The Rolling Stones channel their vintage heyday with guest performers Stevie Wonder and Lady Gaga on a bluesy gospel-flavoured new tune, Sweet Sounds Of Heaven, from their new album Hackney Diamonds.

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Butcher Brown are a self-proclaimed “proud throwback to the progressive jazz-funk bands of the 1970s with a 21st century twist” – a phrase that would once have filled me with horror.

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Here’s a marriage of two marvellous musicians making magic when they meet – Welsh harpist Catrin Finch and Irish violinist Aoife Ní Bhriain.

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John Grant reunites with Midlake on a new EP, Roadrunner Blues, 13 years after they collaborated on his debut album. They’ve lost none of the magic they made together.

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Here’s a nice thing by two of the great names in hip hop – DJ Muggs and Kool Keith. It’s the title track from the soundtrack of a new sci-fi film called Divinity by regular David Lynch composer Dean Hurley.

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I’m not the biggest fan of those bands with only two members – White Stripes, Royal Blood, Slaves/Soft Play – though I’m quite fond of Sleaford Mods. Here’s Big Special – another two-piece with only one musician. And I love it!

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Here’s some banging techno: a self-styled “queer non-binary anthem” – More Femme, More Masc – straight out of New York City. Listen closely and you may discern the chords of Tracy Chapman’s Fast Car in there.

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AngelHeaded Hipster: The Songs Of Marc Bolan & T.Rex – Film Review

Baxter Dury channels his father Ian a little, but not too much, in his semi-spoken word songs like this one, Celebrate Me.

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I’m not sure I even like this song, but I feckin’ LOVE that monstrous guitar riff. And sometimes that’s enough. I’m also drawn to the title of the song, which is Unpopular Parts Of A Pig. And its lyrics, which are indistinct but seem interesting and funny.

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