Guardian Music — Don't restrict yourself to Latitude and Glasto. Travel to one of these exotic festivals for a truly memorable tripHoly Ship!, CaribbeanTake a huge cruise ship, fill it with young hedonists, pump in dance music and pray no one falls overboard … Holy... more info

Guardian Music — Julie Murphy is perhaps the most unsung figure in British folk. So join her for a performance of her new album, live from her own living room, at 8.30pm tonightIt's perhaps ironic that one of the finest singers to emerge from Wales in recent years is... more info

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