Pete Townshend is so inextricably linked with the Who that it's hard (no pun intended) to separate the two, but the lanky leader of the former High Numbers has an impressive solo career. It's possible  …

Un cœur de saltimbanque, une âme de rêveur, un artiste grand ouvert chez qui rien n'est prémédité — c'est Jacques Higelin —, tapageur, poète, funambule, amoureux de son public. Bientôt il n'aura plus d …

Make your way through the smoke surrounding the Grateful Dead's legend, and a band of profound artistic substance emerges. Weaving folk, blues, rock, free jazz, and even New Orleans funk into a sonic s …

Coined in July 2009 by Carles, a blogger for Hipster Runoff, chillwave — aka glo-fi aka hypnagogic pop — has spread like digital lichen across the world wide web and currently occupies a unique if hazy …

Big, happy, kaleidoscopic pop is Mika's speciality, which means that this shimmering handful of Essentials will have you bopping joyfully round your living room in no time. The Lebanese-American singer …

Canvey Island pub rock powerhouse Dr. Feelgood boiled rock 'n' roll down to its basics — a lean, muscular, pile-driving take on R&B that gave no quarter and took no prisoners. Guitarist Wilko Johnson f …

Arguably the greatest post-punk band of them all, Joy Division glowered out of Manchester in the late '70s on a cumulative wave of affecting melancholy, electronic innovation (largely thanks to  …

Irish blues wizard Rory Gallagher went solo in 1971, after a fistful of albums with Taste (which disbanded after the 1970 Isle of Wight Festival), and rapidly established himself as an artist whose out …

Toronto's vocal prodigy and natural-born diva Deborah Cox sang for TV commercials at the age of 12, and since then has followed a star-lined path (via a stint as backing singer for Celine Dion) all the …