All About Jazz — The alfresco dancing in Lincoln Center's Damrosch Park continues with the bhangra beats of DJ Rekha, who will be joined by the exuberant marching band Red Baraat. July 10: The trombonist Wycliffe Gordon brings the swing. July 12: Femi Kuti and the... more info

Guardian Music — Various venues, YorkMonteverdi's Vespers (1610) is a musicological mystery. Was this vast compendium intended for complete performance? In what order was it supposed to come? And how did the erotic poetry from the Song of Songs end up in a work of Ma... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Walker said... Would-be-goods- The Camera Loves Me (1988) Thanks Fuzzies. http://burningaquarium.blogspot.com olegelagin said... Tetragon ~ 1971 ~ Nature (0) Wigwam ~ 1975 ~ Nuclear Nightclub Jean Claude Vannier ~ 1972 ~ L'enfant Assassin Des Mouch... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Opera House, London; Snape Maltings, Suffolk"Plebeians, patricians!" cries Simon Boccanegra, the pirate turned doge of Genoa, in a plea for peace in the great council chamber scene of Verdi's elusive opera. This noble role was the one chosen by... more info

Mjsbigblog — Tonight was a first. First Idol concert, first visit to Summerfest. The concert was the more impressive of the two. I’ve always wanted to see the BoDeans there, and they play every year, and maybe I’ll still go one of these days... more info

All About Jazz — NEWPORT, RI - With the all-world pianistic talent that is assembled at an event as great and grand as the CareFusion Newport Jazz Festival, at its most basic element, it's like a rent party on a massive scale. Yes, rent party: those legendary piano c... more info

Discobelle.net — Crystal Fighters blew us away with their debut single “I Love London” last year and the remix from Renaissance Man was a staple in our dj-sets. “In The Summer” is the first single from Crystal Fighters debut album “Star of Love” which is ... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonIt has taken Meltdown curator Richard Thompson most of his career to think of himself as a showman – for a long time he was happy to let his mesmerising guitar do his talking – but his 1,000 Years of Popular Music provi... more info

ContactMusic — Robert Downey Jr. has been honoured for his "versatility" as an actor.The 'Iron Man' star received the Gene Siskel Film Center's Renaissance Award at a gala reception... more info

The Telegraph — AS ONE of history's most enigmatic and influential artists, Caravaggio's short but colourful life has been the subject of wild speculation and conspiracy theories for four centuries. more info