ContactMusic — The British playwright and screenwriter who inspired songs by the Beatles and The Smiths has died Shelagh Delaney was 71 The writers image appears on The Smiths Louder Than Bombs compilation and frontman Morrissey has often paid tribute to her in... more info

Jam! Showbiz Music, Canada — In a move sure to rile music historians, a group of British archeologists says old Sex Pistols graffiti found intact may be more significant than finding early Beatles recordings. more info

Guardian Music — The most mortifying, brilliant moment in the whole of Jane Austen is the bit in Emma where Mr Knightley reproaches the heroine for humiliating kind, silly, elderly Miss Bates. "It was badly done, indeed!" he tells her, and hot tears of shame spring t... more info

ContactMusic — Liam Gallagher has promised his Beatles film will be mega The Beady Eye rocker is working on a movie about the British musical legends and although he hasnt cast anyone or secured rights to use the groups music he thinks fans will enjoy the bio... more info

Topix — At the helm: ICM agent Bruce Kaufman, who was instrumental in bringing to the screen 20 re-recorded Beatles songs for the 2007 movie "Across the Universe." Talent agency ICM today announced that it has secured unprecedented access to the seminal band... more info

Guardian Music — Anoushka Shankar is from a world-famous musical family. But she didn't truly get to know her father – or meet her half-sister Norah Jones – until well into her childhood A little over two years ago, Anoushka Shankar met the British film director ... more info

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