Iggy Pop tackled the thorny question of free music in a capitalist society, says Pete Naughton Four years ago, the BBC began a yearly lecture series in commemoration of John Peel, their late – and sorely missed – musical discoverer-in-chief. Its remit, according to the official blurb, was to “shape a debate and create insight […]
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Craig McLean (Daily Telegraph) writes: In the mid-Seventies, when Genesis were reaching the heights of their theatrical pomp, singer Peter Gabriel’s outfits often threatened to steal the show. “I was always afraid that these guys would start arguing about any of the visual costumes bits that I was trying to do,” says the man famous […]
Couch surfing. No, it is not a new event you will see at a Peripheral Vision concert, much like Moshing was to Nirvana and Anthrax. But it is an endearing sacrifice band co-leaders Michael Herring and Don Scott made in order to develop a strong friendship with each other. At various times during the first […]
Thomas Conrad (Stereophile) writes ….. I don’t remember the year, but I remember the moment when I first became intensely curious about Roy DuNann. It must have been about 1975, right after I moved to Seattle. I bought a Sonny Rollins LP called Way Out West, took it home, cued it up on my Thorens […]
We can’t get enough of the Scandinavians just now, can we? From their bleak crime dramas to their minimalist interior design to even their bloody jeans companies, Nordic culture is everywhere at the moment – and that of course includes the music. The Scandi nations have always had a presence in popular music that far […]
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Merrill Reed Weiner writes: In the coming weeks, my brother, Lou Reed, will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a solo performer, an honor celebrating his incredible impact upon the world of music. Since his passing from liver disease in 2013, there have been many accolades, articles, and ruminations […]
Ben Scholz writes ….. Pop culture’s love-hate relationship with its artists presents an interesting conundrum. Music created for mass-consumption must be easily digestible, yet the public is quick to retaliate against content that lacks substance. Gifted musicians are often pigeonholed into a certain style or sound that may not reflect their true range. This myopic […]
The Velvets, Warhol, heroin, music that ranges from the divine to the disturbing: Lou Reed’s life and work is legendary. But he doesn’t want to talk about it – in fact, he doesn’t want to talk at all MORE
Randall Roberts writes: Longtime devotees of the rock band Fleetwood Mac might be forgiven for letting out a gleeful yelp when registering the news that singer-keyboardist Christine McVie shared with The Times in December while sitting next to her band mate — guitarist, singer and producer Lindsey Buckingham. “I’ve been sending Lindsey demos in their […]
In his book, Pete Townshend charts his chaotic childhood, guitar-smashing heyday – and his 2003 arrest on child-pornography charges. He talks to Alexis Petridis MORE
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From the archives ….. Willie Nelson tells Martin Chilton about his new book as he talks about President Obama, and about the end of the world. “If there’s one soothing voice you want talking to you about the end of the world, then I guess country singer Willie Nelson will do fine. But it’s just […]
How singer-songwriter coped with the death of her ex-husband and two sisters in the space of two years to became ‘our greatest living interpreter of Bob Dylan’ Barb Jungr’s home town does not enjoy the most enviable of reputations. When it features in the national news, Stockport is almost invariably the subject of ridicule or […]
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His name took up quite a bit of the interview, for his band is P-A-U-L Lamb and the Detroit Breakdown, which would get even longer if you used the names behind those initials – Paul Andrew Ulysses Lamb. This is at least the sixth year Paul has brought his Detroit Blues-Rock to the UK, and […]
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So Finn, this marks the first of a new mini series of Louche podcasts, focusing on dudes like yourself who work in record shops. Tell us, how long have you been working in Hard Wax and how did it come about? I’m working there since the end of 2010. It was basically coincidental. I realized […]
Glen Matlock, the former Sex Pistols bassist, recalls family holidays at Butlins, being shouted at by Iggy Pop on a road tour and swanning around in kimonos in Japan. Interview by York Membery How often do you travel? My life at the moment seems to be one long series of busman’s holidays. This year I’ve […]
Bette Midler is tiny but what she lacks in height she makes up for in attitude. She’s running late, then suddenly she’s not, except, in the end, it turns out she is. There is a PR to meet me in the foyer of Claridge’s, and a PR in the hall of the huge suite that […]
The Beach Boys tell Neil McCormick how they have kept their sound strong after 50 years . MORE
Given half a chance, legendary Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts would talk all day to Adam Sweeting about his true love, jazz, and in particular his new boogie-woogie band . More HERE More music like this HERE
The Talking Heads frontman David Byrne discusses music and its affect on people, etc. MORE More music like this HERE