Guardian Music — Led Zeppelin reunion concert in 2007 led to whole lotta largesse from Mica Ertegun, whose husband co-founded Atlantic RecordsIt was the reunion of all reunions, one which the mighty Led Zeppelin rehearsed for two months to get right. And on Wednesday... more info

Guardian Music — Boston Arms, LondonThe woman shaking her corkscrew curls and bawling into the microphone doesn't much look like the music industry's usual idea of a star. Brittany Howard is, nonetheless, riding a thermal of acclaim so fast and so high it could be gr... more info

Soul Sides — Exile feat. Blu: When Nothing’s Left From 4TRK Mind (Soulspazm, 2011) This Exile/Blu collabo has been in steady rotation for a minute and it got me thinking about how signature and powerful Otis Redding’s voice is. Obviously, Ye and Jay’s â... more info

ContactMusic — Its certainly been a rollercoaster week in the world of American Idol which began with 16-year-old Symone Black falling off the stage after wooing the judges with an assured rendition of the Otis Redding hit Sitting on The Dock of the Bay Doctors ev.... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Watch the new Johnny Dowd video for Nancy from his upcoming album No Regrets (out on April 2). The video was created by Truus de Groot, who made videos for two more songs on the album: Linda and Juanita / Rita . The new album was recorded in Th... more info

Guardian Music — The secret of Layla's greatness isn't just in the guitar line or the piano coda – it's in Tom Dowd's innovative productionLaunched into the stratosphere with arguably (or, in my opinion, indisputably) the greatest opening riff in the history of roc... more info

Guardian Music — In an extract from his memoir written before he died last year, Gil Scott-Heron talks about when he toured with Stevie Wonder to establish Martin Luther King Day as a national holiday in the USMemphis, Tennessee was only 90 miles west of Jackson, my ... more info

Impose Magazine — I cannot whistle. It has been a problem for me strictly in moments that involve others whistling merrily, causing me to frown upon their merriness. I can never shame a person by whistling them over to me, which is bothersome because I love to shame p... more info

Guardian Music — Singer with the American vocal group the Soul ChildrenThe soul singer J Blackfoot, who has died of pancreatic cancer aged 65, was a member of the Soul Children, a vocal quartet whose searing ballads of heartache and infidelity were among the last maj... more info

Guardian Music — Here's some relationship advice – Southern soul-style – for those who take their lover for granted …It's hard to conceive of all the great music that can come out of one place until you see a vast selection of it gathered together. Of course, I... more info