Bob Marley was forced to defend reggae as a viable form of pop music: “It’s like cooking”
Critics questioned why so few reggae artists had found success in America.
Author: Andrew Clayman Archives: 02/2026
Danny Kortchmar: Don Henley’s lesser-known musical collaborator
He was a writer and producer on Henley’s biggest solo albums.
Your screaming teenaged granny actually saved The Beatles
What frustrated the band in the early ’60s made them far more interesting in the late ’60s.
The simple experiment that led to the corny Kansas classic ‘Dust in the Wind’
An inescapable monster ballad of the late 1970s.
Joe Strummer’s scathing assessment of Van Halen: “That’s not rock ‘n’ roll”
“That kind of music has no morals”.
Remembering Chrissie Hynde’s brutal attack on “petty” English people and ‘EastEnders’
“Kinda pisses me off”.
Joanna Newsom remains the unwavering OG of Spotify boycotters
Her music has been unavailable on the platform for over a decade.
Aretha Franklin “didn’t have a clue” who Eurythmics were when she recorded a hit single with them
“I just wanted her to feel comfortable”.
The full strange story of an ambient takeover: Aphex Twin is now more listened to than Taylor Swift on YouTube
The age of passive absorption is upon us.
The lyrics Norm Macdonald sent his friends before he died: “When Bob Dylan speaks…”
The comedian was a much deeper fellow than a lot of people realised.