Guardian Music — What made old singles so great? Session musicians, that's what. So why are those players finding their royalties disappearing?When I was stacking singles on my Dansette after school, I didn't envisage a time when the musicians who played on them woul... more info

Kings of A&R — Consumers in North America, Japan, and the U.K. bought more than 2.25 million copies of the Beatles re-mastered albums in the first five days after their Sept. 9th release. Not to shabby! It means people can’t get enough of the Beatles. The Beatles... more info

Altsounds — Digital Stores, the leading online retail service provider for entertainment brands in the UK, has announced a move into the urban music sector. With the likes of The Beatles, The Prodigy, Queen, Stereophonics and Placebo already forming a major par... more info

All About Jazz — Without the help of a single digital download, The Beatles have broken multiple chart records around the world following the 9-9-09 CD release of their digitally re-mastered catalog. In the major music markets of North America, Japan and the UK, cons... more info

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS- Alison Goldfrapp has announced on her blog that her band has written the score for Nowhere Boy, the upcoming John Lennon biopic about the former Beatles childhood and teenage years. She recently posted on the Goldfrapp blog, that:... more info

411 Mania — 2.25 million albums sold in 5 days can't be wrong... more info

All About Jazz — To celebrate the long tradition of jazz musicians performing the music of the Beatles, AccuJazz.com has launched a streaming jazz radio channel exclusively playing jazz covers of Beatles songs. The channel, called "Composers: Beatles," is free to use... more info

Rolling Stone — Justin Timberlake has landed another high-profile film role, this time as Napster co-founder and Facebook president Sean Parker in David Fincher’s The Social Network, Variety reports. The singer picked up an Emmy for SNL earlier this week. Between ... more info

Guardian Music — It's the last ever School of Rock blog (sniff! sob! etc) and so time to climb the wooden hill to Bedfordshire in search of music's most soothing lullabiesIt takes all sorts, but I used to find that the sound of Peel favourites Truman's Water turned u... more info

Undercover, Australia — With more than week of Beatles remasters back in stores, global sales for the catalogue exceeded $2 million in the first five days. Here is a summary of The Beatles remasters sales from around the world: more info