‘Stompin’ At the Savoy’: how Milt Herth paved the way for synthpop
An important, yet overlooked, figure.
Music Archives: 03/2024
The night Jimi Hendrix and Jeff Beck played in the same band: “Jumping all over the place”
Little-known music history.
Lyrically Speaking: The Doors’ eerie swansong, ‘Riders on the Storm’
We explore the inspiration behind Jim Morrison’s final song with The Doors.
Plane Crashes, Death and Paralysis: The tragic history of Allen Collins of Lynyrd Skynyrd
The wounds that would never heal.
A stranger in a strange land: the Rush song inspired by Alex Lifeson’s dreams
A strange place for inspiration.
The Covered Uncovered: The freezing beans and suit-baiting of ‘The Who Sell Out’
Did The Who really sell out? Read all about the story behind their famous 1967 album cover, from beans by the bathful to XXL deodorant.
The Right Mood: the song Rick Rubin called “a perfect moment in time”
The essence of a live performance.
From first solos to collaborations: The guitarist Bruce Springsteen labelled “spectrally beautiful”
A real moment of reflection.
