Guardian Music — Singer-songwriter's memoir of life with photographer and within 1960s New York scene wins prestigious US prizePatti Smith's bitter-sweet memoir of a youthful affair with the photographer Robert Mapplethorpe won her a prestigious National Book Award i... more info

Detroit Free Press — Billy Cox heard Jimi Hendrix before he saw or met him. It was a rainy evening in 1961 at Ft. Campbell in Kentucky, and Cox and a fellow soldier were walking by a service club where "the window was up maybe a couple of inches." From that small opening... more info

Reuters — DETROIT (Billboard) - After a prolific 2010 that continues with the "West Coast Seattle Boy: The Jimi Hendrix Anthology" box set out this week, the family-run Experience Hendrix label has a more modest, but no less impactful blueprint for the next co... more info

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Starpulse — A guitar used by Jimi Hendrix to compose several of his classic songs is expected to fetch $225,000 at auction next month. The Epiphone acoustic cost the rock legend just $22.50 when he bought it... more info

NME — The instrument was used to write songs such as 'All Along The Watchtower' more info

ContactMusic — A guitar used by JIMI HENDRIX to compose several of his classic songs is expected to fetch $225,000 (150,000) at auction next month (Dec10).The Epiphone acoustic cost... more info

411 Mania — From Jay-Z, Guns N' Roses, Fleetwood Mac and Iron Maiden to Joy Division, Isaac Hayes, Jimi Hendrix, Garbage and more, the 411 Staff continues their way through the alphabet with their top 5 favorite artists starting with the letters F to J! Check ou... more info

Guardian Music — Tennessee band whose fifth album Come Around Sundown recently reached No 1 will also play Hyde Park show next yearChart-topping rock band Kings of Leon are to be among the headliners for next year's Isle Of Wight festival, it was announced today.The ... more info