Aquarium Drunkard — Twelve or so years ago Birdman Records released More Oar, a 17 track tribute to the music of Alexander ‘Skip’ Spence. Outside of his work with Jefferson Airplane and Moby Grape the compilation was my introduction to Spence’s solo work. Among ot... more info

USA Today Music — The festival will be held Aug. 10-12 in Clarksdale and will feature more than 40 bands. more info

Guardian Music — My husband, Andrew Miller, who has died aged 65 after a short illness, was a music-business promoter and staged many memorable festivals, but his enduring love was for Nordoff Robbins, the music-therapy charity. In 1976, he founded the organisation's... more info

Guardian Music — Boston Arms, LondonThe woman shaking her corkscrew curls and bawling into the microphone doesn't much look like the music industry's usual idea of a star. Brittany Howard is, nonetheless, riding a thermal of acclaim so fast and so high it could be gr... more info

Starpulse — Robert Plant is to unveil his latest project, the Sensational Space Shifters, to mark the 30th anniversary of Britain's Womad festival in July. The former Led Zeppelin rocker has teamed up with m... more info

ContactMusic — Robert Plant is to unveil his latest project the Sensational Space Shifters to mark the 30th anniversary of Britains Womad festival in July 12 The former Led Zeppelin rocker has teamed up with members of his ex-backing band Strange Sensation and pal.... more info

Guardian Music — Event founded by Peter Gabriel to see other performances by Raghu Dixit and the Buena Vista Social ClubRobert Plant and his new band the Sensational Space Shifters will make their live debut as headliners of this year's Womad, as the festival celebra... more info

Guardian Music — Shepherd's Bush Empire, LondonBetween them, Adele and PJ Harvey dominated most of 2011's end-of-year polls to the point of tedium, but there was one genuine surprise amid the dreary consensus. The Pazz & Jop, the long-running, respected annual awards... more info

Guardian Music — Organisers blame lack of artist availability and scheduling problems with London 2012 OlympicsThe Big Chill festival has been cancelled this summer with organisers blaming a lack of suitable artists for the event.Melvin Benn, managing director of Fes... more info

411 Mania — How many times did Robert Plant use the word "Baby" in Led Zeppelin's music? What are some of the best uses of licensed songs in commercials? What's the difference between a Mod and a Rocker? All this and more covered this week in Ask 411 Music! more info