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Weird instruments? Why bother? Indeed, Lou Reed once wrote “you can’t beat two guitars, bass, and drums,” in the liner notes of his 1989 album,...

It all began in a sweltering wooden cabin next to a creek in rural Florida, and yet – despite its humble beginnings – the debut...

As a British jazz musician who rose to became something of a household name in the US, George Shearing belongs to a small but elite...

“Blue Gene baby.” A generation of British rockers grew up knowing those two words from Ian Dury’s tribute to “sweet” Gene Vincent. Many fans never...

Legions of fans of rock’n’roll instigator Chuck Berry know that his birth name was Charles Edward Anderson Berry, and that he was born in St....

With Chuck Berry, what comes straight to mind are the pulsating rock’n’roll hits of the 50s, such as “Roll Over Beethoven,” “Johnny B. Goode,” and...