Guardian Music — As Snoop prepares to headline Bloc.2012 we take a trip to Rock's Backpages – the world's leading archive of vintage music journalism – and find him in 1994, doing the washing upSnoop Doggy Dogg is cleaning up. Literally. The number one gangsta ra... more info

ContactMusic — Legendary record label boss Berry Gordy is set to be the subject of a new Broadway musical The icon founded Motown Records in 1959 and subsequently discovered and signed such artists as Michael Jackson Stevie Wonder Smokey Robinson Diana Ross Marvin ... more info

Guardian Music — Stadium of Light, SunderlandWhen Red Hot Chili Peppers last visited the north-east – hauling their punky-funky-metal fusion into Newcastle's modest Riverside club in 1990 – few would have put money on the Californians living out their days playi... more info

Guardian Music — 'Bleeding, sweating, crying, suffocating and being crushed – that's what art is made of'What got you started?I was born like this – loving music and wanting to express myself through it. This is just how they made me.What was your big breakthroug... more info

Guardian Music — New Orleans jazz trumpeter and composer who became a pillar of the London music sceneLike his New Orleans compatriot Wynton Marsalis, the jazz trumpeter Abram Wilson, who has died of colon cancer aged 38, was an exponent of quicksilver technique, blu... more info

ContactMusic — Stevie Wonder told Cheryl Cole that he likes her Newcastle accent Speaking on last nights The Graham Norton Show Cheryl admitted she can finally feel proud of her Geordie accent after it got the seal of approval from the music legend during the D... more info

Perez Hilton — We love Eric Hutchinson. We've been supporting him since 2007. And we love that we LOVE his new album so much! His skillful blend of blue-eyed soul and pop is so melodic and hypnotic! He's like Stevie Wonder meets Billy Joel! We can't stop listening ... more info

Guardian Music — Fresh from headlining the Queen's diamond jubilee concert, the former Beatle will play the London 2012 opening ceremonyPaul McCartney has confirmed he will play the opening ceremony of the London Olympics.The former Beatles star was the headline attr... more info

ContactMusic — Bruce Springsteen has topped a new poll seeking out a composer for an alternative U S National Anthem The Boss beat out Dolly Parton by three per cent in the Vanity Fair survey Stevie Wonder came in third and Bob Dylan and film composer John Willi... more info

The Newsroom — Queen chats with Paul McCartney, Elton John, Stevie Wonder and Kylie Minogue backstage after spectacular Jubilee concert in front of Buckingham Palace. Rough Cut (no reporter narration). more info