Guardian Music — Holidate | Eddie Waring - Mr Rugby League | The First Day of the Blitz | The Big School Lottery | Mercury Music Prize | This is England '86 | Tonight's TV highlightsEddie Waring – Mr Rugby League9pm, BBC4In the 1970s, Eddie Waring was the voice of ... more info

Guardian Music — It might turn a blind eye to frivolous pop and conceptual sound-art, but the Mercury is diligent in its balancing of everything in betweenAs you may have noticed, on Tuesday this week there will be a new Mercury album of the year, the 19th. Even thou... more info

Guardian Music — This duo make pop music for the under-eights. But don't run away – like Toy Story, these alternative nursery rhymes are aimed at adults tooHometown: Newcastle.The lineup: Kathryn Williams and Anna Spencer.The background: The Crayonettes are two mum... more info

Guardian Music — This year's Mercury Prize shortlist is out, but who has won the award before, and who tops the all-time sales chart?• Get the dataThe shortlist for this year's Mercury Prize was released yesterday, offering a mix of established artists (Paul Weller... more info

Guardian Music — After last year's unfortunate events, the 2010 shortlist reflects an understandably cautious preference for the tried and testedGallery: All the Mercury nominees and their oddsMercury prize 2010: Dizzee Rascal and the xx lead nominationsTowards the e... more info

Guardian Music — Rapper and indie trio to fight it out as favourites for this year's Mercury prizeDizzee Rascal and the xx will fight it out as favourites to win this year's Mercury prize. From a decidedly indie list, bookmaker William Hill put Dizzee's Tongue N' Che... more info

Guardian Music — Dizzee Rascal, the xx and Corinne Bailey Rae among the 12 nominees for this year's Mercury prizeDizzee Rascal and the xx will fight it out as favourites to win this year's Mercury prize. From a decidedly indie list, bookmaker William Hill put Dizzee'... more info

Guardian Music — Kitty Empire picks the albums she thinks should make the shortlistHow slowly a year passes. It seems like only, ooh, 12 months ago that rapper Speech Debelle was first spotted on the 2009 Mercury prize shortlist. She went on to clinch the prize last ... more info

NME — Plus Lightspeed Champion and Speech Debelle round off day two of the London festival more info

The Mirror — Mercury Winner Speech Debelle today launches the Daily Mirror and Searchlight Hope not Hate Bus – as it starts its tour of the country all the way to the election. more info