Coffeehouses have existed for centuries, and coffee was the main draw. But the spaces provided a freeform, welcome invitation for “social levelling".

Art Garfunkel may not have been much of a crooner himself, but his knowledge of which singer was the best in this style is certainly not to be dismissed.

America was once the coolest country on the planet, but now the Arizona town of Bisbee is the last bastion fighting for the counterculture.

Slash knew from day one that rock and roll didn’t usually cater to the most savoury characters of society. Even if the genre wasn’t the kind of devil-worshipping cult that every wackjob parent claimed ...

Whenever anyone thinks of New York’s bustling new wave scene, it’s usually with regard to three of its best and most defining bands: Blondie, Talking Heads, and Television. And for good reason. While ...

Most people saw the eccentric side to Jim Morrison, but not Ray Manzarek; he got to witness something much more personal.

The official synopsis for Wim Wenders’ film Perfect Days, from 2023, reads: “Hirayama cleans public toilets in Tokyo, lives his life in simplicity and daily tranquillity. Some encounters also lead him ...

“Ventura Highway in the sunshine / Where the days are longer, the nights are stronger than moonshine”, so goes ‘Ventura Highway’, a breakthrough single from the band America in 1972, from their second ...

At first, it seemed that the mantra of Creedence Clearwater Revival was to wow people with what they knew – only to spin that on its head. After all, the genesis of the band started out in the late ...

For all the great tunes that Glenn Frey has made, he felt certain songs always kept a special place in his heart for getting it all started.

Upon their release from Pye in 1971, The Kinks found a greater degree of artistic freedom at RCA, allowing Ray Davies to ...

Compiling the greatest new music releases of the past seven days into one Big Indie Playlist, featuring songs hand-picked by ...