Music

One of the last of the legendary Mississippi bluesmen has died at the age of 97. Blues pianist Pinetop Perkins never let his age stop him giving performances or flirting with the ladies. Find out more in our article and listen to Perkins play his famous tune "Chicken Shack".

The new Brit Jazz Week festival showcases young British musicians who bring diverse musical influences to the world of jazz. Punk attitudes alternate with original music of South Asian origin and a passion for hip-hop culture expressed on the saxophone.

British star Amy Winehouse will do a "one-off tour" in Brazil early next year. The 27-year-old will play four concerts there in January. US singer Janelle Monae and rapper Mayer Hawthorne will support Winehouse on the tour.

While we were sleeping, Zumba began to take over the world. According to the fitness programme's website, in the three short years since the concept was introduced, it has spread to 110 countries, with classes offered in 90,000 locations.

The Rolling Stones plan to be back on the road in 2011, despite rumours that they had retired from touring altogether. "Everybody's ready to go out there again," guitarist Keith Richards told the BBC. "Who said it should stop, and who said when?"

In its 18-month existence, Glee has sold more than 13 million downloads and five million albums worldwide. Take that, Lady Gaga! The show about the songs, dances and crises of an American school choir is the television and music hit of our times.

"The Boss" turned 61 a week ago. He is tanned and fit. His hair is dark with some grey around his ears. Springsteen was in Toronto for the premiere of a film about the making of the career-defining album that could so easily have been his last.

He was shot in New York in 1980. He would have been 70 on 9 October. While visiting John Lennon's home in Liverpool last week, Yoko Ono said it didn't feel like 30 years since his death but instead "feels like only yesterday he was here with me".

This is not the Pakistan of disastrous floods or Taliban terror. In one episode of her new reality TV show, Komal Rizvi attends a party in Karachi, where illegal alcohol flows freely and the beautiful people chat in English rather than Urdu.