Stopcryingyourheartout.com — It was on January 27, 2000, when I was sitting with a group of journalists in the Albany pub on Great Portland Street having a long liquid lunch, when Noel Gallagher caught me napping. We were waiting in the vague proximity of the Portland Hospital â... more info

Scotsman.com — TRICKY Dicky was obsessed by David Frost's shoes, and I know the feeling. At Live 8 in London's Hyde Park a few years back – a polite affair for a good cause but still more info

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Guardian Music — Our writers are picking their favourite albums. Here, Michael Cragg explains how the risk-taking music of Björk coaxed him out of his shellBefore I bought Björk's third album, Homogenic, in an Our Price in Kent with some birthday vouchers, I had on... more info

Sky News — David Cameron is the first British Prime Minister to visit Russia since the murder in London in 2006 of the former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko. more info

Guardian Music — Brace yourself for a multimedia Massive Attack of inscrutability from this band of musicians and award-winning indie film-makersHometown: South-east London.The lineup: Roman Rappak, Adam Ainger, Ian Patterson, Daniel McIlvenny and Alex Wadey.The back... more info

Guardian Music — Why is it so hard to capture the energy of rock'n'roll on film? That's what Powder writer Kevin Sampson asked himself as he watched the Grams take to the stageA crowd of some 50,000 edged forward with mild irritation as the Grams took to the stage. T... more info

Guardian Music — Esquire deputy editor Johnny Davis and Elizabeth Sankey of indie duo Summer Camp debate whether there are too many festivals clogging up the British summerJohnny Davis UK music festivals are in decline because they've hit a natural ceiling: there are... more info

Guardian Music — Tricky's unlikely collaboration with Beyoncé was just the start, as Morcheeba and co set the production tone for 2011When Beyoncé headlined Glastonbury earlier this summer, the biggest surprise wasn't that she managed to pull it off – in spite of... more info

Soul Sides — Bob Azzam & The Great Expectations: Rain Rain Go Away Berimbau Tricky Soul From S/T (Audio Fidelity, 1969) Where in the world is Bob Azzam from? If you knew nothing about him and needle-dropped through the album, you could easily believe he’s from... more info