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Few figures loom as defiantly or as colourfully in the history of music as Fela Anikulapo Kuti. His name evokes not just a sound, but a...

There are rock drummers, and then there’s John Bonham. The man would hit drums like they owned him money. Few musicians have so...

This series reunites vintage album covers with the locations where their original photos were taken. Photographed by Alex Bartsch , the...

When Ride the Lightning  finally came out in June 1984, it was clear to fans and critics alike that Metallica had raised the bar. The...

Of all the ways to start your career in music, having a future legend turn up at your parents’ doorstep isn’t the usual path. But that’s...

Before stadium tours, before MTV, and long before digital sampling made it possible to fake a perfect drumbeat, one man played the real...

When The Beatles returned to Hamburg in April 1962 for what would be their third stint in the city, they were expecting long nights,...

Before the legendary crooner, before the Rat Pack, before the tumultuous marriages and Hollywood scandals, Frank Sinatra was just another...

The pages of musical history are littered with figures who operated just outside the limelight—people whose names may not be instantly...

In the late 1950s, Władziu Valentino Liberace, the flamboyant American pianist and entertainer known simply as “Liberace,” was at the...

Waylon Jennings (left) in the last photo of Buddy Holly. The 1950s had been a golden era for rock and roll, filled with energetic...

Picture this: it’s 3 a.m. in a dimly lit dance hall in Wigan. The floorboards thud under the weight of dozens of dancers, their moves a...

On January 14, 1967, the polo fields of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park transformed into an ephemeral utopia of peace, music, and...

In a world where sequins meet saddle leather, where pistols become door handles, and where mismatched boots are a fashion statement,...

Few albums have left a cultural footprint as profound as Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band . Released on 26 May 1967, it was a bold...

In the mid-1970s, rock and roll stood at a crossroads. For many, it felt like an exclusive "straight white boys and girls club,"...

Otis Redding, a name synonymous with soul music, was more than a performer; he was a force of nature. His career was an unstoppable...

In 1980, things were looking shaky for AC/DC. The band had been rocked by the tragic death of their larger-than-life lead singer, Bon...

Michael Jackson often wore his influences on his sleeve, openly admiring figures who shaped his creative vision. Among them, Charlie...

Imagine sipping a drink in a cosy Austrian hotel bar, surrounded by the chatter of fellow skiers and the warm hum of a live musician. Now...

It's now been 50 years since Nick Drake left us, having never seen the success he sought during his lifetime. Though tragically short...

On Thursday, March 1, 1928, Mac McClintock and Virgi Ward entered Victor's Oakland, California studio to record their initial tracks....

Pop music has always blended spectacle and talent in equal parts, where image and artistry are intertwined to captivate audiences. Few...

On January 1, 1943, Woody Guthrie, the renowned American folk music icon, wrote down a set of 33 "New Years Rulin's" in his journal,...