Formed in London in 1977, The Police were together for less than a decade, though their legacy lives on nearly 40 years later ...

For all the nay-sayers and Scrooges out there, Christmas pop is an annual scourge of the high street and TV advertising from ...

Timeless artefacts and sonic anomalies: 15 singular albums that abandoned the cultural conveyor belt to exist in their own ...

After splitting The Jam at their peak, Paul Weller reinvented himself with The Style Council, embracing soul, jazz, and pop on 'Café Bleu.' ...

Released at the height of the 1980s, Def Leppard’s Hysteria helped redefine rock albums through scale, sound, and lasting ...

Bob Dylan remembers the exact moment Jesus Christ entered his life in a way he could not ignore. The physical and emotional tolls of the road had proved exhausting on his 1978 tour. On one ...

​Archie Fisher, singer, songwriter and broadcaster. Born: 23 October, 1939, in Glasgow. Died: 1 November, 2025, in Galashiels ...

Since the Bosstones ended, Barrett formed a new punk rock band called The Defiant. The supergroup also features Greg Camp of ...

Larry “Mud” Morganfield was born in Chicago in 1954 to Mildred McGhee and one of the greatest blues artists of all-time, Muddy Waters. He was largely raised by his recently deceased mother, who he ...

From creative dead ends to personal turmoil, these bands were on the brink of breaking up – until something changed ...

Before making Thriller, Michael Jackson looked to a 1981 horror classic, with An American Werewolf in London influencing the video’s vision.

The 'Fairytale of New York' singer released five witty and poignant solo albums before her untimely death in December 2000.