Joanna Newsom has recorded a cover of Sandy Denny's 1971 song, “The North Star Grassman And The Ravens". Newsom recorded the song in November as part of a promotional campaign for Wren, the Los Angeles-based fashion collection of Melissa Coker.

A Jimi Hendrix pop-up store will open in Soho, London, for the first 12 days of April. The store, to be located at 8 Ganton St., comes as Hendrix’s posthumously-released album, “People, Hell and Angels” becomes the legend’s highest charting album since 1969. That album will be available at the Soho store, along with Hendrix’s full back catalogue in CD and vinyl, including items never released in the UK. It will also sell limited edition merchandise, including clothing, art, lyrics/chord books and guitar accessories.

Black Sabbath have confirmed that their new album '13' will be released on June 10. Scroll down to see a new behind-the-scenes clip showing the band making the album now.

David Bowie is almost guaranteed to be number one this Sunday with his new album 'The Next Day' set to become the fastest selling album of 2013 so far.

Iggy Pop unveiled new material from his forthcoming album 'Ready To Die' (March 13) at Mohawk Outdoor at SXSW in Austin, Texas. As well as airing classic tracks 'Raw Power', 'Fun House' and 'I Wanna Be Your Dog', the tiny show saw Iggy and The Stooges playing material from their forthcoming new album, 'Ready To Die', live for the first time. Iggy calling the performances of the material "world premieres".

It’s easy – and probably useful, sometimes – to lambast major labels for what looks from the outside like chronic short-termism. The climate is, understandably I guess, a neurotic one, and those days are long gone when labels would work long-term with a select group of trophy artists, whose usefulness to the company was more silvery and nebulous, more about cachet than quick profit.

Yo La Tengo are streaming a live, request-only performance today to support a pledge drive for WFMU. WFMU, a New Jersey station whose broadcast range extends to areas of New York and Pennsylvania is the longest running freeform radio station in the United States. It is almost wholly listener supported. The concert will take place between 9 am and 12 pm EST (1 pm to 4 pm in the UK), and is physically being performed in Berlin amid a European tour. For a $100 donation, listeners can make a request.

Uncut presents our latest 148-page special, telling the complete story of The Smiths, and tracing Morrissey and Johnny Marr's careers to the present day.

Prince has been confirmed to make his first appearance at SXSW in Austin, Texas this weekend.

Clive Burr, former drummer with Iron Maiden, passed away in his sleep last night (March 12) aged 56. He had been suffering from multiple sclerosis for a number of years. Burr played with Iron Maiden from 1972 to 1982, drumming on their first three albums: Iron Maiden, Killers and The Number Of The Beast. In a statement on the band’s website, band members talked lovingly of Burr, who had played with Bruce Dickinson not only with Iron Maiden, but also Dickinson’s previous band Sampson.