‘A Simple Desultory Philippic’: Paul Simon’s most vicious lyric
Among an acclaimed songbook, folk singer-songwriter Paul Simon wrote 'A Simple Desultory Philippic' in 1965, standing as his ...
Five times musicians entered the video game world
Among the many many merchandising opportunities embraced by music artists, licensed video games are more common than you ...
The guitarist who made Robert Smith want to be a musician: “Before that I wanted to be a footballer”
The Cure frontman Robert Smith is synonymous with goth and post-punk, but one legendary, and unlikely artist, made him want ...
Five improvised movie scenes better than anything a writer could come up with
Five improvised movie scenes better than anything a writer could come up with, including iconic scenes in 'Taxi Driver', ...
“I’d no idea”: The Pink Floyd song David Gilmour wasn’t comfortable with
When David Gilmour joined Pink Floyd, he was up against it. One early song by the band was an uncomfortable challenge as he ...
The actor Martin Scorsese called one of the all-time greats: “His range, his versatility”
Martin Scorsese has worked with some of the greatest performers of our time, describing one of his previous collaborators as ...