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Guitar legends win at Mojo music awards

5670 days ago
The TelegraphThree guitar greats - Jimmy Page, Duane Eddy and Richard Thompson - have been commended for their contribution to music at the Mojo awards ceremony. more info

The Kominas bring Islamic punk to Meltdown

5670 days ago
Guardian MusicThe Kominas – an Islamic punk band with song titles such as Sharia Law in the USA and Suicide Bomb the Gap – are getting up plenty of noses inside and outside the punk sceneWith Green Day's American Idiot being reimagined as a Broadway musical an... more info

Jimmy Page honoured at Mojo awards

5670 days ago
The MirrorJimmy Page, Duane Eddy and Richard Thompson have been honoured for their inspirational contribution at a major music awards event. more info

Meltdown: Richard Thompson interview

5671 days ago
The TelegraphAs he prepares for the Meltdown festival, folk-rock veteran Richard Thompson talks music. more info

This week's new live music

5676 days ago
Guardian MusicJay-Z, Manchester & BirminghamFor all his beef with the band, artistically speaking, Jay-Z has quite a lot in common with Oasis. Like Oasis, he made his name with exciting, aspirational music. And like Oasis, when he achieved the regal status he crav... more info

Meltdown 2010: Richard Thompson on curating this year's event

5682 days ago
Guardian MusicFolk legend Richard Thompson reflects on his line-up for Britain's most eclectic summer festival"It's a lovely thing," says Richard Thompson. "Who wouldn't relish an opportunity like this? It's an opportunity for me to show off some of my favourite a... more info

My Meltdown: Richard Thompson

5682 days ago
Guardian MusicRichard Thompson explains his choices as curator of this year's Meltdown festival and reveals the acts he's most looking forward to seeingAN EVENING OF POLITICAL SONGRoyal Festival Hall, 17 June I'm always interested in politics, I'm a bit of an anar... more info

Video: Richard Thompson performs Britney Spears's Oops! ... I Did It Again

5682 days ago
Guardian MusicRichard Thompson is curating this year's Meltdown festival, which features acts such as Elvis Costello, Bettye Lavette and Islamic punk band the Kominas. His latest CD, 1000 Years of Popular Music, includes a range of covers of originals by a similar... more info

Coope, Boyes and Simpson: As if ... | CD review

5684 days ago
Guardian MusicNo MastersFrom the Young Tradition through to the Unthanks, one of the great strengths of the English folk scene has been the tradition of close-harmony vocal work, and the trio of Barry Coope, Jim Boyes and Lester Simpson have been amongst the fines... more info

ACL 2010 Lineup Features Muse, Phish, The Eagles

5693 days ago
MTV.com NewsM.I.A., LCD Soundsystem, Vampire Weekend also among Austin City Limits headliners.By Gil Kaufman Muse Photo: Jo Hale/Getty Images A little something old, a little something new. That's the story at this year's Austin City Limits festival, w... more info

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