Guardian Music — Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonMartin Carthy may have influenced Bob Dylan and Paul Simon and become a British folk legend, but he has always been an easy-going, modest performer, and that wasn't going to change just because he is about to turn 70. He s... more info

Guardian Music — Greil Marcus's collection of pieces on Dylan is both poetic and testy"What is this shit?" opened Greil Marcus's Rolling Stone review of Bob Dylan's 1970 double album Self Portrait. According to Dylan, the depths of whose perversity can seem, on occ... more info

Guardian Music — Five things we learned from the news:Lady Gaga thinks her concerts are akin to a religious experience, which isn't bad for 90 minutes of cheesy techno-pop.Paul Simon resents coming in second to Bob Dylan. We await Dylan's diss track in response. Flee... more info

NME — Singer also claims that Dylan snubbed his offer of a duet more info

Guardian Music — Singer reveals professional tension with Dylan, claiming his request to record a duet was ignoredPaul Simon has revealed that Bob Dylan comparisons have caused professional tension over the years, most recently when his request for a duet was not rec... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — James Blake @ SXSW 2011 (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) today in NYC * Reggie Watts Radio Play * Peter Garland @ The Stone * Big Terrific @ Cameo Gallery * Paul Simon @ Beacon Theatre * Mandingo Ambassadors @ Barbes... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Paul Simon in MN on 5/2 (photo by Darren Tutt) "...Mr. Simon, 69, has a preexisting relationship with vintage gospel music, as he hinted elsewhere in the show. (A double-time rave-up coda in "Kodachrome," released in 1973, plunged straight into... more info

Totally Fuzzy — An album of scintillating soft-focus folk-pop from Morr Music artist Butcher The Bar, aka Joel Nicholson. Joel Nicholson first gave us a glimpse of his deepest thoughts three years ago with his debut as Butcher The Bar ‘Sleep At Your Own Spe... more info

Totally Fuzzy — "Most of us know by now that anything that comes by way of Big Scary Monsters is guaranteed to please. For the longest time, the only Tangled Hair tracks to my name were the four I had downloaded sometime last year. And they were getting worn out â... more info

Guardian Music — Rakim, On tourWho could forget that immortal couplet: "Me and Eric B and a nice big plate of fish/ Which is my favourite dish"? Besides promoting the healthy benefits of an Omega 3-rich diet, Eric B & Rakim's 1987 album and single Paid In Full marked... more info