As the Dublin Bowie Festival ’25 kicks off, the Jones boy’s trusty lieutenants Mark Plati and Gail Ann Dorsey tell us about joining his band; the massive gigs and albums which followed; close ...

A look at the part that coolness plays in our favourite artists, via Thomas Dolby and his love of Lust For Life, the 1970s masterpiece by Iggy Pop ...

Goodbye to David Johansen, the last jet boy standing from the New York Dolls. It wasn’t just his madman energy that helped invent punk rock — it was his warmth and soul. He got a loving send-off in ...

David Johansen, the chameleonic and charismatic vocalist who fronted the New York Dolls and found solo success under the ...

The Pyramid Stage is hallowed turf for any musician and while many have done it multiple times, who was the first to do it twice.

I love Bowie more than any other artist for his versatility, for his emotional and philosophical depth. A constant enigma, he ...

US indie slacker heroine Kim Deal has taken over the 2,000-capacity Barbican Hall for her sold-out debut solo UK show and packed the stage with 25 musicians, including a nine-piece string section, ...

Punk, disco, and glam would all be problematic in some way now and we could be looking at a reverse invasion from America.

I’m a huge Badfinger fan. I was buying their ‘45s long before three of the four pivotal members died over the years (two by suicide). Back in the Stones’ age, in Wales during 1968, they were called ...

However, I quickly realized what I love most about vinyl is how authentic the music sounds. Every groove played, every ...