Guardian Music — O2, LondonIt is risky enough to break an eight-year silence with an album of cover versions, as Peter Gabriel has just done with Scratch My Back. To then debut it in its entirety at a venue the size of the O2 seems downright obtuse. But you don't hav... more info

Guardian Music — American soprano Renée Fleming has dazzled opera fans for decades. Now, suddenly, she's growling rock songs by the likes of Muse and Arcade Fire. Here she tells us why… Earlier this year New York musical manager Peter Mensch played a guessin... more info

Guardian Music — The Besnard Lakes, On tourA long, atmospheric build-up; a period when you wonder if it's ever going to get going; and finally, the whole thing builds up quite a head of steam … that's not only the plan for most songs by the Besnard Lakes, but f... more info

Guardian Music — (Flying Blue Whale)Chris Garrick is one of the world's leading orthodox jazz violinists. His range stretches from Stephane Grappelli's flirtatious urbanity, through a barn-dance robustness, to a classical fastidiousness with slow romantic music, and ... more info

Guardian Music — (Edition Records)Tom Cawley, the former Acoustic Ladyland pianist, is currently sharing his time between this award-winning trio and Peter Gabriel's touring band. On this album he has sought to capture Curios' live rapport, and now varies the band's... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — It sounds like Peter Gabriel lent Drake his synthesizers for the backing track on Drake’s latest leaked song, “Fall For Your Love” — and not in a bad way. The song is ... More Post from: Crushable more info

Guardian Music — The music industry is finally reassessing the custom of servicing songs to radio months before the record is legally available to download in a bid to combat piracyA year and a half ago, Behind the Music brought up the problem of staggered releases, ... more info

MTV.com News — Genesis, Jimmy Cliff, the Hollies also inducted in show featuring Phish, Green Day and more.By James Montgomery The Stooges' Iggy Pop performs with Greenday's Billie Joe Armstrong at the 25th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony ... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Weekend Edition interviews Peter Gabriel about his new covers album, Scratch My Back. The Scotsman interviews poet Seamus Heaney. The Quarterly Conversation interviews Sam Lipsyte about his new novel, The Ask. The Guardian lists the 10 best books abo... more info

Guardian Music — The UK music industry is responsible for around 540,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions a year, according to researchers from the UK and US. From Environmentalresearchweb, part of the Guardian Environment NetworkEach year the UK music industry is ... more info