Multi-instrumentalist Nils Lofgren learned the accordion aged five, joined Neil Young's band at 17 (that's him playing the ivories on After the Gold Rush), and, from 1984, settled in as a longti …

After a stint in London during the early '80s, Rose Tattoo was hailed as the loudest band to rock the Marquee Club since Led Zeppelin. Formed in '76 around the nucleus of frontman Angry Anderson and sl …

One of the reggae greats, John Holt is best known to casual reggae fans in the U.K. as the man who wrote and first performed "The Tide Is High" in 1967 (later a hit for Blondie) as frontman of the Para …

Scott Walker transformed himself from teen idol with his brothers to a solo pop icon. Here we have 75 examples of his restless muse.

Just in case you didn't know, there were two Marthas in the Toronto-formed new wave cornerstone outfit Martha & The Muffins — Martha Johnson, who played keyboards and fronted the band on '80s internati …

Few Canadian songwriters have exerted as great an influence on the direction of pop as Gordon Lightfoot, cited as a pioneer by Bob Dylan, who once famously remarked that when he heard a Lightfoot tune  …

Little River Band's internal unrest caused three cornerstone members to lose the rights to their band's name, hence the splinter group Birtles Shorrock Goble. The group's 2005 reunion album, Full Ci …

Provocateur, rebelle et loup-garou rock'n'roll : Jean Leloup est une bête fascinante, d'humeur variable, au pelage coloré à motif changeant; imprévisible et parfois dangereux, cet animal attaque toujou …

Like fellow Yorkshire-woman and Mercury Prize nominee Elisa Carthy, Kate Rusby belongs to the handful of pioneering young artists who have given the English folk movement fresh legs in the 21st century …