Guardian Music — Squeaky voices, wanting to be Michael Stipe, getting punched in the mouth – Graeme Thomson asks Martha Wainwright, Tinchy Stryder and other songwriters for their memories of penning their very first tunesNeil Hannon: Nobody Wins When Somebody Dies... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Willard said... * VARIOUS Psychedelic Jazz (2007) Great collection of drug inspired jazz from the 60s. * THE PEASALL SISTERS "Where No Man Stands Alone" (Streaming) From the new Coen Bros. movie, True Grit. The Peasalls' "Home To You" album is in the... more info

Guardian Music — Core member of the US rock band the CallThe Call – the California rock band led by the singer, bassist and songwriter Michael Been, who has died of a heart attack aged 60 – never enjoyed the same success as their 1980s peers, but their influence ... more info

Totally Fuzzy — S R Management said... Tricks Synthetic Podcast keeps on rolling with "No Stone unRolled, Part 2, Kazoo You" with: Miss You - The Kazoo-a-kats I'm Free - Tell Tale Hearts Last Time - The Who All Sold Out - Twelve12 She's A Rainbow - London Symphonic ... more info

Undercover, Australia — When I first heard Neil Young was teaming with Daniel Lanois I must admit I was expecting an album more aligned to previous Lanois production works like Bob Dylan ‘Time Out Of Mind’ U2 ‘The Unforgettable Fire’, or Peter Gabriel ‘So’. Not ... more info

Popdose — I’m sure there are plenty of places that people would love to hear Phil Collins go back to. Sitting behind Peter Gabriel in a reunited Genesis, maybe. Or back to Brand X. Back to obscurity, even. But back to the studio to record dozens of Motown an... more info

Guardian Music — As a mosaic craftsman who would have made the mosaics of St David and St Francis if the artist Roger Wagner had won the commission with his bold and sophisticated designs, I wholeheartedly agree with Germaine Greer that the works suffer from a timid ... more info

Popdose — The 19th week brings us the start of the 7th letter of the alphabet. Just a few artists here, but some killer songs as we continue to look at the songs that hit the Billboard rock charts in the ’80s but failed to cross over into the Hot 100. Peter ... more info

Guardian Music — Robert Lepage's audacious hi-tech production of Wagner's Ring cycle in New York will be opera to rememberRobert Lepage has had a busy summer. Just weeks after the success of his Nightingale and Other Fables at the Aix-en-Provence festival, the Canadi... more info

Guardian Music — Brixton Academy, LondonYou can count on one finger the mothers who play gigs costumed as a monstrous cross between a fly and a witch, surrounded by musicians dressed as bald-wigged characters from a horror movie (one lucky keyboardist even had a dagg... more info