Cross Rhythms — Beth Rowley returns to music more info

Guardian Music — Many musicians will be part of the Olympics. So why, with all that money sloshing around, are organisers paying them so little?The organising committee behind the Olympics, Locog, has been criticised for the huge contracts it has handed out to corpor... more info

Cross Rhythms — Gordon Gano, Gungor, Beth Rowley for Greenbelt 2011 more info

NME — Beth Rowley and ex-NME Awards presenter James Corden also join bill more info

PopSugar UK — Today's Brit Bets poll focuses on those fab British females out there right now. The Brit Awards 2009 takes place on the 18th Feb (so so soon!), so I'd love to hear your opinion on who you think should get the British Female Solo Artist gong on the n... more info

Popdose — Beth Rowley - Little Dreamer (2008, Verve Forecast) purchase this CD (Amazon) Yes, Beth Rowley is another white, female British soul singer, but before you write her off as another of Amy Winehouse’s coattail riders, it would behoove you to pause a... more info

Pop Matters — With a microphone in her hand and a soul to bare, Rowley delivers the goods much in the same way her predecessors did, making Little Dreamer one of the strongest and most soulful records of the year. more info

NME — Burt Bacharach played a spectacular hit-laden 90-minute set as part of the BBC Electric Proms in London last night (October 22). more info

Guardian Music — Burt Bacharach was voted one of the sexiest men alive by America's People magazine as recently as 2000, something that is a good deal easier to understand when he's a few yards away, ruminatively tinkling a piano. The "greatest living composer", acco... more info