Totally Fuzzy — rastronomicals said... La Historia de la Musica Rock contrasts two members of the UK psychedelic Underground, Hawkwind and Pink Fairies, with their American counterparts, and finds the Americans lacking, how about that? "Silver Machine" and "Chromium... more info

Guardian Music — Royal Albert Hall, LondonPaolo Nutini might not be seen as cool or authentic, but he's certainly a dab hand at channelling vintage musical genresIt's instructive to see Paolo Nutini, the Italo-Scottish object of so much female desire, kicking off the... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — After Van Morrison’s departure from the group in 1966, Them relocated to Los Angeles and released a string of worthwhile efforts. The group completely revamped their image and sound behind Jim Armstrong’s accomplished guitar work and Ken McDowel... more info

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Mjsbigblog — Season 3 Idol, Jon Peter Lewis appeared on Fox and Friends this morning to sing a cut off his new EP, now available at iTunes. JPL performed a lovely cover of Van Morrison’s “Crazy Love”, the song he sang when he auditioned in Hawaii back in ... more info

CMT — Just ahead of Friday's (March 19) premiere of CMT Crossroads: Jimmy Buffett and Zac Brown Band, check out their enthusiastic collaboration on "Free/Into the Mystic." Brown often performs a medley of his "Free" and Van Morrison's classic "Into the Mys... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — Carwyn Ellis has played with some of the giants of music, although you’ve probably never heard of him. But with his new band Colorama and a charity single with some of the biggest names in rock in aid of the Haiti disaster, he’s hoping ... more info

Guardian Music — What is it about Yeats that is so attractive to rock stars, and why does Auden have the crowd moshing at the Forum? Graeme Thomson meets the musicians turning poetry into popOne day in 2005, Mike Scott decamped to his music room armed only with a lon... more info

Guardian Music — (Fantasy/Concord)The Chieftains have enjoyed an extraordinary career for the best part of five decades, partly because of adventurous, high-profile projects like this. They have matched their rousing Irish traditional playing with styles from across... more info

Altsounds — This years Manchester Irish Festival is staging a special opening night concert sponsored by Guinness dedicated to Ireland’s Blues legends such as Van Morrison, Rory Gallagher, Thin Lizzy and Bob Dylan. The night takes place on Friday 5 Mar... more info