Totally Fuzzy — Frisian2 said... On F.O.F. Sunshine Pop; Jamme - Jamme [1970, Vinyl] Pop-Rock; Bones - Bones [1972, Vinyl] Jazz; Annette Peacock - I'm The One [1972, Vinyl] Folk, Folk-Rock; Albion Dance Band - The Prospect Before Us [1976] Singer-Songwriter; Dory Pr... more info

Altsounds — *Latitude Festival *returns for an incredible 5th Edition on *15-18th July 2010* set in the beautiful countryside of *Henham Park Estate* on *Suffolk’s Sunrise Coast*. A festival like no other, Latitude stands alone as a bold and pionee... more info

Pitchfork — Yesterday Alex Chilton, the Memphis-raised singer, songwriter, performer, and producer, died in New Orleans. He was 59. It's impossible to express how much Chilton's work has meant to music in the last 40 or so years, particularly underground and ind... more info

Guardian Music — Voodoo drumming is one of the island's most thrilling musical traditions – and it's being used in the relief effortAfter the devastating effects of January's earthquake in Haiti, two very different fund-raising musical projects sprang into lif... more info

Guardian Music — This solitary singer's bad-mood music conjures the dark, dour Manchester and Ian Curtis and Ian BrownHometown: London.The lineup: Julie Campbell (vocals, guitar)The background: "Where have all the nervous people gone?" asked sometime guardian.co.uk/m... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Can you scream at people while wielding a hefty ukulele? It's hard but, yes, it can be done. Julia Nunes, a 20 year old singer-songwriter from Rochester, NY, has assembled five songs for her new I Think You Know EP. With the lo-fi backing her lyric... more info

Guardian Music — I had been looking for a voice to capture how it felt to hear that Vic Chesnutt had died, when I realised that voice was his ownI first heard Vic Chesnutt one Saturday morning in Dublin, many years ago now. Lying in bed in early summer, gulls cawing ... more info

Guardian Music — Michael Stipe, Patti Smith and others pay tribute at memorial to melancholic singer-songwriter who died on Christmas dayA memorial service has been held for the American musician Vic Chesnutt, who has died aged 45. Chesnutt, described by REM's Michae... more info

Live Daily — In the song "Flirted With You All My Life," Vic Chesnutt [ tickets ] wrote what he called a "break-up song with death": "When you touched a friend of mine I thought I would lose my mind, but I found out with time that really, I was not ready, no no, ... more info

NME — Michael Stipe and Kristin Hersh pay tribute to songwriter more info