Lou Reed was famously hard to please, but he also lent his support to various up-and-coming groups in New York CIty, including punk progenitors The Ramones.

On the release of a new compilation of Lou Reed’s 1960s compositions at Pickwick Records, Wayne Gooderham surveys the sprawling solo career that was to come later, and picks out ten key tracks that ...

Lou Reed of The Velvet Underground was taken aback by the song. And that’s saying a lot; Reed was not the kind of artist who was impressed by much. He had a strong standard when it came to art ...

Patti Smith and David Byrne are the latest high profile artists to pay tribute to Lou Reed, who died on Sunday [October 26]. Speaking to Rolling Stone, Smith said: "Lou was a very special poet ...