Any songwriter is usually able to whip the weakest song idea into shape. There are many opportunities for someone to have all the pieces of a great song and fumble it when they get into the studio, ...

Lubbock, Texas, in the summer of 1956, with the sort of intensity typically reserved for scenes in western movies when the hero is stranded in the desert.

The rebellious actor Dennis Hopper always struggled to perform for producers and Hollywood officials, finding the industry notoriously fake.

The two Greenwich Village folkies, Phil Ochs and Bob Dylan, started out as friendly supporters, but a combination of cruelty and jealousy led to a sad end.

Natalie Portman owes a lot to Mike Nichols, who cast her in 'The Seagull' and 'Closer' when she felt like no one wanted to work with her after 'Star Wars'.

Wings have released some poor songs in their time, but these ones would have been better falling on the cutting room floor.

Revisiting the brief spat between Quincy Jones and Paul McCartney, after the legendary producer called The Beatles "the worst ...

London's first ever Outbreak Festival saw logistical blunders and short set times, plus an underwhelming Alex G return.

Grian Chatten, frontman of Irish rock outfit Fontaines D.C., has deemed the controversy surrounding rap trio Kneecap a "witch hunt" amid the terror charge.

In the late 1980s, Andrew Dice Clay emerged as one of American comedy’s most polarising acts. While he played to packed ...

One of the greatest guitarists of all time, Jeff Beck had all but retired by the 1990s, and it took the groundbreaking tones Jennifer Batten to get him back.

Most bands grouped into the grunge category in the '90s preferred to disown it. Still, if we had to pick the album that ...