Guardian Music — Artists including Sir Cliff Richard had argued they would lose royalties, but will now gain protection until at least 2033Thousands of music performers, from little-known session musicians to Sir Cliff Richard, will receive royalties from songs relea... more info

Guardian Music — Let England Shake is the highlight of a career that had already reached some pretty vertiginous artistic peaksIf you were watching at home, you could have been forgiven for missing the Mercury Prize entirely this year. The BBC cut coverage down to ha... more info

Altsounds — Following their highly acclaimed national tour and appearances at Glastonbury and on 'Later with Jools Holland', *Jerry Dammers' Spatial AKA Orchestra* return to play a London date at The Barbican on Friday 18th Nov 2011. The Specials' and 2 Tone f... more info

The Vinyl Villain — I mentioned both R.E.M. and Iggy Pop in the posting about Lloyd Cole and The Commotions yesterday.  So here's something lifted from a b-side:-mp3 : R.E.M. - The PassengerIt's a live rendition from a set performed for a special edition of Later With ... more info

Guardian Music — (Vintage Trouble)LA four-piece Vintage Trouble briefly featured in the top 10 worldwide trending topics on Twitter in April after an incendiary appearance on Later ... With Jools Holland. Singer Ty Taylor gyrated and whooped like a young James Brown,... more info

Stereogum — This year’s shortlist for the Barclaycard Mercury Prize Album of the Year was announced in London this morning. A group of industry experts will select the winner, who will be announced in a ceremony hosted by Jools Holland 9/6. Winner also gets £... more info

Guardian Music — Our secret columnist spoke to an A&R for his take on the workings of the music industry ... only to find him out of a jobTo present more than one point of view, this week I sent emails from an anonymous account in the hope of speaking to some industr... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Proving that it doesn't always have to be new to be good, a mental disorder most music bloggers seem to suffer from, this strange obsession with and addiction to everything "newish", ... this is one excellent full Radiohead Live Show, 90 minutes... more info

Guardian Music — I don't want to be a BBC boss, reveals the Later host and boogie-woogie aficionado Jools HollandJools Holland never did make a wholly convincing bad boy. Even when he toured with Squeeze, the essential London song-writing band of the 1980s, and went ... more info

Guardian Music — Vitriol, pride and self-pity are the main ingredients in Andy Kershaw's sad memoirI have personal experience of Andy Kershaw's absent off switch. In March 2008, during the period when, thanks to alcohol and the break-up of his relationship with the m... more info