Waits Tom

Will Oldham transforms transgender harpist

Catch up with the first three seasons of the best crime drama ever made

Steve Earle, Tom Waits and Paul Weller all shape soundtrack

A couple of things that have been hanging around for a few weeks now, and deserve some love here. One is “Rosemarie”, the debut album by an authentically fragrant Cornish band of Pre-Raphaelite damsels and dazed troubadours called Thistletown. Give me any excuse, and I’ll go into a comically apoplectic rant about the uselessness of most contemporary British bands who style themselves as acid-folk.

What’s playing on the iPod of the sacked England coach

Put this record on shuffle along with Gram & Emmy, Richard & Linda, Jack & Meg

Grammy Award winner brings Washingston Square Serenade to life

Reuniting Peej with '90s collaborators Flood and John Parish.

Floridian folkie Sam Beam relocates to Texas and gets rhythm

Onetime half of rock’s ultimate fun couple takes an outing with her kids