap of American Idol, a... more info

Guardian Music — Kings Place, LondonOn the last night of the Jazz Scene Europe mini-festival at Kings Place, saxophonist Andy Sheppard shared the fruits of the post-1960s emancipation of jazz from US ownership that now embraces a host of regional variations.Sheppard ... more info

Rolling Stone — Muse are a band that like things on a massive scale, igniting big sounds on the biggest stages, with the kind of big visual effects known only to the likes of Pink Floyd and Daft Punk. That’s the Muse comfort zone, but the British trio’s special ... more info