Ah, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the great arbiters of taste that everyone seems to hate and disregard, and yet the organisation remains the height of classic rock reverence. It is an unusual ...

Before The Supremes and The Ronettes, there was The Shirelles, and their recording of Gerry Goffin and Carole King’s “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow” is, in a word, perfect. It was the first ...

From tariffs to deportation threats to casual copyright infringement by the government, here are some of the stories that defined the intersection of music and politics this year. By Steve Knopper As ...

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The world of rock and roll has never been shy about wearing influences on its sleeves. Geniuses always steal from what has come before, and plenty of artists have made a living out of playing ...

Willie Nelson may be the most important figure in country music history; if he’s not, only Hank Williams matters more. Willie’s also one of the most important musical artists in American history, a ...

Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, George Harrison of The Beatles. CREDIT: Getty For the total lack of Ringo we make no apologies – the toneless ‘Savoy Truffle’ that was his 1971 hit ‘It Don’t ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

'Crying cockles and mussels, alive, alive, oh!" So goes the old tune that made Molly Malone famous. It's a reminder that these delicious little bivalves are living things, though it can be hard to ...

How much of a good thing is too much..? “It’s too late to stop now,” sang Van Morrison on Moondance in 1970, and he was right: here we are again in its aura, drawn back like wanderers to the light of ...

It was the decade of Dylan and Aretha, the Beach Boys and the Beatles, Hendrix and Zeppelin. But that’s not all it was. The 1960s also included the slyly political pop of Brazil’s Os Mutantes, the ...