When Louisa Rose Allen won a Grammy in January, few had heard of her. But after a starring role at London Fashion Week, and with an album imminent, the Southampton chatterbox isn't going anywhere – unless she wants to

Annie Clark is no stranger to critical praise and she hopes her latest album will bring wider acclaim

Urban music has a long history of generating reality shows, but now it has inspired major drama series

Happy birthday, compact disc! 1 March, 1983 saw CBS unveil 16 shiny pop music titles to a British public who had become wearily tolerant of the crackle of vinyl and the flutter of cassette tape; these titles ranged from the sublime (Michael Jackson's Off the Wall) to the slightly ridiculous (Santana's Shangó) to the barely remembered at all (Quarterflash's Quarterflash). Those who could afford it could now experience pure digital stereo for the first time; as conductor Herbert von Karajan said when he first heard a CD (not Quarterflash's): "Everything else is gaslight".

The wildest of rock’s wild men, the drug fiend’s drug fiend is to be a DJ

Since 2005, Franz Ferdinand bassist Bob Hardy has taken 325 photos of himself in hotel rooms whilst on tour.

Soundtracks are no longer the preserve of film composers 

When Garvey split from his partner he found himself on his own, and anonymous, in the Big Apple

Newton Faulkner was filmed 24/7 for five weeks for his new album. He tells Chloe Hamilton about it

The girls and guns formula of traditional R&B has grown tired. Now a new wave of talent has arrived to reinvent the form and challenge listeners

He has a new husband, a new daughter, a new opera in the works and a new album out. Now all he wants is a No 1

Musician admits he is still bugged by the baggage of celebrity

The Week in Music: Pharrell Williams releases first album in eight years

Town honours its most famous son

Will tonight's show prove more exciting than last year's boring ceremony?