NME — The godfather of shock rock teamed up with the pop star for his new album more info

Mercury News, California — The 11th annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass festival opened in triumphant fashion on Friday.Highlights from Day One included Led Zeppelin legend Robert Plant performing with his talented Band of Joy, gifted lyricist John Prine crooning from his A-plus ... more info

ContactMusic — Rock legend Robert Plant has found a new singing partner in British tenor Alfie Boe The odd couple has recorded a version of Tim Buckleys Song To A Siren and now the former Led Zeppelin frontman who recorded hit 2007 album Raising Sand with country s... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Excellent BBC Documentary in which Robert Plant talks about growing up in the black country, life in Led Zeppelin and his solo career. As one of the greatest vocalists of rock, he explains how it was for him to break out of the rock-god cliché an... more info

Guardian Music — Transcender, London"Ecstatic, hypnotic and just plain psychedelic" is the motto for the Transcender festival, the pervasive feeling of the event being that music from anywhere in the world can blow someone's mind. Now in its third year, Transcender b... more info

Altsounds — *Cool Green Recordings* is pleased to announce the *October 3rd* UK release of the new album “*Spaces In Between*” from the southern Australian desert rockers '*Tracer*'. If Robert Plant and Jimi Hendrix made love to the sounds... more info

Guardian Music — Tinariwen have been exporting their acclaimed brand of desert rock to a worldwide audience for a decade. Former manager Andy Morgan caught up with them on tour in New YorkTo download an exclusive eight-track live album by Tinariwen - for free - visit... more info

Altsounds — *Lady Gaga, The Rolling Stones, Eminem, Jay Z, Coldplay, U2, Beyonce, Justin Bieber, Jennifer Lopez, Muse, Elton John, Black Eye Peas, Britney Spears, Bruno Mars, Robert Plant, Kanye West, Madonna, Gwen Stefani, Ricky Martin, Brian May, Sting, Rihann... more info

Guardian Music — Eastnor Castle Deer Park, HerefordshireThe Big Chill used to have a reputation as the natural refuge for thirtysomething ravers, but the times they are a-changing at Eastnor. Festival audiences have been squeezed across the board this summer and the ... more info

Guardian Music — Musicians choose which sounds they've been listening to this summer Listen to a selection of these tracks on our Summer Music Spotify playlist, guardian.co.uk/spotify-playlistsFaris Badwan, the HorrorsOld Man Willow Elephant's MemoryI first heard Ele... more info