Guardian Music — 1971: At the start of a new decade, one record pointed to one possible future for pop music - one in which the past would be endlessly re-exhumedGet It On was as much a sign of the musical times as it was a blast from the past. With its crude rumblin... more info

Guardian Music — Scoff all you like at the song – but have you ever featured on a No 1 hit? No? Pipe down thenHere's a quiz question: which Chuck Berry single was the only one to go to No 1 in the UK? Was it Maybelline, No Particular Place to Go, or Johnny B Goode?... more info

KEXP Seattle — Don’t call JD McPherson “retro.” Though the Oklahoma native rocks a mean 50′s styled rhythm & blues, on his official label debut (out next Tuesday on Rounder Records), he’s as likely to pull influences from The Smiths and Wu-Tang Clan as fr... more info

Guardian Music — Singer and harmonica-player who gave a fresh rinse to the bluesDespite its connotations of misery and bad luck, the blues is no less flexible a medium for humour, satire and topical commentary. Few artists in recent times have demonstrated this more ... more info

Guardian Music — Before heroin sapped his talent, Johnny Thunders was capable of moments of sloppy, ragged rock'n'roll brillianceJohnny Thunders was the living (just about) link between New York punk and its UK version. He had been lead guitarist in New York Dolls, t... more info

Guardian Music — Hackney Empire, LondonIt's a bit of a caricature, but in the world of art, there are two types of practitioners: first, the artist who leaps from one subject to another, mixing media, restlessly looking for the next new thing. Then there are those wh... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — The Who legend has told Xfm he reckons Liam and Noel will be reunited within four years....Talking to Xfm's Gordon Smart on Smart on Sunday Roger Daltrey said he has no doubt that the band will be back together sooner than we think."You know damn wel... more info

Guardian Music — Saxophonist who adapted to the passing fashions in blues and jazzIn a long performing career, the saxophonist Red Holloway, who has died aged 84, criss-crossed musical genres, content to play in blues bands, bebop combos or 16-piece orchestras. A mas... more info

ContactMusic — Leonard Cohen and Chuck Berry were honoured as the first two recipients of the Pen New Englands Song Lyrics of Literary Excellence Award on Sunday 26Feb12 at the John F Kennedy Library in Boston Massachusetts Berry was saluted at the event by Paul Si... more info

Guardian Music — (Columbia)The pleasures of this Australian teen punk duo's debut album are super-simple, gleefully reductive and inevitably short-lived. Their schtick seems to vacillate between 1950s rock'n'roll pastiche – all Enchantment Under the Sea Dance mock-... more info