411 Mania — On October 2... more info

USA Today Music — Van Morrison is announcing he'll release a new studio album with Blue Note Records on Oct. 2. more info

Consequence of Sound — First album in four years arrives in October. more info

ContactMusic — Actress Maggie Gyllenhaal named her newborn daughter Gloria after falling in love with rocker Patti Smiths rendition of the Van Morrison classic The Dark Knight star and her actor husband Peter Sarsgaard welcomed their second girl in April 12 and Gyl... more info

Guardian Music — This Swedish singer recalls a slightly less melancholy Lykke LiAs any fool will tell you, pop is best when it's happy on the outside but sad on the inside. Being a Swede, Noonie Bao obviously has a handle on this sort of thing and her second single D... more info

Guardian Music — If soulful stuff is what you're after, here are the best jazz fests taking place this summer up and down the countryBluesFestWhen 26 June-6 JulyWhere Various venues in London and ManchesterWhat Performers bring out the blues in their musicWho Nick Lo... more info

Guardian Music — Scratch any literate songwriter – Win Butler, David Bowie, PJ Harvey – and beneath the surface you will find a debt to TS EliotThe New Yorker critic Louis Menand, reflecting on TS Eliot's transition from radical modernist to arch-conservative, wr... more info

Topix — The death of rock guitarist Ronnie Montrose, who formed an eponymous band in the 1970s and played with heavy hitters such as Van Morrison and Herbie Hancock, has been ruled a suicide. more info

Gigwise — 68-year-old singer songwriter joins Feist on top of bill at Welsh festival more info

Chorus.fm — *Van Morrison* (http://www.vanmorrison.com) will headline the Green Man Festival (http://www.greenman.net) in Wales this year. more info