Well, I think we can all agree that was definitely a year.... I'll leave it up to you to decide whether it was good or bad - for me it...

December is already a bad month for sad music anniversaries (Stuart Adamson, Kirsty MacColl and Terry Hall all died in December, amongst...

This is the story of the pistol that has been at the forefront of the fight to save the UKs small music venues. The pistol in question is...

"Tonight, with full but broken hearts, we must share the news of our father and brother Quincy Jones' passing. And although this is an...

What a great loss. What a great writer. What a great actor. What a great friend. So said Dolly Parton on learning that her friend Kris...

It is fair to say that the two music stories that caught my eye at the end of last week capture both the best and worst of the what music...

Here we are with news of two new releases - one that has just happened and one coming up this autumn. With over twenty solo albums...

Last night, the four original members of R.E.M. were back together one more time, receiving their induction into the Songwriter's Hall of...

One of the most celebrated French singers, Françoise Hardy, died yesterday at the age of 80. The news was broken by her son, Thomas...

Unfortunately, it has taken me a few days to get to this, but it is important to finally write this - because on Tuesday (7th May) the...

Today we celebrate a milestone birthday reached by the one of (partially self-proclaimed) great band frontmen to come out of the 1980s....

This is something of a treat for any fans of the Damned, as this is the second post involving them in just a few days (see the Reviews...

Today is a birthday milestone for a member of a legendary hip hop crew - as yes, Flavor Flav, co-founder of Public Enemy turns 65. It is...

Every now and again, there are a handful of new tunes that grab my attention and it becomes worth bundling them together and sharing them...

Last week saw both the 55th anniversary of the release of the first Led Zeppelin album, and the 80th birthday of the band's founding...

As we draw to the end of another year, it is always a good time to take stock and reflect on those from the music world we have lost...

On this day in 1958, Michael Edward Mills was born in Orange County, California. He would go on to be the bass player in perhaps one of...

"Shane... has gone to be with Jesus and Mary and his beautiful mother, Therese." So wrote Shane McGowan's wife, Victoria, this morning,...

Today we are wishing a very happy 60th birthday to one of my favourite singers - Natalie Anne Merchant - born on this day 1963, in...

So, another musical icon from Liverpool passed on this week. While he had an association with the Cavern Club scene of the 1960s, it was...