Stereogum — Los Angeles-via-Ann Arbor singer/DJ/producer/multi-instrumentalist Mayer Hawthorne basically does everything on A Strange Arrangement, his debut full-length for Stones Throw. He has a sort of throwback Detroit soul sound and cites Isaac Hayes, Curtis... more info

XLR8R — Always with his hands in something (seriously, does dude ever sleep?), Madlib recently did a two-part, hour-long, and very jazz-centric mix for Gilles Peterson's Radio 1 show. Stones Throw turned the first part into its weekly podcast this morni... more info

All About Jazz — Sunday 19 July 3.30pm Beyond the Ballroom A Celebration of UK Jazz Dance with Gilles Peterson, Snowboy, The Mighty Jeddo + Dilanga Tickets 10 Cargo 83 Rivington Street Shoreditch London EC2A 3AY Produced by the Barbican in association with Edge0... more info

I Like Music — We Fear Silence present his Worldwide Festival Launch Party 15th May @ The Arches more info

JamBase — KRAFTWERK, ELBOW, MASSIVE ATTACK, FLEET FOXES AT 2009 EDITION Kraftwerk Bestival 2009 will take place at Robin Hill Country Park on the Isle of Wight from September 11-13. This year at Bestival the whole of Saturday on the bandstand will be a... more info

JamBase — Camp Bestival brings back the Great British camping holiday From July 24- 26 2009 at Lulworth Castle in Dorset, U.K. Bon Iver Camp Bestival 2009 features an amazing musical lineup, including PJ Harvey, Will Young, Chic feat. Nile Rogers, Mercury ... more info

The Music Fix — Review: So very Gilles Peterson. Soundspecies blend hip-hop, soul and jazz to good effect. more info

Time Out, London — Gilles Peterson celebrates a decade of his splendid 'Worldwide' show with a series of ten events, starting tonight with the first live UK show for a deacde from Q-Tip more info

Guardian Music — Tony Naylor cocks an ear as dance music's finest pick their final final songsChoosing music for your funeral is, arguably, the most pointless thing you'll ever do. Did the mourners sit there, as planned, in awestruck silence? Did they dissolve into w... more info