The 10 greatest uses of the melodica in popular music
The 1950s educational toy that became a mood-setting, pop music mainstay.
Author: Andrew Clayman
A quick, chaotic tour of Elvis’s Graceland in 1958: “You see that Cadillac in front?”
Who ran the castle while ‘The King’ was away?
Which rock star lived in Sharon Tate’s house a year before the Manson Family murders?
Gave up the lease to director Roman Polanski and Tate…
“What I saw just broke my heart”: the hopeful life and tragic end of Richard Manuel
The sensitive soul of The Band.
The Beatles’ Ed Sullivan Show appearance: Facts, myths and what really happened
The right band on the right show at the right moment.
Paul McCartney – ‘The Boys of Dungeon Lane’ album review: What happens when your memories belong to the world?
Sir Macca, we nearly relate to thee.
Peter Buck meets Johnny Marr: The moment when two indie guitar heroes finally crossed Rickenbackers
The beloved arpeggiators of REM and The Smiths.
The Pickwick days: Lou Reed’s early career as the poor man’s Carole King
Laid the groundwork for The Velvet Underground.
The 1979 student film that Madonna tried to delete from history: “Nobody wants their skeletons to come out of the closet”
Surfaced right after the massive success of ‘Like a Virgin’…
“Very pure”: Fran Healy’s protective relationship with the classic Travis album ‘The Man Who’
“I’m not sure you can write another record quite like that”.