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 […]

Keith Richards Covers Lou Reed’s “I’m Waiting for the Man” for New Tribute Compilation Featuring Angel Olsen, the Afghan Whigs, and More: Listen

A Tribute to Lou Reed

A new compilation of Lou Reed covers is on the way. For The Power of the Heart: A Tribute to Lou Reed, Light in the Attic has corralled a generation-spanning guest list including Angel Olsen […]

Lou Reed’s Ambient Solo Album, ‘Hudson River Wind Meditations’ Set for Definitive Reissue

Lou Reed's Ambient Solo Album, 'Hudson River Wind Meditations' Set for Definitive Reissue

Light in the Attic Records, in cooperation with Laurie Anderson and the Lou Reed Archive, will present a definitive reissue of Reed’s Hudson River Wind Meditations. Originally released in 2007, the album provides the best example of Reed’s decades-long exploration […]