The first-ever UK release of Peter Solan’s The Barnabáš Kos Case (1964), which has just been issued on Blu-ray, throws a spotlight on a still neglected but unimpeachably vital part of what is ...

The ’80s were marked by dizzying highs and catastrophic lows for ex-members of the Beatles. The horrifying first year of the ...

Benson Boone is 22 years old. He had the biggest song in the world last year. And the future looks even brighter. Inside the mind of a rising star.

There's no rhyme or reason to generating a classic hit record. In the case of ELO, they had no idea what this song would go ...

Lois and I took a trip down memory lane – along with about eight hundred others who’d also paid the £30 price to be taken ...

St. Lucia, the acclaimed musical project led by husband-and-wife duo, Jean-Philip Grobler and Patti Beranek, have released ...

The legendary Motown singer has unveiled a five-date run in the UK, which includes arena shows and festival appearances ...

Neal Francis sent me a thoughtful note a few days after our SPIN interview. It was like getting a response to a fan letter ...

Hyde Park has unveiled its star-studded line-up for 2025.  The London festival welcomed the likes of Stevie Nicks, Kylie Minogue, Robbie Williams and Shania Twain last summer. This year's bill looks ...

As guitarist and a key architect of the Eighties band’s iconic sound, Mike Campbell rode the highs and lows of band life ...

Dirt for Saturday, March 15, 2025 ELO, Oak Ridge Boys, others reaching the musical finish line … Welcome to today’s three thoughts that make up Vol. 1,229 of The Daily Dirt. 1. The end is near. For a ...

In a changing world, there’s something reassuringly unchanged about Jeff Lynne, the one-time composer and producer of ...