Guardian Music — Katherine Jenkins is glad her squeaky-clean image is behind her. The singer talks to Kira Cochrane about drugs, classical snobbery – and why she dreams of singing CarmenWhen Katherine Jenkins's PR tells me the singer is an open book, I smile gamely... more info

Guardian Music — America's grandma is releasing a new album – at 87 years oldAge: 87.Appearance: America's grandma.Is this like pancake day? Can people who aren't called Doris take part too? I think you're talking about the wrong Doris Day.Which one are you talking... more info

Unreality Music — Okay so I've been trying, for a good while now, to find a positive approach for this song, and I still haven't found one as of yet... Oh well, I suppose we could look at it like this: Duffy ha... more info

The Mirror — I bet Vera Lynn never got this kind of hassle... and yet the current Nation's Sweetheart couldn't do right for doing wrong this weekend. more info

ContactMusic — DAME VERA LYNN braved biting winds to help launch a campaign on Saturday (30Oct10) to save Britain's port of Dover from purchase by foreign investors.The veteran... more info

Guardian Music — My grandmother Celia Rowley, who has died aged 94, was a piano soloist and accompanist from the age of 16. She worked with many notable performers, including Noël Coward, Vera Lynn and Julie Andrews, and continued to give concerts and recitals well ... more info

Guardian Music — To celebrate National Poetry Day, Dave Simpson talks to musicians about the joys – and occasional tribulations – of setting verse to musicPaul WellerI wasn't taught poetry at school, but after I left I got into Liverpool beat poets such as Brian ... more info

Guardian Music — Forum, LondonVera Lynn's "We'll Meet Again" drifts across the audience at the Forum and photos of the Libertines in their heyday – laughing, hugging, playful and handsome – flick across the screens at the sides of the stage. A red curtain rises a... more info

The Newsroom — Stars and icons from Slash and Muse to Tony Bennett and Vera Lynn are honoured at Nordoff-Robbins' Silver Clef Awards in London more info

Guardian Music — Beckham is the latest in a long list of stars who have gladly given their time to entertain British troops and boost moralWhen David Beckham posed for pictures with soldiers at Camp Bastion in Afghanistan over the weekend he joined a long line of cel... more info