Pitchfork — Usually, when rappers work with rock bands, they out their own bad---- or at least totally pedestrian-- tastes. Witness, for example, Q-Tip enlisting Korn for a collab, or Coldplay's Chris Martin and his bizarre evolution into some sort of Nate ... more info

NME — Robbie Williams has started work on his new album, the singer's co-manager has confirmed. more info

The Telegraph Blog — I went to see Daniel Merriweather last night, a soulful young New York protégé of retro-styling Amy Winehouse producer Mark Ronson. He's a fresh faced boy with a keening voice somewhere between fifties rock n roll idols like Dion and 60s soul buste... more info

Perez Hilton — viewNode("3510a8288aa89", { player_profile:'vega4', width: 410, height: 315 }); Daniel Merriweather first burst onto the global scene as the featured vocalist on Mark Ronson's great cover of The Smiths' Stop Me. Now, the Australian born singe is goin... more info

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NME — The validity of newspaper reports claiming the likes of Amy Winehouse and Mark Ronson were on a terrorist death list have been questioned after it was claimed a "terrorism expert" was planting comments to back up his stories. more info

NME — The validity of newspaper reports claiming the likes of Amy Winehouse and Mark Ronson were on a terrorist death list have been questioned after it was claimed a "terrorism expert" was planting comments to back up his stories. more info

Altsounds — If Amy Winehouse, Nas and Adele were asked who we should watch out for in 2009, one name they would all agree on is 27 year old singer songwriter Daniel Merriweather. Back in 2001 a then little known producer called Mark Ronson was looking for someo... more info

Pitchfork — + The Music Now Festival is happening in Cincinnati March 11 and 12 and will feature Kronos Quartet (playing two sets, including a new piece by Arcade Fire's Richard Reed Parry), the Books, and Toumani Diabate. The fest will once again take place at ... more info

Spinner.com — Filed under: News Today, Oh Boy!Spinner.com: D'Angelo is putting the finishing touches on a new album, titled 'James River,' featuring collaborations with Prince, Mark Ronson and Gnarls Barkely's CeeLo Green. Tortoise are releasing their first albu... more info