The last time I told somebody I was a Kid Rock fan, they prodded me in the chest and said ‘Odd – you seem real’. Britain’s never really known what to do with Bob Ritchie. Aside from his breakout album ...

Lou Reed. If I had to sum up what music I like in two words. The thundering art noise; the knowingly camp delivery of poetry; the rich and simple heart of rock n’ roll. The erudite fuck you New York ...

In rural Louisiana there is a barn, a meeting place for extreme musicians. This is Nodferatu’s Lair, the base of the man in this video – a talk given to Loyola University students in New Orleans. Candid, earnest, humorous and ...

When George ‘No Show’ Jones passed away last month, aged 81, his position in the Country Music Hall of Fame had been long secured. The twitterverse exploded at the breaking news, but there were two distinct strands of remembrance. There ...

DMX is the hip hop Johnny Cash. Let me explain. Johnny Cash is a legend of American music. Just a year into his recording career he was the most prolific of the pioneering Sun Records’ ‘Million Dollar Quartet’, alongside Carl ...