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Lead Belly

Martin Scorsese in 'Life Itself' - a 2014 American biographical documentary film about Chicago film critic Roger Ebert

The song that changed Martin Scorsese’s life forever: “I listened to it obsessively”

“You’re carried and inspired by its visceral energy.”

Aimee Ferrier
Nov 14, 2023
Martin Scorsese attends the screening of `Everybody Knows Todos Lo Saben` and the opening gala during the 71st annual Cannes Film Festival - 2018

The song that made Martin Scorsese a music fan

It was the blues that moved Scorsese.

Tyler Golsen
Oct 21, 2023
Timeline- Inside the final days of Janis Joplin - Far Out Magazine

Five musicians that influenced Janis Joplin

An icon.

Aimee Ferrier
Aug 18, 2023
Lead Belly

How Lead Belly twice won freedom from prison through his music

Musical freedom.

Jordan Potter
Oct 10, 2022
Listen to a pre-fame Bob Dylan sing 'Madhouse on Castle Street' in first ever TV performance

Examining the setlist for the first Bob Dylan concert at Carnegie Hall in 1961

A formative setlist.

Jordan Potter
Oct 4, 2022

The cult albums Kurt Cobain thought everybody needed to hear

Cult classics.

Arun Starkey
May 29, 2022
Paul McCartney discusses his friendship with John Lennon and explains why The Beatles never reunited in a new interview

Without these two artists, The Beatles wouldn’t exist

Two essential influences.

Sam Kemp
Mar 10, 2022

Kurt Cobain’s “favourite performer” was a genius

As influential as they come.

Arun Starkey
Feb 6, 2022
Kurt Cobain's MTV Unplugged guitar to be sold at auction for $1million

Revisit Nirvana’s unplugged cover of a Lead Belly classic

A stirring finale.

Tom Taylor
Dec 16, 2021
Bob Dylan 1966

All the people referenced in the Bob Dylan song ‘I Shall Be Free’

Did you spot all of them?

Arun Starkey
Sep 14, 2021
Lead Belly

Six definitive songs: The ultimate beginner’s to Lead Belly

The original troubadour

Drew Wardle
Jan 23, 2021

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