Guardian Music — CSS feat Bobby Gillespie Hits Me Like A Rock (V2) Who'd have thought that Bobby G sighing over a track that sounds like Aqua covering The Tide Is High by Blondie would sound so fun? It reminds me of the music that was in the charts when Smash Hits us... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Festival Hall, LondonBy pulling together folk, jazz and blues into evocative, melodic albums, Pentangle were ahead of the curve in the late 1960s. An early "supergroup", they set the scene for more celebrated artists. Long before singer-songwri... more info

Guardian Music — Continuing our new series in which Guardian and Observer writers pick their favourite albums ever – with a view that you might do the same – Laura Barton plumps for a song-cycle of 'poetry and mythical musings'In 1968, Van Morrison was 22 years o... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Concert Hall, NottinghamThis week has seen the pop tribe's elders out in force. Bob Dylan (70) played a blinder at London's Feis festival last Saturday, followed by Van Morrison (65) the following night. At Glastonbury, a stage has been set asi... more info

Altsounds — Belfast is the place to be this summer for a music and culture extravaganza! In fact, Northern Ireland is home to some of the best musical talent around, from Snow Patrol and Ash, to new bands like Two Door Cinema Club and legends like Van Morriso... more info

Guardian Music — 15-17 August 1969: Number 18 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of rock musicJust as the Glastonbury festival doesn't actually take place in Glastonbury, Woodstock didn't happen in Woodstock, either. The festival in Bethel, New York, ... more info

Guardian Music — When I think of bookishness in music, it's not of Katy Perry or will.i.am, but something more awkward, more earnest, the type of music that stays inside on a sunny dayI recently found myself at two events – each extraordinary in its own way – tha... more info

Guardian Music — (Proper Records)Celebrating visionary British trad-jazz veteran Chris Barber's 80th, this two-disc set includes encounters with Van Morrison, Mark Knopfler, Dr John and Eric Clapton among others – testaments to how influential Barber was for a gene... more info

Guardian Music — Barbican, YorkDavid Gray reveals that, before his latest tour, he asked fans which songs they would like to hear. "There were 156 suggestions," he chuckles. "One of them was Frankie Goes to Hollywood's Relax." He doesn't play that, but top of fans' w... more info

Guardian Music — English folk-rock legend Roy Harper celebrates his 70th birthday with a one-off concert (5 Nov, Royal Festival Hall, SE1, southbankcentre.co.uk) …And hitting 70 isn't stopping American folk-rock legend Bob Dylan from performing at London's Feis (18... more info