Guardian Music — Sorry bass-players, Crystal Castles and Black Keys have given the music business some money-saving food for thoughtListen to our two-piece Spotify playlistWhen the White Stripes conquered Britain in 2001, in a campaign that took all of a week, the no... more info

Cross Rhythms — Live recording of the late Solomon Burke in Switzerland released more info

Guardian Music — They were tiny, tatty – and terrific. For Record Store Day on Saturday, our pop writers remember the shops where they first fell in love with musicFreewheelin' in Nottingham It was the place where I first heard Bob Dylan, in the late summer of 1963... more info

Guardian Music — Cult 90s band to play their first concert in 13 years at I'll Be Your Mirror festival in London next yearThe Afghan Whigs are to make London's Alexandra Palace the site of their first concert in 13 years. The 90s rockers will headline All Tomorrow's ... more info

Guardian Music — In Otis Redding's hands, Try a Little Tenderness fires a secular devotion that is every bit as intense as its spiritual cousinOf all the great soul singers, perhaps Solomon Burke is most famed for bringing the fervour of the church to his recordings... more info

KEXP Seattle — Although singer/songwriter Gillian Welch hasn’t been totally quiet over the past years, having performed and recorded with bands like The Decemberists, Bright Eyes, Solomon Burke, Steve Earle, Ralph Stanley, Ryan Adams, Alison Krauss, and many othe... more info

Guardian Music — O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire, LondonThe sharply dressed man finger-snapping onstage toured with Prince as a teenager, became a pop star in the US in his 20s, produced a handful of classic records in his 30s and is now settling smoothly into his role of ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — ANTI Fall Sampler. ANTI Records Band Page player. ANTI- is an American record label founded in 1999 as a sister label of Epitaph Records. While Epitaph's focus has shifted over the last decade from mostly punk rock, nowadays ANTI- has a mor... more info

Guardian Music — Once a vehicle for like-minded stars, these days supergroups allow unlikely friends to indulge their experimental sideI have a tone on my phone that announces the arrival of a new indie supergroup, and it's bleeping a lot at the moment. Appearing to ... more info

NME — Rolling Stones to pay tribute to Solomon Burke more info