‘None of us in the band are tough guys’ … George Thorogood and the Destroyers. Photograph: ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content/Getty Images George Thorogood , songwriter/vocals/gui...
05.11.2026 msn.com , theguardian.com and 2 sites
Dear listeners, I’ve spent the past week thinking a lot about the Rolling Stones — specifically, both poles of the band’s impossibly long existence. That’s partly because I’m about a third of the way ...
05.12.2026 Nytimes.com and 1 sites
By Eleni P. Austin Back in November, Mojave Gold in Yucca Valley began hosting a singer-songwriter event that drafted off the Songwriter In The Round showcase that first gained prominence at Nashville...
05.14.2026 Coachellavalleyweekly.com
“The most important part of my religion is to play guitar. ” — Lou Reed . While the guitar was instrumental to Lou Reed’s life in music, his eclectic taste in the art of songwriting has always stretch...
05.13.2026 Faroutmagazine.co.uk
The Beatles or The Stones debate has always been less of a contest of actual musical proficiency and more of a psychological or sociological thought experiment, a splodgy Rorschach test with only two acceptable answers. Choosing your preferred version of British rock ‘n’ roll royalty was meant to say something about you as a person, but the dividing line between these supposed rival tribes was hazy from day one, with plenty of crossover between the band members themselves. More than 60 years aft...
05.13.2026 Faroutmagazine.co.uk
As lead singer of British pyschedelic blues-rock band the Pretty Things, Phil May left his mark on other visionaries. He inspired the likes of Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie , and Bob Dylan. Openly bisexua...
05.16.2026 Americansongwriter.com