The Rolling Stones

Fifty-years ago this November, Lou Reed released his second solo album, and created his most successful and influential work. Transformer, produced by Reed fans David Bowie and Bowie's collaborator, guitarist Mick Ronson, was viewed then…

The name Robert Johnson is synonymous with blues music. His influence is cast across rock music, and almost every guitarist that sprung up in the Blues Explosion of the '60s vibrates with his technique. Guitarists like Jimmy Page, Eric…

This year marks fifty years since the original Woodstock Festival. Billed as the embodiment of the "peace and love" zeitgeist of the sixties, Woodstock attracted an audience of over 400,000. Widely regarded as a defining moment in…

“I must have sung that 500,000 times. I was drenched with sweat…” - Tina Turner In the mid-sixties, record producer Phil Spector needed a hit to spark his interest in the music industry once more. By 1965 he had sold The Righteous Brothers…

'American Pie', the 1971 number one hit by Don McLean, is one of the most instantly recognisable songs of all time. A favourite for buskers, karaoke bars and, of course, late night singalongs. Perhaps not as recognisable are the moments…

It's inevitable that, sometimes, art can not only meet, but exceed the hype. We are fed impressions of greatness which become reality, with strokes of utter genius captivating audiences. Certainly, this is what Fontaines D.C. have unleashed…

"You gave away the things you loved, and of them was me.." Listening to Carly Simon's colossal 1972 hit, ‘You’re So Vain’, you realise very quickly that whoever wounded this woman will be reminded for eternity. Every time they hear it…

It seems I can’t open a newspaper or magazine these days without seeing a picture of Justin Bieber fighting with the paps or reading about the romantic antics of One Direction’s Harry Styles. The tattooed Harry Styles who likes…