SlavetoSound is supporting a unique partnership between Arts Council England and CLIC Sargent's Practice-a-thon campaign to encourage people of all ages and abilities to pick up a musical instrument and play their part for children with cancer.  Music stars including Russell Watson, Gary Barlow and Jamie Cullum along with rising star Dani Hamer (aka Tracy Beaker), are backing the campaign to get more people making music, having fun and raising money for a good cause.

The first unsigned act has been confirmed for next year's Glastonbury Festival which runs for five days from Wednesday 23rd June until Sunday 27th June 2010 across 1,000 acres of beautiful countryside at Worthy Farm, Somerset.

Digital has not marked the death of the album, but labels and artists should re-think how they sell music, according to a new study.  Working Knowledge had a Q&A with Proferssor Anita Elberse from Havard Business School that disucssed her latest work "Bye Bye Bundles: The Unbundling of Music in Digial Channels".

Exploding out of the speakers like a dexerdrine fuelled sonic jailbreak are Darlings of the Day!  

The band came about in 2005 when Londoner James Goddard (guitar) joined forces with LA natives Sterling Mire (vocals) Donovan Whitworth (bass) and Jake DeSouza (drums).  They first made their mark with debut EP 'Get Burned' in 2006 which was filled with addictive riffs, infectious melodies and was soaked in dirty LA sunshine.  Not surprisingly the EP gained them international support in the form of US and European airplay, a placement on MTV and glowing reviews from all who heard it!