ContactMusic — Country group The Dirt Drifters have apologised to fans after calling off their upcoming summer 12 tour The five-piece was due to hit the road for a U S trek to promote debut album This Is My Blood but theyve axed all their concerts citing personal..... more info

Song, by Toad —  Lungs, Dirt and Dreams is pretty well described by its title actually, and has a kind of thunderously epic quality which constantly kicks back against the kind of defeatism this kind of music tends to evoke. You could easily compare a lot of this t... more info

Guardian Music — Roundhouse, LondonThere's a splendid moment, 20 minutes into his set, when Paul Weller looks surprised at himself, even a bit coy. It comes at the beginning of Study in Blue, a duet with his wife Hannah, when he picks up a melodica and plays a few ... more info

Guardian Music — Roundhouse, LondonThere's a splendid moment, 20 minutes into his set, when Paul Weller looks surprised at himself, even a bit coy. It comes at the beginning of Study in Blue, a duet with his wife Hannah, when he picks up a melodica and plays a few te... more info

Guardian Music — Born into something approaching soul music royalty, Whitney Houston had a dazzling voice and a troubled personal lifeAt the outset of her record-breaking career, Whitney Houston did not seem like the kind of artist whose life would end prematurely in... more info

Guardian Music — Put Pomus and Shuman together with Lieber and Stoller. Add the Drifters. And you end up with a classicSave the Last Dance for Me by the Drifters was a joint enterprise by the two greatest songwriting teams of the early rock era: it was written by Pom... more info

ContactMusic — The Drifters helped make a late fans funeral even more moving by recording a special version of a beloved track to be played at the memorial British fan Rose Hansford had loved a rendition of Il Divos Mama that the Under the Boardwalk singers perform... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Paul Weller has confirmed he will release his new album 'Sonik Kicks' in 2012, and that he will play two shows at The Roundhouse in Camden in March next year.The album is slated for release on 26th March, coinciding with the two London shows leading ... more info

Mjsbigblog — A slew of Sing-Off hopefuls get together for an impromptu jam of the 1960 classic "This Magic Moment" by Ben E. King and The Drifters. Jay and the Americans had a hit with it in 1969. Video after the jump more info

Guardian Music — Songwriting duos have given pop some of its finest moments. Laura Barton looks at how they work – and what happens when they don't'We started fighting the moment we met," Mike Stoller once said of his songwriting partnership with Jerry Leiber. "We ... more info