James Brown: ‘hip-hop was all from me’
He considered himself the legally binding founder of rap.
Author: Andrew Clayman Archives: 03/2026
‘Ghoulardi’: How Paul Thomas Anderson’s dad inspired the weirdness of Devo, Jim Jarmusch, and the Cramps
Ernie Anderson was an icon of late night TV in Cleveland, Ohio.
‘Hoover Factory’: Elvis Costello’s ode to a lesser-known London landmark
The Art Deco birthplace of the nations’s preferred vacuum cleaners.
“Why not?”: How Chrissie Hynde saved Simple Minds from sabotaging their greatest success
Always listen to your better half.
A brief history of the Hollywood Bowl: America’s most famous outdoor music venue
Built when silent films were still being made down the road.
“We made most of it up”: Nirvana’s mischievous record of lying about their own history
“Our record-company bio is nothing but a huge lie”.
“An emotional rollercoaster”: How Chino Moreno’s surprising favourite song shaped the sound of Deftones
Barely a guitar to be heard.
The country singer oddly connected to the deaths of both Hank Williams and Patsy Cline
Two tragic moments, ten years apart.
How Dolly Parton became the first icon to win a Razzie for ‘Worst Original Song’
The 1980s collaboration nobody was clamouring for.
