Guardian Music — Britain may have all but forgotten her, but 80s popstar Sade is a huge star in the US since her 2010 comeback. So what's the secret of her transatlantic success?Just as we've got used to the idea that Adele is now a massive star in America, triumphin... more info

Guardian Music — Reclusive singer rakes in £10.5m to be highest-earning British musical act in America last yearViewers of the 2012 Grammys watched a 23-year old girl from Tottenham walk away with six awards, but the top-earning act from the UK in America last year ... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Taken from the British Airways Magazine, thanks to site visitor James.Notes From A Traveller: Liam GallagherWhen I was younger, we were always dragged to Ireland kicking and screaming for our holidays as me is from County Mayo. It was good hanging ou... more info

Guardian Music — Simon Cowell's boyband are in the US to promote their latest album – and, as they told NBC's Today, it's, you know, amazingThe Beatles. The Rolling Stones. Radiohead. 5ive. The list of British all-male bands to have taken the American music industr... more info

ContactMusic — One Direction have been taking the U S by storm in scenes not witnessed on those shores since The Beatles stepped foot in the so-called land of freedom in the 1960s Ok that might be a bit of an exaggeration but theres no denying theyve made quite the... more info

Guardian Music — Kings Place, LondonColin Towns, the one-time rock pianist and TV and film composer, paints big musical canvases, full of colliding characters who sound like relatives of Stravinsky, Zappa, the Beatles, Miles Davis or Kurt Weill. He usually unleashes ... more info

Guardian Music — Cargo, London"This song is in nine different parts," says Bill Doss, as a white-bearded brass player resembling an Amish bear trapper readies his gargantuan sousaphone, and Olivia Tremor Control's other frontman Will Cullen Hart babbles wildly to him... more info

Guardian Music — (Provocateur)European jazz composers and bandleaders have been in awe of Colin Towns since he downsized his movie-scoring career in the early 1990s and launched a scintillating jazz orchestra – feted young Manchester band Beats & Pieces are the lat... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Let me start out by saying that I think Matisyahu is a dick. I think this because he kicked my friend in the face and tried to break her camera, and then took to Twitter to say he wasn't sorry. But this mash-up of his song "One Day" with Jay-Z's "You... more info

Guardian Music — He knows its over, still he clings – Danny Coughlan doesn't know where else he can go, except deep into widescreen melancholyHometown: Bristol.The lineup: Danny Coughlan (vocals, guitar).The background: Danny Coughlan as Crybaby is an astonishingly... more info