The “best voice” in early rock ‘n’ roll, according to Paul Simon
“I don’t think anybody was in his league.”
Author: Kelly Murphy Archives: 05/2024
The song Bob Dylan wrote as a theme tune: “I wanted to write a big song”
“It seems to be what the people want to hear.”
“If I’d been an original thinker”: David Bowie’s big problem with rock ‘n’ roll
“I am responsible for a whole new school of pretension.”
Villagers – ‘That Golden Time’ album review: an honest ode to the power of vulnerability
A powerful ode to vulnerability.
“It’s a tie”: the two albums Harry Shearer cites as the greatest ever written
“Gorgeous songwriting.”
The album that turned Jerry Garcia on to Bob Dylan
“Dylan could talk about the changed you’d go through.”
“I was furious”: The devastating moment Stephen Stills learned of Cass Elliot’s death
“She was one of the funniest people in the world.”
Elton John’s brief jealous feud with Bernie Taupin: “We were doing a lot of drugs”
“It would be the end of our relationship.”