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Linda Ronstadt’s Self-Titled Album Was A Hint Of What Was To Come

In early 1972, Linda Ronstadt was the archetypal promising-but-underperforming artist who just couldn’t get a breakout hit. She already had five albums on her CV...

‘The Soul Cages’: How Personal Tragedy Led Sting To An Artistic Triumph

Sting seemed nearly invincible in the late 80s. His acclaimed debut album, 1985’s The Dream Of The Blue Turtles, proved he could thrive outside of...

‘Ode To A High Flying Bird’: Charlie Watts’s Tribute To Charlie Parker

In 1961, twenty-year-old Charles Robert Watts was working as a full-time graphic designer and a part-time drummer. He had left art school in July 1960,...

‘Do You Want More?!!!??!’: How The Roots Rebelled Against Hip-Hop

By 1995, Philadelphia natives The Legendary Roots Crew (simply known as The Roots) had acquired a reputation as one of the most creative acts in...

The Classic ‘Liege & Lief’: Sandy Denny’s Fairport Farewell

One of the great bastions of British folk music were in the midst of their pop chart phase in the first month of the 1970s....

Main St. And Far Beyond: The Lyrical Guitar Of Mick Taylor

Mick Taylor, born in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, on January 17, 1949, became one of Britain’s finest guitarists. His return in 2012 as a guest...

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