Guardian Music — OrkneyPolish music and musicians featured prominently at this year's St Magnus festival as part of the nationwide Polska! Year celebration of Polish culture. The BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and the Hebrides Ensemble programmed Lutosławski, the ... more info

Addict Music — Sad Day For Puppets have announced they will release their second album, 'Pale Silver & Shiny Gold', via Sonic Cathedral Recordings on September 6. more info

Scotsman.com — ST MAGNUS FESTIVAL: LE JONGLEUR DE NOTRE DAME ST MAGNUS CATHEDRAL, KIRKWALL, ORKNEY more info

AOL Music — (June 17) -- In ye olden days, a fellow had to slay a dragon or wake a sleeping beauty with a kiss before he could win the hand of a princess. These days, it's more a matter of waiting around for eight years and taking a crash course in royal etiquet... more info

Guardian Music — Not even New Order or the Smiths could persuade a Glasto non-believer to attend. And then he saw a book of photos...I am, to some extent, a rock critic and have been since it was "Anarchy in the UK" versus "Dancing Queen", and the albums of the year ... more info

NME - The Daily Download — Club-night and label Sonic Cathedral is the focus of today's Daily Download as we check out what they have to offer. First up, 'The Psychedelic Sounds Of Sonic Cathedral' is a tribute to musical pioneer Roky Erickson and The 13th Floor Elevators. The... more info

Guardian Music — Composer, choir trainer and organistStanley Vann, who has died aged 100, was one of Britain's most prominent cathedral musicians in the middle years of the 20th century. He excelled particularly as a choir trainer, and his insistence on the highest s... more info

Rollo & Grady — Dangerbird Records is offering a free 10-song digital sampler album over at Amazon. Some of the artists on the sampler include – Silversun Pickups, Darker My Love, Sea Wolf, Eulogies, and Codeine Velvet Club. DML’s track “She Lives (In a Time ... more info

Topix — Fresh from his success conducting the complex score and loony characters of Ligeti's "Grand Macabre" in the New York Philharmonic 's triumphant production last week, Alan Gilbert faced a very different challenge on Monday during the orchestra's annua... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Willard said... THE DAVE CLARK FIVE The History Of The Dave Clark Five (1993) All of the DC5's albums are out of print, including this essential compilation of Brit Invasion magic. Read about it and hear some before you download. NEVER GET OUT OF THE... more info