February 2024

Like all award shows, the Grammys are always bound to satisfy, surprise, and rankle in equal measure. From visionary to out of touch, reactions vary...

Just 20 months after the release of The Miracle, along came Innuendo, on February 4, 1991. It was the shortest wait for a new Queen...

“Dunno about you blokes,” an exhausted Mick Jagger reportedly told his fellow Rolling Stones at the end of 1965, “but I feel about ready for...

In its 60 years of existence, the Grammys have remained the most compelling event of awards season. A lot has changed since the music’s best...

You might call John Martyn a late starter, but only in chart terms. The much-missed and esteemed singer-songwriter had been making records on Island for...

The British blues boom of 1964 made some of its leading American protagonists into unlikely UK singles chart contenders. John Lee Hooker was one such,...