Guardian Music — This Pittsburgh prodigy drags old music into the present with fantastical take on gospel and the bluesHometown: Pittsburgh.The lineup: Chris Laufman (vocals, music).The background: On Thursday we were slightly aggrieved by the way Cold Specks took ol... more info

Guardian Music — Our writers are picking their favourite albums – with a view that you might do the same. Here, Jon Wilde explains how Louis Armstrong's music pulled him back from the brink …Even though Louis Armstrong ultimately changed my life, I came to jazz l... more info

DrownedInSound — Believe me, whatever excuses you have for not listening to classical music, I’ve already heard them, and frankly, I’m not impressed. Can anyone who sincerely loves music really afford to claim that it magically began when Robert Johnson came back... more info

VH1 Blog — Delta Bluesman Honeyboy Edwards Dies at 96 David “Honeyboy” Edwards, the last living link to Robert Johnson—and an accomplished blues guitarist in his own right—died of congestive heart failure yesterday morning. He scored his first hit, “D... more info

Guardian Music — The death, at 96, of David Honeyboy Edwards severs the last living link with the original blues of the Mississippi DeltaArthur Big Boy Crudup, Delta Blind Billy, Papa Charlie McCoy. They sound like the stuff of legend, even before you get to those wh... more info

Guardian Music — Blues singer and guitarist with an enthralling style, he played with Robert JohnsonFor several years in the early 2000s, American blues enthusiasts had the opportunity to see and hear four of the music's most numinous figures on stage together in a v... more info

Topix — Blues musician David "Honey Boy" Edward s, whose roots stretched back to blues legend Robert Johnson, has died. more info

Guardian Music — In the conformist age of Simon Cowell and the overhyped indie band, is there still room for the maverick in music? Dave Simpson tracks down pop's most eccentric acts and eventsThe artistLewis Floyd Henry, electric one-man bandIt's early evening in Br... more info

We Like it Lossless! — Live at Robert Johnson / 2011Debut album from the former Balihu and Meakusma contributor. Fans of the slow sound should be on this in an instant. M.P. has got the chug on lock, keeping the tempo around a sensually sub-110bpm over 13 tracky grooves in... more info

Guardian Music — Barbican, LondonSomething curious happened around 15 minutes into this gig, the only UK performance by New York pop-jazz vocalist Madeleine Peyroux to promote her new album, Standing on the Rooftop. A couple sitting a few rows from the front got u... more info