Guardian Music — Simon Fisher Turner was an actor, a punk rocker and a pop singer before he found his true calling as a composer of experimental soundtracksHe has had a 40-year career spanning music and film. But for millions, Simon Fisher Turner is an artist encount... more info

Guardian Music — In our writers' favourite film series, Paul Owen explains why the Beatles bromance between John Lennon and Stuart Sutcliffe strikes a chord• Not swayed by this perspective? Twist and shout in the comments belowBackbeat tells the story of the Beatle... more info

Altsounds — Thurlow consists of the husband and wife duo, Augustus Green and Jacqueline Caruso. Five years ago on the East Coast the couple began their musical career. Now based in LA, they have joined forces to create their own brand of lo-fi indie pop with a D... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Abbey Road is the eleventh studio album released by the English rock band The Beatles and their last recorded. Though Let It Be was the last album released before the band's dissolution in 1970, work on Abbey Road began in April 1969. Abbey Road... more info

Stopcryingyourheartout.com — The audience were going mad for it when Liam Gallagher took to the stage last night.The former lead singer of the legendary Oasis has been keen to shake off the link to his former band since their acrimonious split in 2009, but playing at the place w... more info

Guardian Music — International festival and inward investment agency Liverpool Vision face axe as council slashes £102m from budgetSpending cuts in Liverpool could lead to the cancellation of an internationally renowned music festival and funding being withdrawn for... more info

Topix — Christie's auction house says a handwritten letter from Paul McCartney offering a Beatles audition to a mystery drummer has sold for nearly 35,000 pounds . more info

Reuters — LONDON (Reuters) - A handwritten letter written by Paul McCartney on August 12, 1960 inviting an unnamed drummer to audition for a place in the Beatles has sold at Christie's for 34,850 pounds ($55,000). more info

Guardian Music — Produced by Alex Kapranos, this promising lot operate a hair's breadth from Franz Ferdinand's funkily acerbic styleHometown: London.The lineup: Martyn, Thom, Tom, Lawrence, Mike.The background: They're evidently running out of band names. There's jus... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Seventeen artists including Jackson Browne, Patti Smith and blues legend Taj Mahal gathered together in New York, N.Y. on Nov. 12, 2010 to pay tribute to John Lennon. The former Beatles frontman’s catalog was dissected from the early years all the... more info