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Robert Plant has confirmed details of his new album, lullaby and... The Ceaseless Roar. The album — which has been recorded with The Sensational Space Shifters — will be released on September 9 on Nonesuch / Warner Bros. Records.

Field music: Swindoners’ pastoral epiphany, finally as nature intended...

The stage times for this month's Glastonbury festival have been revealed. Scroll down for information on the timings for the Pyramid Stage, Other Stage, West Holts Stage, The Park Stage, John Peel Stage Acoustic Tent and Avalon Stage. Glastonbury 2014 takes place on Worthy Farm over June 27-29, with the gates to festival opening on June 25. Pyramid Stage Friday Arcade Fire 22.00-23.45 Elbow 20.00-21.15 Lily Allen 18.30-19.30 Rudimental 16.45-17.45 De La Soul 15.15-16.15 Rodrigo y Gabriela 13.45-14.45 The War on Drugs 12.30-13.15

Father and son entwine koras in a cross-generational celebration...

Lots to get stuck into this week, though I think it’s worth drawing special attention to the superb William Tyler EP and, in the week the Pixies announce a newish album, a pointedly excellent Kim Deal track with Morgan Nagler.

The Hold Steady and Trans will join Courtney Barnett, Arc Iris, Syd Arthur, The Rails, Alice Boman, PHOX and Ethan Johns on the Uncut stage at this year's Great Escape festival in Brighton. Meanwhile, the festival, which takes place at 35 venues in Brighton between May 8-10, have also confirmed details of another 100 artists who will be performing.

Synths and sex... the Kendal clan's excellent fourth...

Dylan's star-studded rejuvenation...

The announcement by The Damned that they'll be playing the London Forum in April to celebrate Captain Sensible's 60th birthday and tickets for it will cost what they would have in 1977 has caused a lot of excitement among the band's venerabe fans and reminded me of the following mad escapade from that lively year.

Prince played a secret, hour-long show at Electric Ballroom in Camden, London last night [February 4]. Scroll down to watch footage below. Described as an “open soundcheck”, the performance was announced following a clandestine ‘press conference’ at the home of London-based singer-songwriter Lianne La Havas, who was in attendance at the venue.