Guardian Music — After Adele's Bond theme failed to top the charts, we wonder if all Bond themes are commercially cursedThere were high hopes for Adele's theme song to the new James Bond film, Skyfall – not least the expectation that this would be the first 007 sig... more info

Starpulse — Rock legend Eric Clapton's bank balance was given a huge boost on Friday when his painting by German artist Gerhard Richter sold for a record-breaking $34.2 million. more info

Guardian Music — The great Mississippi-born blues singer and guitarist BB King, was christened Riley B King in 1925, which explains the comic title of this authoritative British documentary on his long, impressive career. BB bore with dignity his exclusion by white s... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — Eric Clapton's bank balance was given a huge boost on Friday when his painting by German artist Gerhard Richter sold for a record-breaking $34.2 million. more info

ContactMusic — Rock legend Eric Clapton's bank balance was given a huge boost on Friday (12Oct12) when his painting by German artist GERHARD RICHTER sold for a... more info

CNN Showbiz — British guitarist Eric Clapton added a few million pounds to his fortune Friday, when a painting out of his private collection garnered a record sum at auction in London. more info

Sky News — The abstract painting, by German artist Gerhard Richter, was sold for an auction record after a telephone bidding war. more info

Guardian Music — In a clip from BB King: The Life of Riley, a new documentary directed by Jon Brewer, Bobby Bland, Bonnie Raitt, Carlos Santana, Walter Trout, Joe Bonamassa, John Mayall, Aaron Neville and Eric Clapton talk about the great bluesman more info

Guardian Music — Watch the trailer to the new documentary BB King: The Life of Riley, directed by Jon Brewer. The film tells the story of the life of the great bluesman and features contributions from, among others, Bono of U2, Dr John, Bonnie Raitt, Eric Clapton and... more info

Guardian Music — Guitarist will tell his life story 'to help readers discover the sanctity, grace, and divinity in themselves'Carlos Santana has joined the parade of musicians writing their memoirs. The Grammy award-winning guitarist will publish his autobiography in... more info