Guardian Music — The music blogger picks the songs that mean the most to her as part of our Six Songs of Me projectHannah Duncan blogs at From Desk Till Dawn, contributes to independent music sites, and tweeted for the Guardian at Glastonbury 2011. What was the first... more info

Guardian Music — As the Africa Express tour came to a riotous end, the crowd revelled in the barely controlled chaos of a show that brought the Womad spirit to the Twitter eraBefore a note of music has been played, this Africa Express gig can be considered something ... more info

Guardian Music — The Ritz, ManchesterBy the time the train arrived in Manchester at 5.50pm on Wednesday – a collective of more than 80 musicians on board their own specially chartered vehicle – one anxiety was that the evening's show would be too slick an affair.... more info

Guardian Music — The Titchlikes blogger chooses the songs that mean the most to her in our Six Songs of Me projectHannah Jones writes about anything and everything to do with music at titchlikes.com. It aims to inject some much needed vitality, passion and humour int... more info

Guardian Music — Rapper unveils Free Pussy Riot, a protest song demanding charges against the Russian punk band be droppedReading on mobile? Watch hereAs Pussy Riot await Friday's court verdict, Peaches has launched a new campaign calling for the Russian musicians' r... more info

Perez Hilton — Madonna isn't the only musician standing up for jailed Russian punk band Pussy Riot. Peaches and over 85,000 other people are too! The Berlin-based pop artist just premiered her latest music video (above) for the appropriately-titled song, Free Puss... more info

Guardian Music — Baaba Maal, Damon Albarn and Bombay Bicycle are among the lineup of musicians who will tour the UK by train in SeptemberReading this on mobile? Click her to view videoThe collective of African and western musicians known as Africa Express has reveale... more info

Consequence of Sound — Australian festival also features Vampire Weekend, Animal Collective, and Pretty Lights. more info

Consequence of Sound — Plus, "little synth" projects and a collaboration with Yeah Yeah Yeahs. more info

Spinner.com — Aya Sato Earlier this year, Deep Sea Diver -- the songwriting alias of the Shins' touring guitarist Jessica Dobson turned full-fledged band -- released their debut LP, History Speaks. While Dobson may have cultivated her guitar jamming with oth... more info