Guardian Music — Mojo editor hails 'remarkable' year for Rumer, while Arctic Monkeys, John Grant and Primal Scream also win awardsAfter chasing a record deal for more than a decade, Sarah Joyce – otherwise known as the singer-songwriter Rumer – has taken home the... more info

Guardian Music — August 1963: Number 10 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of pop musicPop on TV in the mid-60s was the chaotic and brash Ready Steady Go! – the audience milled about the studio while cameras pushed through; artists performed from fou... more info

Guardian Music — Soul man Geno Washington promises to get the party started, while Suggs plans a classical 'Baggy Trousers'Anna Calvi, singer-songwriter (performing 16 June)What do the Kinks mean to you?I remember my dad putting on "Waterloo Sunset" and being struck ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Peter said... Old Fart at Play The Clean - Legendary New Zealand post-punk band. Modern Rock (1995) Anthology (Dbl Disc)(2003) http://bitemefanboy.wordpress.com Global Rock Team said... Yes - Fragile (1972) http://globalrockteam.blogspot.com Amd sa... more info

Guardian Music — A love letter from a girlfriend holidaying in France in 1963 turned Richard Williams on to Salut les Copains, the radio station that taught him more about pop than anything at homeIt's the summer of 1963, and letters are exchanged with a girl who is ... more info

Popeater — Filed under: Music News, Videos, Exclusives Hanson are currently on the road in support of their latest album, 'Shout It Out,' and will be checking in from the road all along the way. In their second video, the band rehearses their cover of 'Dancing ... more info

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Guardian Music — Marking the release of Public Enemy's Fight the Power 21 years ago, this overview of hip-hop's political awakening did a good job of showing pop music at its most revolutionaryThe Black CNN – When Hip Hop Took Control (Radio 4) was the story of a p... more info

Guardian Music — US jazz drummer whose work ranged from Motown to electronicaA typical audience for that uncompromising idiom known as free jazz might be 60 people swaying respectfully in a small room. In April 2006, the Scala club in King's Cross, central London, h... more info

Guardian Music — The city's financial problems are no secret. But the former Martha and the Vandellas singer thinks Detroit needs to look to the spirit of 60s music to revive itselfA glut of fatalist headlines and documentaries have recently given outsiders the impre... more info