Guardian Music — From vintage Amy Winehouse performances to exclusive new songs from Ray Davies, here's the best of the year's videos from Guardian MusicIt's been a busy year at the Guardian's palatial music studios. Our How I wrote sessions are now firmly establishe... more info

ContactMusic — Veteran rocker Ray Davies paid a surprise visit to a U K village hall on Friday 16Dec11 to watch a group of children perform a musical inspired by The Kinks The British star used the bands hits to create Childs Play which chronicles the last 60 year.... more info

411 Mania — Ray Davies sees his own production of 'Child's Play' performed... more info

Guardian Music — Discover Ireland's best kept musical secret. Plus, our albums of the year, Grammy nominations, and a Laura Marling interviewOn guardian.co.uk/music this weekThe best albums of 2011: 50-11Next week we'll be counting down our top 10 albums of the year.... more info

Guardian Music — Ireland's select Other Voices festival has built a dedicated following over the past decade, not least among the big-name musical acts who queue up to play at its intimate venue in Dingle. Here, performers including James Blunt, Rufus Wainwright and ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Dana (distortion) Yavin Ray Davies & choir @ The Wellmont Theater 67-year-old Davies brought out 46 members of the Dessoff Choir in the second half of his concert at the Wellmont. Davies started the evening with an acoustic... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Mister Heavenly in Chicago earlier on tour (more by John Yingling) today in NYC * ASSSCAT @ UCB * Alana Amram @ Ace Hotel * Silya @ The Manhattan Inn * Ray Davies @ Beacon Theatre * Little Boots (DJ)... more info

Guardian Music — From the front page to the crossword, you sent us songs about the printed pressThe first thing we see when we look at a newsstand are the headlines. And a memorable headline is like a catchy chorus. It can define a subeditor's career as a No 1 single... more info

Guardian Music — Following our latest visit to the archives of Rock's Backpages – the world's leading collection of vintage music journalism – we bring you a classic interview with Black Sabbath. Originally titled A Dorito and 7-Up Picnic with Black Sabbath, the ... more info

Guardian Music — Noel Gallagher spreads his wings but doesn't stray far from Oasis in his solo debutAmong the more interesting stories to emerge from Oasis' split was Noel Gallagher's claim that he felt musically constrained by the band. He told Mojo magazine that an... more info