Guardian Music — Tom Jones has horrified his label by releasing an album of spiritual songs. That's nothing compared to pop's greatest u-turnsOh the shock, the terror, the unfathomable fear that will envelop you when you press play on Praise and Blame, the new Tom Jo... more info

Song, by Toad — I suppose that if we are talking about Scottish gigs this week, I really do have to mention T in the Park, or Nedstock as my far-funnier-than-I friend refers to it over at the Vinyl Villain.  I’ve actually only been once myself, back in 1996 I thi... more info

Guardian Music — Legendary guitarists, including Andy Summers and Graham Coxon, on why they love the iconic guitarSixty years ago, in the summer of 1950, a small Californian business was preparing to introduce the world to a new musical invention. The Fender Electric... more info

Guardian Music — At the height of the Bosnian war, amid a hurricane of killing, rape and 'ethnic cleansing', a movement striving in the opposite direction responded in the most powerful way they knew: with rock'n'roll. Fifteen years since War Child's Help LP, key fig... more info

All About Jazz — WHEN I started covering the music industry for Fortune nearly a decade ago, I often heard people gleefully predict that the demise of the big record companies was just around the corner. Thanks to the Internet, my label-hating sources predicted, b... more info

Undercover, Australia — Radiohead drummer Phil Selway is about to release his first solo album. more info

Music For Ants — photo via sunbeam17 Six months of 2010 have passed which means it’s time for the annual mid-year recap of the best albums of the year so far. It’s already been a very exciting year for music and with scheduled releases from Arcade Fire, Radiohead... more info

Guardian Music — No one could see everything at Glasto – but it's not too late to catch up on thingsMost of those who attended last weekend's Glastonbury festival will have failed to see all of the acts they'd hoped to, because of the relentless heat and the mamm... more info

Here Comes The Flood — Amanda Palmer knows how to please a crowd. Hand them a cover of a familiar song and twist it around a bit tongue firmly in cheek, and they will love for you it. em>Amanda Palmer Plays The Popular Hits Of Radiohead On Her Magical Ukulele is an EP ... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — Ran across a video of last year’s (season American Idol winner, Kris Allen, covering Radiohead’s classic “Paranoid Android” at a show earlier in June. The cover isn’t as bad as you’d expect. I’m sure most people will automatically hate ... more info