Aaron Frazer: Introducing review – Heartache-infused 1970s soul

Baltimore singer’s tender falsetto is leavened by a moderate grittiness

The Black Keys: Let’s Rock review – Swagger and groove, but not a whole lot of innovation

Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney’s ninth album is a return of-sorts to their earlier material

Yola: Walk Through Fire review – Impressive country-soul debut

With Dan Auerbach of Black Keys fame at the controls, Yola taps into tasty retro country-soul and Americana

Richard Swift, Shins and Black Keys musician, dies aged 41

Richard Swift, who worked with the Black Keys, The Shins and the Pretenders, had ‘serious medical condition’

Shannon Shaw: Shannon in Nashville review – Power, nuance and character

Rock and pop gigs of the week: from Wild Youth to Ennio Morricone

As the Italian composer bows out of live shows, expect drama, tears, hugs and bouquets

Dan Auerbach moves from monochrome to Technicolour

Ray LaMontagne - Ouroboros review: moments of magnificent intensity

Cage the Elephant – Tell Me I’m Pretty: Throwing sounds at the wall to see what sticks

Jessica Lea Mayfield: Make My Head Sing

‘You can only see so many people from the stage with the lights in your face’

‘El Camino’ introduced The Black Keys to the world of arenas. With their new album, says Dan Auerbach, one half of the Nashville-based duo, it was a case of keep calm and change nothing

Top 10: music acts most likely to ‘do a Rodgers’

Nile Rodgers, Bobby Womack and Johnny Cash have all showed how musical reinvention is done – who’s next?