With a voice marinated in essence of hoarse and a mastery of guitar understatement, Mark Knopfler remains one of the true living gods of pick 'n' strum. Even before Dire Straits (the outfit he led to g …

When the Spencer Davis Group burst onto the British R&B scene in the mid-'60s, nobody believed that their soulful frontman could only be 15 years old. But Steve Winwood didn't stop at being a teenage p …

Grime boss and Dizzee Rascal cohort Wiley — born Richard Kylea Cowie — has chosen to label his musical style Eski (derived from "eskimo"), and he likes to play lyrically with variations on a cold theme …

From '60s folk guitarist to 21st-century Music VR (Virtual Reality) pioneer — with 2002's 3 Lunas — Mike Oldfield has established himself as one of pop's great auteurs. He rocketed to success wi …

Der Grundstein für die Karriere von Anastacia wurde im Nachwuchswettbewerb The Cut von MTV gelegt. Schon ihr Debüt-Album war prall gefüllt mit Welthits, allen voran natürlich „I'm Outta Love". Noch im  …

She represents the ultimate Québécois dream — Céline Dion is the small-town girl (the youngest in a family of 14) whose talent would ultimately shift records by the hundreds of millions; an artist whos …

Blame the haircuts: Most people in Britain thought New Zealanders Split Enz were a novelty act. Then the Finn Brothers formed Crowded House, and we realised they were pop's greatest tunesmiths since th …

During a painfully brief four-year run (1968-72), Creedence Clearwater Revival churned out more bona-fide classics than other "legendary" bands managed over the course of decades. Their greasy stew of  …

Maurane ne s'est jamais faite discrète et n'est jamais passée inaperçue. Elle n'appartient pas au rang des chanteuses fragiles qui vous susurrent des mots doux à l'oreille. C'est avant tout une forte p …