Celebrating its own 40th anniversary (much like Pink Floyd themselves!) the latest issue of respected US magazine Guitar Player (cover date April 2007) takes a long hard look at "The Great Guitar Albums of 1967", and includes a rare interview with the Floyd's early producer Norman "Hurricane" Smith.

The magazine takes a good look at a number of the classic albums from that year, including Piper At The Gates Of Dawn, and also includes features on Jimi Hendrix, Cream and The Beatles as part of its coverage.

Starting on May 19th, for seven consecutive weeks, the UK's BBC2 television channel broadcasts a major new series, taking us on a journey through "The Seven Ages of Rock" which explores the music that has "been the soundtrack to our lives, defining each generation since the 1960s, from the crackly 45 to MP3s."

As part of the show, Pink Floyd naturally receive a fair amount of coverage, including (we hear) rare pictures, footage, and some new interviews with various band members...

Today (Sunday, March 25th) saw the ECHO 2007 Deutscher Musikpreis awards at the Palais am Funkturm, in Berlin. Our congratulations to all those behind Pink Floyd's PULSE DVD, which was the winner in the Music DVD Production category, beating Depeche Mode, Rammstein, Robbie Williams and Tokio Hotel. Our thanks to Ulli for the info!

The US public service broadcaster NPR conducted a fascinating interview with early Pink Floyd producer Joe Boyd. This is now online - visit www.npr.org to listen to it, or connect to iTunes to download the show as a free podcast. The interview is based around his wonderful book "White Bicycles" which is reviewed here  and is a "must read" for anyone interested in music. Ordering details are included with our review. Our thanks to Julio for letting us know about this interview.