ContactMusic — Veteran rocker Gregg Allman almost blew his chances of romancing pop icon Cher after falling asleep while high on drugs during their first date The Allman Brothers Band star has opened up about his relationship with the Believe hitmaker in his new me... more info

Guardian Music — Unreported World: Terror In Sudan | BBC Young Musician 2012: Keyboard Category Final | Sweet Home Alabama: The Southern Rock Saga | Not Going Out | 30 Rock | The Graham Norton ShowUnreported World: Terror In Sudan7.30pm, Channel 4What the world's med... more info

Guardian Music — It embraced black soul music – but couldn't divorce itself from the prejudices of the southIt was only a matter of time before BBC4 green-lit a Friday night documentary about southern rock. It is irresistible to connoisseurs of once-unfashionable s... more info

ContactMusic — Veteran rocker Gregg Allman cut short a show in New York on Saturday night 24Mar12 and sat out a second on Sunday 25Mar12 after he was struck down with back pain The Allman Brothers Band star walked off stage 30 minutes before the end of his gig at M... more info

ContactMusic — Cheap Trick and The Allman Brothers have won a major legal battle with record executives at Sony over digital music royalties The label bosses have agreed to pay almost 8 million Gbp5 million as part of a settlement to a group of veteran musicians en... more info

USA Today Music — The Allman Brothers steamroll into their 43rd year, in the spotlight, on the road and in bookstores. more info

Totally Fuzzy — Today's Live Performance by today's audio and video standards leaves a lot to be desired, but because of the legendary status of the performance I'll post it anyway. It is still enjoyable and there's not that much footage available w... more info

Topix — On Saturday, The Allman Brothers Band will be among a handful of respected artists who the Recording Academy will recognize with Lifetime Achievement Awards at an invitation-only event held in Los Angeles in conjunction with Grammy Week. more info

USA Today Music — Gregg Allman, Derek Trucks and Warren Haynes are all Allman Brothers, and they're all up for Grammys. more info

Guardian Music — The secret of Layla's greatness isn't just in the guitar line or the piano coda – it's in Tom Dowd's innovative productionLaunched into the stratosphere with arguably (or, in my opinion, indisputably) the greatest opening riff in the history of roc... more info