HIs outrageous talent was matched by a personal life marked by bigamy, violence, drugs, alcohol and his 1958 marriage to his 13-year-old cousin.
- Reader in Music, Politics and Society, Newcastle University
A drummer with an ability to fluidly move between genres without being showy, Charlie Watts helped shape The Rolling Stones’ sound beyond rock.
From music videos to reality TV, the channel has had a hand in crafting entertainment as we know it today.
The restrictions that have hurt the live scene will remain for a little while longer, following Boris Johnson’s announcement
Government plans to defund arts higher education are detrimental to both the UK’s economy and its future.
Ahead of the release of the artist’s posthumous album, a sense of awe and mystery around his huge archive of unreleased music remains
As you would expect the two US election campaigns differ greatly in their approach to songs.
For a decade after they met as teenagers, Lennon-McCartney was the most potent songwriting partnership in pop music.
Released in 1980, AC/DC’s Back in Black established a sound and a way bands could be powerful brands that would reverberate through rock for years to come.
A virtuoso guitarist and songwriter, Green’s career was blighted by drug-amplified mental health problems.
Chances are your favourite band started out learning the trade at a pub or small club. Venues like this are under threat like never before.
Richard Wayne Penniman was one of a handful of pioneers who shaped the original rock and roll sound.
Músico de formación clásica, Florian Schneider, fallecido el pasado 6 de mayo, tuvo una enorme influencia en una generación de músicos, desde David Bowie hasta el hip hop.
A classically trained musician, Schneider influenced a generation of musicians from David Bowie to hip hop.
Music lovers and creator have devised new ways to create, experience and fund music.
His songs struck a chord with millions and Lean on Me has become an anthem for the coronavirus pandemic.
Davis’s 1970 album Bitches Brew turned jazz on its head and paved the way for fusion. More recently, Radiohead cited it as a key influence.
Hailed as a genius at the mixing desk, Weatherall’s eclectic knowledge and skill came to define a musical era.
An epic battle between the EU anthem and a pro-Brexit pop song was narrowly won by Beethoven’s Ode to Joy.
Regarded as one of The Beatles finest albums, Abbey Road is the last time all four band members were in the studio together.
From the hippie heaven of the 1970s to the massive mainstream event it is now, Glastonbury has always found a way to fuse popular culture with a potent political message.
Mac Rebennack took the stage name Dr John and a persona based on a real-life voodoo prince.
Recent developments mean that touting on an industrial scale could become more difficult.
Rock'n'Roll has long been associated with sexual misconduct but there are signs the industry is waking up to this.
Song by song streaming services may be hurting the album commercially, but its place in our cultural lexicon will be harder to shake.
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