L.A. Times - Entertainment — The group's music evokes the best of the classic canyon rock era of the 1960s and '70s. The band members even have a place in Laurel Canyon.It's a hot, bone-dry, blue-skied day in the hills above Los Angeles — the kind of crystalline morning one mi... more info

Guardian Music — True Grit directors are reportedly planning biopic of folk singer Dave Van RonkIn one of their characteristic 180-degree turns, the Coen brothers appear to be planning to follow up their successful western True Grit with a film about the New York cof... more info

Guardian Music — The Fleetwood Mac veteran and solo star picks the music that has inspired her through her 40-year careerFrom Florence Welch to Courtney Love, Sheryl Crow to Taylor Swift, there are plenty of artists who owe a debt to Stevie Nicks (63). She began as h... more info

Guardian Music — 1963: Number 31 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of dance musicArizona-born Mingus was one of jazz's greatest composers, a double-bass virtuoso, a challenger of racism inside and outside the white-run music business of his time, and ... more info

Guardian Music — 29 August 1970: Number 38 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of Jazz musicThe coolest man on the planet took the stage at the Isle of Wight festival towards the end of the afternoon on Saturday 29 August 1970. He followed Joni Mitchell... more info

Guardian Music — For his 738th project this month, the actor will collaborate with New York performance artist Kalup LinzyActor James Franco is moving from films to literature, from art to academia, and now to high-concept performance art, announcing a collaboration ... more info

Stereogum — Before his show at Hollywood Forever last night, James Blake rolled around the Cemetery grounds while shadowed by photographer Graeme Flegenheimer. They spent some time near the tombstone of Johnny Ramone, a day after Joni Mitchell saw him do “A Ca... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Seasons Of My Soul is the debut album by British singer, Rumer. Available in the US from September 2011, but you don't have to wait that long, you can already stream it in full, and enjoy it below, after you clicked Read More... thanks to the good f... more info

Guardian Music — Randy Newman might be one of the pre-eminent songwriters of his generation, but that hasn't stopped many of his best-known songs from being misunderstoodRandy Newman sits at the piano in the London showroom of Steinway & Sons and absent-mindedly tink... more info

Said the Gramophone — Dave Van Ronk - "Both Sides Now" After reading Saul Bellow's Henderson the Rain King, Joni Mitchell wrote this song that posits love, like a cloud, as an amorphous, inscrutable thing whose shape is constantly shifting along with our perception... more info