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ContactMusic — Sir Paul McCartney is making a record of his "dad's style of music. "The 68-year-old former Beatles musician is recording a number of covers of tracks from the pre-rock era which remind him of his father's music taste. He told... more info

Totally Fuzzy — The latest additions... with short reviews... below... after you click Read more » All available for streaming in our SoundStream Player Atmosphere - 'The Family Sign' On the follow-up to surprise 2008 commercial hit When Life Gives You Lemons.... more info

Altsounds — The mid '60s rock group *The Zombies*, were famed for writing melodies as gorgeous as those of *The Beatles *and *The Beach Boys*. Singer *Colin Blunstone's* distinctive voice, described as 'wispy wonderfulness' manages to be both sweetly angelic an... more info

ContactMusic — Sir Paul Mccartney is following Rod Stewart's example and releasing an album of standards. The former Beatles star has been secretly recording covers of hits he listened to while growing up with Elvis Costello's singer/songwriter wife Diana Krall&... more info

Guardian Music — UK Music report estimates nearly 8 million people spent £1.4bn on festivals and visits to sites featured on album coversSummer festivals and concerts may mostly be about sex, drugs and rock'n'roll, but they also inject millions of pounds into the ec... more info

Guardian Music — Ten years ago, John Harris was within seconds of a meeting Bob Dylan – until Eric Clapton stole him away. Now he talks to those who have been granted an audience with rock's greatest enigmaImagine this: since you were 11 years old, you have been c... more info

Guardian Music — Bucks Fizz's Cheryl Baker never misses Eurovision, while rock writer Charles Shaar Murray thinks it's a showcase for European culture at its worst. Susanna Rustin lets them argueTonight's 56th annual Eurovision song contest will see the kitsch and th... more info

Guardian Music — Jedward and Blue among favourites to win contest, and are set to cash in despite tacky traditionsIt is loved and derided in equal measure – a festival of terrible fashion, Euro power-ballads, unlikely rap numbers and ill-advised dance routines. But... more info

Stereogum — And so it was that 2.6 Nielsen-ratings-worth of 18-49-year-olds became at least as aware of NMH as they were of The Beatles. (via NYT) more info