The album Ray Davies called a reckoning of “lost childhood”
A groundbreaking album.
Author: Ben Forrest Archives: 04/2025
‘Alturas de Macchu Picchu’: the revolutionary concept album that challenged General Pinochet
Cultural resistance to a military dictatorship.
‘Free Form Patterns’: the moment Lightnin’ Hopkins made blues go psychedelic
A groundbreaking album.
“This was the real thing”: The band who changed music for Anthony Bourdain
“I responded very powerfully to this record.”
“It’s sloppier”: The Paul Simon song that was “poisoned” for him
“It was a record that was jumbled, sloppy.”
The song Lindsey Buckingham wasn’t sure he could even pull off: “If I even had the skillset”
“I’d never written a song for a movie.”
Bill Waidner: The forgotten guitarist who “tore Clapton’s head off”
“One of the best Chicago guitar players ever to step on stage.”