Guardian Music — It's 20 years since the jazz legend passed away. We remember a man who cooked well, dressed better and had some choice words for Nancy ReaganThe Picasso of jazz passed away 20 years ago. Countless columns will no doubt be devoted to the anniversary. ... more info

Guardian Music — In the first of a regular visit to the archives of Rock's Backpages – the world's leading collection of vintage music journalism – we reprint an interview with the legendary Sly Stone.Earlier this week, it was reported that the funk legend is now... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Today's Live Performance... well, we're being generous again, it's two full live performances actually - blues rock virtuoso Joe Bonamassa's complete show at Rockpalast recorded in 2005, and the second performance was recorded at th... more info

USA Today Music — USA TODAY's music staff offers a weekend tipsheet of sound recommendations. more info

Guardian Music — (ECM) From Norwegian folk singer and harpist Sinikka Langeland comes a seductively subtle contemporary jazz album. The lyrics are all Norwegian or Swedish (the sleeve notes have translations), and celebrate the poetry of Edith Södergran and Olav Hå... more info

Altsounds — Miles Davis. The name alone has become synonymous with jazz music and its place in popular culture, notably the prolific years of 1949-1959, starting with Birth of the Cool. To commemorate these momentous years in jazz and Davis' career, CAMI Musi... more info

Swedesplease — More electronica, this time of the space age variety; trippy and interstellar. What begins with a muted Miles Davis solo quickly becomes a diaspora of synthy beats, weird samples, and otherworldly chants. Here’s “The Icarus Vessel” from the alb... more info

Totally Fuzzy — After three years of playing together, Davis' "second great quintet" had evolved into a tight, athletic and adventurous crew. When the band toured Europe in 1967, it made some music for the ages — and luckily, much of that trip was recorded. R... more info

Guardian Music — Traverse, Edinburgh; Royal Albert Hall, LondonIn Greek the thuggish hero Eddy commits murder, inadvertently sleeps with his mother and gouges his eyes out. When the young Mark-Anthony Turnage wrote his first opera, he spotted early the power of ancie... more info

Guardian Music — A new baby boy and a new project with brass bands have given the Unthanks' Adrian McNally two great reasons to be thankfulHe's the best. A lovely midsummer's baby. Beautiful like his mother, Rachel Unthank. My son was born nine whole pounds exactly... more info