ContactMusic — Oasis' break-up will give brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher a "new lease of life", rocker Richard Ashcroft has claimed.The former Verve frontman - who is close... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — British rocker Richard Ashcroft has confirmed his former band The Verve is over for good - because they could never top their previous achievements. more info

ContactMusic — British rocker RICHARD ASHCROFT has confirmed his former band THE VERVE is over for good - because they could never top their previous achievements.The Bitter Sweet... more info

ContactMusic — Former THE VERVE rocker RICHARD ASHCROFT was struck down with pneumonia while recording his new band's first album.The star created the United Nations of Sound earlier... more info

Pitchfork — Artist: RPA & the United Nations of Sound Album: United Nations of Sound Release Date: July 19Label: Parlophone Tracklist: 01 Are You Ready 02 Born Again 03 America 04 This Thing Called Life 05 Beatitudes 06 Good Loving 07 How Deep Is Your Man 08 She... more info

Guardian Music — Academy, ManchesterRock singers don't come much more messianic than Richard Paul Ashcroft. Introduced by Chris Martin at Live 8 as "the best singer in the world", he has compared himself to Nostradamus, and he once told an interviewer he could fly. S... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Mr Tear said... Beautiful music formthe North of India, recorded in 1971: Pandit Ram Narayan - Inde du Nord (Ocora) http://snapcrackleandpops.blogspot.com Jolly Joker said... # Muddy Waters - Fathers and Sons [1969] # Jimmy Smith - Walk on the Wild ... more info

NME — Verve frontman brings new project to French capital more info

Guardian Music — The Hammond was designed as a low-budget organ for churches, but it was Smith who marked its place in jazz historyThe Hammond organ wasn't originally designed for jazz clubs, but for churches that couldn't afford a full-blown pipe organ. Unveiled in ... more info

Guardian Music — (Fiction)If Detroit Social Club – from Tyneside, not Motor City – are a bit like Kasabian fronted by Richard Ashcroft, then Northern Man is their Bittersweet Symphony moment. Drenched in strings the size of Led Zeppelin's Kashmir, it's a gigantic... more info