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The Velvet Underground co-founder returns with Mercy, a new solo album featuring Weyes Blood, Actress and Animal Collective – and Cales typically restless search for new sounds

Supremely gifted drummer who was a long-serving member of the British rock band Soft Machine

Part of the joy of the Glasgow Apollo page on Facebook is when you come across an unexpected message relating to a minor incident at a long-ago…

Lee Dorrian is more than just the owner of flagship British metal label Rise Above and North London record shop Rise Above Records & Relics –  the former Napalm Death and Cathedral sin

Some FEATURED ARTISTS on this week’s Stronger Than Dirt (Saturday, August 19, 8-10pm) include the Easybeats, Outsiders, Pantherman, Chris Spedding, Suzi

The culture that nurtured the music of Sixto Rodriguez was already waning in 1970, when the Detroit folk-rock singer released his first album, Cold Fact. So its appropriate that Rodriguezs

A failure when introduced in 1958, the Flying V eventually became one of Gibsons most iconic electric guitars

The British session ace on being asked to audition for the Rolling Stones, producing the Sex Pistols’ early demos and recording Robert Gordon’s final album

Fifty years ago Gibbs' music led Charles Le Vay to imagine a fast motorway drive with a lovely lady waiting at the other end

The songwriter and Grammy-winning fiddle player goes deep on records by Fiona Apple, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, and Sheryl Crow. 10 Albums by Powerhouse Songwriters That Amanda Shires Thinks Every Music Fan Should Own Wren Graves