Clare Bowditch has gone from strength to strength in recent years, and recently she dropped by the Undercover office for a chat with Tim Cashmere.

It seems that the Sex Pistols are set to release their own perfume.

The Killers frontman, Brandon Flowers, was talking to Xfm London's Dave Berry this morning (September 3), when he revealed, "I'd be working at a casino probably. That's what I did before. It was exciting for me to work for tips and the hustle and bustle. It was exciting.

The 'Fight for This Love' singer ' who split from soccer player Ashley Cole in February amid claims he had been unfaithful with a string of women ' wasn't present at London's High Court to see the decree nisi granted by district judge Chris Simmonds this morning (01.09.10).

Robert Plant played a secret show in London on Wednesday night, dropping a whole bunch of rootsy Led Zeppelin tunes in amongst his new material.

The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance (ICMP) guitar tutor Phil Capone will be holding an exclusiv...

Give Eric Clapton a guitar, and old slowhand has no fear. But it’s another thing entirely when the rock l...

In a crowded field of annual music festivals, All Tomorrow's Parties stands out as unusually eclectic, in part because many of the featured acts are chosen by other artists. Singer Nick Cave picked the bands one year; so did Simpsons creator Matt Groening. This year's curator is filmmaker Jim Jarmusch. On this edition of All Songs Considered, Jarmusch shares some of the music he selected.

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YouTube guitar instructor Mr Bluestrings brings us "Tasty Blues Lick" which is the third lesson from his Bl...

Aguilar Amplification has announced their new AG 5J-60 pickups for five-string bass. Modeled afte...

Yellow Jackets have been manufacturing tube converters for over a decade and now they bring us their first ...

The Billboard 200 chart is facing new competition in an era when artists can be a hit even if their albums aren’t.

Cee Lo’s single is unusual in that the crude phrase is the title, chorus and punch line to the song.

Plant is back with a new collaboration, this time with country singer and songwriter Buddy Miller. We've got a cut from the new record on this edition of All Songs Considered. Also on the program: angular rock from Buke and Gass, the unusual instrumental music of Max Richter, a nod to Pink Floyd from Bellflur, the new project from TV on the Radio's David Sitek called Maximum Balloon, The Capitalist Youth and legendary guitarist/songwriter Richard Thompson.

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Celebrate 10 years of Queens of the Stone Age's tuneful and riff-obsessed hard-rock album, Rated R, with a bonus disc of B-sides and a live concert. Also on this episode of All Songs Considered: Sean Lennon's new psych-pop project, Australian singer-songwriter Sarah Blasko and the distinctive voices of Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan.

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Live radio recordings, all but unheard for decades, include inspired 1930s performances by some of the all-time legends.

Photo of Coleman Hawkins, in connection with restoration of hundreds of live performances taken from radio broadcasts of 1930s and 1940s

If you've ever seen the infamous video of David Bowie's Christmastime duet with Bing Crosby, then you know musicians are capable of the most imaginative (and baffling) collaborations. On this edition of All Songs Considered we look at odd pairings, some brilliant, and some just so very, very wrong.

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Omar Thornton seemed eager to explain his bloody rampage, but unwilling to surrender.

On this edition of All Songs Considered, we look back at some of the most memorable moments from this year's festival. Host Bob Boilen joined the NPR Music crew over the weekend to webcast and broadcast two full days of spectacular concerts. Hear samples from standout performances by John Prine, Jim James of My Morning Jacket, Andrew Bird, The Swell Season and more.

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