Guardian Music — He's taken jazz where it has never gone before - playing with pipers, punks and divas. As Ornette Coleman arrives in Britain, Patti Smith, Moby and others salute a great. By John LewisBorn in Texas 79 years ago, saxophonist Ornette Coleman came to t... more info

Live Daily — Stevie Wonder [ tickets ], Alicia Keys [ tickets ], France's First Lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy and many more will come together July 18 in New York to honor former South African President Nelson Mandela's 91st birthday. The Mandela Day [ tickets ] co... more info

Guardian Music — This week's pod promises a lucky bag of musical treats, beginning with the iconic tones of rock gods, namely those of Sonic Youth. The Youth formed in 1981 and soon established themselves at the forefront of New York's avant-garde noise-rock scene. A... more info

The Music Fix — Feature: Gary has interviewed Baaba Maal for TMF... more info

Mojo 4 Music — Surprise guests wow crowd at label's birthday wingding. MOJO's Danny Eccleston was there. more info

Q4Music — Band joined Baaba Maal onstage to celebrate Island Record's half century more info

NME — Band join Baaba Maal at Island Life gig tonight (May 28) more info

Guardian Music — Whether it's Nick Cave, Lady Gaga or Baaba Maal, the festival boasts that it has someone for everyone. So who will you be watching?We weren't expecting to be surprised by this year's Glastonbury lineup, given that all three of the headline acts had b... more info

Guardian Music — Senegalese star Babaa Maal was one of the original icons of the 1980s world music boom, and he's still finding new ways to cross over. By Robin DenselowThis is an important week for Chris Blackwell, the man who founded Island Records, and for Baaba M... more info

CNN Showbiz — "I believe that I was born to sing, because since I was five years old, music was calling me." -- Baaba Maal more info