For reasons that continue to baffle their fans, Slade and America were uneasy bedfellows during the period when they achieved their greatest...

A four act show always runs the risk of dragging, even when the organisation is as meticulous as it was last Saturday at New York ’ s Radio ...

Earlier this week I watched Elvis: Aloha From Hawaii , a live concert augmented with additional songs, on Sky Arts. It’s been around for yea...

I can recall with unusual clarity the first time I ever heard The Beatles. It was the second Sunday in January, 1963, and I was 15 and alrea...

Pity the poor drummers, left high and dry when the band no longer needs them, even one as famous as Ringo Starr. Singers and guitarists are ...

The switch in record labels from RCA to EMI in 1982 saw David Bowie pocket a reputed $17 million advance and move back into the musical main...

DAVID BOWIE 1947-2016 “I pour out what has already been fed in.  I merely reflect what is going on around me.” – David Bowie, July 1973. Dav...

Fifty years ago, at the end of 1975, I was called upon by Melody Maker ’s editor to summarise the year in rock in New York, where I had live...

I will have owned my Gibson LG1 acoustic guitar for 50 years today. I bought it in New York, from a shop called We Buy Guitars on West 58th ...