Month: December 2021
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Pink Floyd
The Pink Floyd albums David Gilmour called the band’s “lowest point artistically”
The Pink Floyd story, on top of producing some of the best music of the past 50 years, is also…
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Eddie Van Halen
What Did Prince and Eddie Van Halen Say When They Met?
If Prince and Eddie Van Halen met briefly in passing, without much time to talk, what might they use those…
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The Police
Coups, lies, dirty tricks: The Police’s Stewart Copeland on his CIA agent father
The drummer was brought up in the Middle East – not realising that his father Miles was a spy sent…
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The Allman Brothers Band
Allman Brothers Band special re-broadcast
Allman Brothers Band co-founder Butch Trucks passed away Tuesday night, January 24th, in West Palm Beach, Florida, at the age…
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Chris Stapleton
Chris Stapleton + Justin Timberlake’s Friendship Blossomed Over ‘Dad Stuff’
It’s one of country music’s most unexpected friendships, and one that produced an epic 2015 CMA Awards performance that still…
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The Band
Bob Dylan And The Band: The Basement Tapes And The Road To ‘Big Pink’
Bob Dylan and The Band played some of the most controversial music in history, then laid the groundwork for Americana,…
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The Who
The classic song by The Who that Roger Daltrey “couldn’t identify” with
As Pete Townshend has forever been the principal songwriter for The Who, Roger Daltrey occasionally found himself in the position…
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David Bowie
BBC’s epic blunders after rejecting David Bowie and Sir David Attenborough before fame
The BBC rejected both Sir David Attenborough and David Bowie for jobs before they were famous, it has been revealed. 95 year old broadcaster David, was…
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Rolling Stones
Fifty years on: Stevie Wonder, The Rolling Stones and Aretha Franklin
The past is written into the future dates of pop’s annual calendar. Anniversaries multiply, a prompt for reissues and appreciations.…
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The Beatles
Davy Jones Said The Monkees ‘Copied’ This ‘Corny’ Scene From The Beatles’ ‘A Hard Day’s Night’
The Beatles‘ movie A Hard Day’s Night inspired the creators of The Monkees‘ sitcom. Davy Jones once dismissed the idea…
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