Lou Reed’s Pre–Velvet Underground Songwriting Compiled on New Album: Listen to a Song

Lou Reed

Before co-founding the Velvet Underground, Lou Reed was a staff songwriter for other artists at Pickwick Records. Now, his mid-1960s songs, performed by assorted artists on the label (with occasional Reed contributions), have been compiled […]

Legendary Electronic Producer Ryuichi Sakamoto Compiled a Playlist for His Own Funeral

Legendary Electronic Producer Ryuichi Sakamoto Compiled a Playlist for His Own Funeral

Ryuichi Sakamoto, who tragically succumbed to cancer in March, was a trailblazer in the electronic music space, paving the way for the sounds of today through his influential work with the iconic Yellow Magic Orchestra. […]

The Rolling Stones’ Charlie Watts’ Jazz Recordings Compiled on New Album Anthology

Charlie Watts: Anthology

An album of jazz recordings from the Rolling Stones’ Charlie Watts is coming on June 30, via BMG. Anthology spans 20 years of recordings in various configurations, including collaborations with double-bassist Dave Green and saxophonists […]

‘I’ve got to stop somewhere!’ How Steve Roud compiled his epic folk song archive | Folk music

Ralph Vaughn Williams 1951

When Steve Roud was young, he began collecting records. Hardly unusual for a child of the 1950s – but this boy from south London was different. Not content with just listening to LPs, Roud began […]