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From recording studios to concert venues, here are the places in the capital associated with a music legend

Hear how Stephen Stills escaped from his CSNY bandmates in 1970 and launched a solo career after moving to deepest Surrey.

Chris Blackwell’s long-awaited autobiography shows him as a romantic rogue; a risk taker whose life compass has been an open mind and gift to hear and see slightly into the future.

Paul Layendecker's "WAY BACK WHEN" for Monday, Feb. 13, 2023 1917 Mata Hari was captured in France during World War I. She was sentenced to death as a German

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Chris Blackwell looks back on meeting Bob Marley and the making of 'Catch a Fire.'

29 September, 1980 The Hammersmith Palais had been part of popular music...

The musical and cultural bloodline of Louisiana-born, Delta-raised Lizzie Douglas (1897–1973), better known to history as Memphis Minnie, runs through the veins of every woman who’s ever picked up a guitar and rocked the blues. A powerhouse singer, guitarist and songwriter whose raunch, skill and charisma challenged the male monopoly of down-home guitar blues, she was sufficiently formidable to best the majestic Big Bill Broonzy himself in blues contests held on hi...

Bob Marley's time in London taught him about punk rock music, and the Clash is one group who moved him to pen a hit.