Guardian Music — Last surviving member of the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, the Irish folk group who found success in the US'The best ballad singer I ever heard in my life" was Bob Dylan's verdict on Liam Clancy, who has died aged 74. He was the last remaining mem... more info

Guardian Music — Lady Gaga's new video proves how wrong I was about her initially. I wish I could say the same about Pixie Lott's offeringI've been busying myself this week with two glamorous blondes we didn't know this time last year. Both have spent 2009 topping th... more info

Live Daily — Details are being firmed up for the return in 2010 of the all-female Lilith Fair [ tickets ] music festival, which was mothballed in 1999 after a three year run that attracted more than 1.5 million fans. The new Lilith Fair website launched Tuesda... more info

The Music Fix — News: Following on from the Action Aid 6 Degrees show Thecocknbullkid played at the ICA earlier this year, Anita has gone on to record a single for the 6 Degrees Project alongside Roisin Murphy, Sinead O'Connor and Michachu (from Michachu and The Sha... more info

Guardian Music — The Special is afflicted with a mystery illness that causes him to say the wrong things to the wrong audiences. But he's not alone: Eric Clapton, John Lydon and Nicky Wire are fellow sufferersThe Specials' open-air gig in Leeds the other night was qu... more info

8/1 — Senenin ÅŸanslılarından birisi daha. BBC'nin sound of 2009'unda 3 numara olan, geçtiÄŸimiz yılın Brit'lerinde eleÅŸtirmenlerin gözdesi ödülünü kapan Florence [Welch] ve grubu Machine birkaç hit sonrası [Kiss ... more info

Chicago Tribune — Sinead O'Connor's "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got" was one of the great albums of the 1990s, a fearlessly introspective work that belongs alongside such other landmark collections as John Lennon's "Plastic Ono Band" and Joni Mitchell's "Blue." ... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The new, limited edition set offers a second disc of rarities and previously unreleased tracks. Sinéad O'Connor's "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got" was one... more info

Express Newspapers — SINEAD O'CONNOR entered the mainstream with this album in 1990 but still, so intensely personal was this set that hit ballad Prince's Nothing Compares 2 U, a straightforward tear-jerker, provided welcome relief. more info

Guardian Music — It is, at least for a while, your crowning glory – but what are you going to do with it?There are hundreds of great songs about the effects of fame, but I was particularly pleased to see Usher's Superstar in this week's list. Usher really is a... more info