Abuse runs in the family, or so they say. Those ill-treated as children go on to ill-treat as adults and it’s near impossible to break ...

If they don’t already know it, Who fans will be delighted to learn that their heroes are well represented in Revolution? Records & ...

Those of you who have followed my posts about the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame will be pleased to learn that as a voter I have, as ever...

Odd how four words can make you well up. ‘The applause was deafening,’ writes Sylvie Simmons at the start of chapter 18 of I’m Your M...

RIP Pete Watts, bass player in Mott The Hoople, whom I knew quite well back in my Melody Maker days, at least until the group fragme...

The loss of David Bowie was always likely to inspire a slew of books about him that would not otherwise have been written. Amongst...

The evolution of Robert Plant from prancing stallion to grizzled old rock warrior is something to behold. The photograph of Led Zeppe...

Alerted by a positive review in last Sunday’s Observer and undeterred by a mediocre one in today’s Guardian , I have been soothing my t...

If ever a career in music was pre-ordained it is that of Paul Simon, the ambitious, gifted and ever-so-scrupulous first son of a profes...

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