Guardian Music — Radio legend Tony Blackburn talks to Paul Morley about superstar DJs, his love of trance music, and his friendly rivalry with John PeelPaul MorleyThe ObserverBen Green more info

Guardian Music — Paul Morley celebrates Tony Blackburn's plummy, sunny, urgently relaxed DJing styleIn the Top 20 list of people I have always wanted to interview, in between Julie Andrews and Gilbert and George, just below David Dickinson and David Lynch, there lies... more info

All About Jazz — Reissued albums include the band's self-titled LP, 'Hypnotised,' 'Positive Touch', 'The Sin of Pride' plus 'The Best of the Undertones.' LONDON, U.K. -- The Undertones emerged from Derry, Northern Ireland, in 1977, as part of the U.K. punk and new... more info

Guardian Music — We've been listening to the immortal 'King of the Delta Blues' at the wrong speed, but now we can hear him as he intendedI wouldn't agree with Eric Clapton about much, but he's always been bang on the money when it comes to Robert Johnson. Clapton on... more info

Guardian Music — The Sage, GatesheadFrom John Peel indie favourite with 10,000 Maniacs to impassioned socio-political crusader, Natalie Merchant's career has undergone many twists. But none, perhaps, quite as curious as this. Absent from the scene since becoming a mo... more info

Guardian Music — In 2002, John Peel offered a heaving shelf's worth of his epic record collection as a competition prize. But where are they now? And what records were in that pile?When someone from Radio 1 called John Osborne, back in 2002, to tell him he'd won 4ft ... more info

Altsounds — In their former guise as Murry The Hump, The Keys recorded 3 sessions for John Peel, signed to Too Pure, were lauded by the NME for their 'glorious jangle-pop', counted Joe Strummer, Keith Allen and Damien Hirst among their biggest fans and were t... more info

Guardian Music — Music conference hears there will still be a role for radio-style DJs despite wealth of online streaming programmesFrom the late 60s until his death in 2004 John Peel was the undisputed king of new music, a trusted voice that led thousands of people ... more info

Guardian Music — (Sub Pop)John Peel used to talk approvingly of records that sounded as if they had made themselves – referring to music so unbridled that the guitars seemed to have wrested control of themselves back from their human owners. The debut album from Lo... more info

Guardian Music — (DFA/EMI)The sleeve notes to Big Black's astonishing 1987 album Songs About Fucking may be among the most entertaining in rock history. Amid frontman Steve Albini's descriptions of his songs' charming subject matter – including the Columbian neckti... more info