August 2024

From her 2007 breakthrough, Good Girl Gone Bad, to her 2016 opus, Anti, most of the critical conversations surrounding Rihanna’s discography have overlooked her auspicious...

How do you know you’re a successful group in the UK? It isn’t necessarily down to the number of screaming fans, chart-topping hits, or even...

In early 1978, the Rolling Stones were faced with a double whammy — the rise and rise of both punk and disco. There were some,...

Motown’s most dangerous star of the early 1980s was red hot in the summer of 1983, and so were his label. Rick James released his new...

Today’s trivia question: which girl’s name lent itself to two completely different songs, one that topped the US R&B chart in 1957 and another that...

“I take what I want,” sang Sam & Dave boldly on their second Stax single, released in 1965. “I’m a bad go-getter, yeah.” What they...