ContactMusic — Sir Mick Jagger has formed a new supergroup. The Rolling Stones star will work alongside Joss Stone, Damian Marley, Eurythmics' Dave Stewart and Indian musician A. R. Rahman in the new band, thought to be called Super Heavy, and they are cur... more info

Gigwise — In talk with major labels... more info

USA Today Music — Rock's buccaneer looks back on 'Life' memoir, ahead to 'Pirates' movie and maybe a Rolling Stones tour. more info

Guardian Music — If you've not noticed the craze for spiced-up Balkan brass bands, where have you been? Now the two leading outfits are in battleIt has the air of a boxing match with a rowdy and expectant crowd. On the left, one trumpeter appears, on the right, anoth... more info

Guardian Music — The general consensus is that Bob Dylan reached his peak in 1975, and it's been a slow, frustrating decline ever since. But there are gems to be found even in his most-maligned releasesBob Dylan is 70 on Tuesday. If like me you are a Dylan fan, you w... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Around this time last year I took on my first full assignment as music supervisor for filmmaker Robbie Pickering’s Natural Selection. The film nabbed both the Grand Jury and Audience awards at SXSW Film in March. It also won best music. More on tha... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Ten Years After is an English blues-rock band, most popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Between 1968 and 1973, Ten Years After scored eight Top 40 albums on the UK Albums Chart. In addition they have had twelve albums enter the US Billboard 2... 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

ContactMusic — The Rolling Stones' Keith Richards has been working on new songs. The legendary guitarist has been working on tracks he plans to release with the X-pensive Winos, a collective of musicians headed by songwriter and producer Steve Jordan, whom he... more info

Guardian Music — Rolling Stones guitarist may re-form side project following role in new Pirates of the Caribbean movieKeith Richards is working on a new album with his side-project, the X-Pensive Winos.The guitarist had been widely assumed to be regrouping with the ... more info